Sex, Love, and Addiction
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsOn Sex, Love, and Addiction, Dr. Rob Weiss, sex therapist and author of a dozen books on sex and relationship healing, interviews global experts like Dr’s. Sue Johnson, Harville Hendrix, Dr. Stan Tatkin, and Helen Fisher, Dr. Kenneth Adams among others. This podcast features robust discussions focused on healing from chronic infidelity, cheating, porn, and sex addiction, along with the pain of relationship betrayal. Dr. Rob is Chief Clinical Officer for Seeking integrity Treatment Centers. He is a 30-year licensed therapist, a Ph.D. sexologist, and author Sex Addiction 101, Prodependence, and Out of the Doghouse, among other books. This podcast is dedicated to bringing information, advice, and direction from experts around the world to those seeking answers to some of life’s most challenging questions.
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The Difference Between Addiction and Physical Dependence with Dr. Jennifer Schneider, M.D., PhD
September 26, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 46.1 MBDr. Jennifer Schneider, M.D., PhD, is a nationally recognized author and expert in both the management of chronic pain with opioids and in addictive sexual disorders. She returns to the show to talk about the important topic of the difference between addiction and physical dependence, and what each experience looks like in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Schneider also talks about what physical dependence is, the signs of addiction, and why the two continue to get confused. Dr. Schneid...
8 Ways to Wellbeing with Dr. Sonnee Weedn
August 29, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 52.9 MBDr. Sonnee Weedn, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in Novato, CA with a newly added satellite office in her hometown of Newport Beach, CA. She is also the author of Many Blessings and a contributor to Making Advances. Dr. Weedn joins the show to talk about the 8 Ways to Wellbeing For Recovering People Workbook, and how her work with Dr. Walsh led her to pull together these foundational habits that create profound results for those in healing and recovery. Dr...
When Does Cheating End a Relationship? With Dr. Jennifer Schneider
August 22, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutes - 39 MBDr. Jennifer Schneider, M.D., PhD, is a nationally recognized expert in addictive sexual disorders and in the management of chronic pain with opioids, an area that certainly needs more exposure. She joins the show to talk about what happens when a betrayed partner feels as though they want to end the relationship and a few real-life examples of why someone may want to leave for good. She gives her own personal experience with the subject and discusses the personal growth that needs to occur ...
What Mediation Looks Like When Couples Part Ways with Dina Haddad
August 15, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 50.5 MBDina Haddad is a family law mediator and principal of Families First Mediation. She joins the show this week to talk with Rob about the options couples have when being together isn’t the best option, and how she helps her clients navigate the often painful and rocky road of not being together. Dina talks about what it is they do in meditation, the difference between mediation and litigation, and why it’s important for couples to try and work together on coming to an agreement that works in t...
ADHD In Relationships and Addiction with Dr. Todd Love
August 08, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 46.1 MBDr. Todd Love is a board-certified coach, licensed professional counselor and licensed attorney with a unique and broad background. He joins the show to talk with Rob about his own clinical practice in Athens, GA and exactly what ADHD is, how we diagnose it, and why it so strongly affects both the healing of addictions and relationship issues. Dr. Love shares his own personal experience with ADHD, what he has seen change in the field of diagnosis and treatment for ADHD throughout the years, ...
Partner Empathy with Carol the Coach
August 01, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 45.2 MBCarol Juergensen Sheets, Coach, Columnist, Therapist and Speaker joins the show today to talk about her best selling workbook and roadmap, Help. Her. Heal, written to help both betrayed partners and addicts overcome the trauma associated with infidelity. She and Rob talk about her focus on empathy towards the betrayed partner, and resources within the workbook where couples can start rebuilding trust and intimacy. Carol is always one step ahead in the field, and spreads her message to thousa...
Loving an Addict with the Prodependence Model with Kim Buck
July 25, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes - 49.8 MBKim Buck, CSAT and Clinical Director of Family Strategies Counseling Center in Arizona, joins the show this week. Kim and Rob discuss the differences between the Prodependence model vs. Codependence, the interesting results she is finding using this model at her own center, and what is helpful for partners to understand when dealing with betrayal and loving an addict. She and Rob also share why the Prodependence model gives betrayed partners support and compassion in crisis rather than judgm...
The Rules for Being a Man with Dan Griffin
July 18, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 55.9 MBDan Griffin, M.A. is an internationally recognized author, thought leader, and expert who has dedicated his life and work to redefining what it means to be a man in the 21st century. He joins the show this week to talk with Rob about rewriting the rules and rigidity of what it means to really be a man, and the benefits men can get when they get in touch with their own feelings and deeply connect with others. TAKEAWAYS: [2:57] A few of the rules that the world has set up for boys at a y...
Sex and the Law with Ian Friedman
July 11, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 50.6 MBIan Friedman is one of the most sought after criminal defense lawyers in the country, and a partner at the Cleveland based firm Friedman and Nemecek. He joins the show to talk with Rob about the diverse nature of cases that he takes on, including criminal, cyber crimes and white collar manners. He talks about the law needing to catch up with the new crimes we are presently dealing with, and how sexually based charges fall within one of the toughest areas of law. Ian discusses how he and his ...
Betrayal Trauma with Tim Stein
July 04, 2019 07:00 - 37 minutes - 53.7 MBTim Stein is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, engaged in helping couples find the love they are meant to have. Tim is the co-founder of Willow Tree Counseling in Santa Rosa, and works with sex addicts and their partners providing individual, group, and couples therapy. Tim is a bright and rising star in the field of sex addiction, and speaks about the expected betrayed partner responses, along with the honesty that must be present in order for t...
Addiction Treatment: What We Do and Why We Do It
June 27, 2019 07:00 - 33 minutes - 47.7 MBIt’s a solo show today as Rob discusses treatment and the crucial healing elements that must be in place when working with addicts. He talks about his experience running the Seeking Integrity treatment center for over 25 years, and how groups can model the closeness and connection that addicts may miss in their upbringing. He also discusses the role of integrity, and how addiction is not an excuse for bad behavior but rather an indicator that one is struggling with issues and trying to work ...
Trauma and Addiction: The Connection with Dr. Jamie Marich
June 20, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 51.5 MBDr. Jamie Marich is an EMDR therapy master trainer and author of 5 books including Process: Not Perfection and creator of the Dancing Mindfulness approach to expressive arts therapy. Dr. Jamie joins the show to talk about expressive arts solutions for trauma recovery, what trauma work is, how someone knows if they have trauma, and the resources to begin working on it. She and Rob also talk about both the similarities and differences of trauma work in addiction and therapy and what the two co...
Understanding Professionals in Crisis with Ryan Patrick Bayley, MD
June 13, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 50.9 MBEven those of us with the most education and opportunities can still end up struggling with intimacy, drugs, and addiction. Executive Coach Dr. Ryan Bayley joins the show today to discuss his work helping professionals redesign their life events to close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Ryan draws from his own experience in Emergency Medicine to coach physicians from anywhere to burnout to just looking to find more stability in their life. He also shares why physicia...
Money, Power, and Sex with Debra Kaplan
May 23, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 52.6 MBDebra Kaplan, MA, LPC, LISAC, CMAT, CSAT-S specializes in helping adults and adolescents overcome addictions, issues related to sex and love, relationship struggles and unresolved traumatic stress. Today she shares information on how sex, money, and power play a role in addiction, what her experience was like working in the heavily male-dominated environment of Wall Street, what monetized rage is, and the first steps one must take in order to break free of the need for external validation to...
Healing Trauma and Addiction through Connection with Andrew Susskind
May 16, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes - 50.1 MBRob is joined with colleague and friend Andrew Susskind in today’s episode to talk about the issues that surround recovery and healing. They discuss what to expect during recovery, and where some may still be stuck even if they are moving forward. Andrew is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Brainspotting Practitioner and Certified Group Psychotherapist. They also discuss his book It’s Not About the Sex, Andrew’s work with the nervous system, and the reso...
Treating Sex and Drug Addiction Together with David Fawcett
May 02, 2019 07:00 - 33 minutes - 48.9 MBDr. David Fawcett returns to the show today to talk with Rob about all the different ways that drug and sex addiction intersects, what exactly chem sex is and announces their new project Seeking Integrity, the first series of treatment environments that address both issues. David is a therapist, author of Lust, Men and Meth, and expert in methamphetamines and stimulants in sexual behavior. They also discuss the traditional challenges in treating drug and sex addictions together, the biologic...
About Disclosure with Mari Lee
April 04, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 51.9 MBMari Lee is an author of best-selling books Facing Heartbreak and Healing Betrayal, speaker, and LMFT, a Sex Addiction Therapist, Specialist, and Supervisor. She also is the founder of Growth Counseling Services and Shine Women’s Retreat. She talks with Rob about what it is like to be a woman in her job working with both partners and addicts healing from betrayal, and how she helps her clients feel heard, resources for hope and healing, and why she loves working with addicts. TAKEAWAYS: ...
Hold me Tight with Dr. Sue Johnson
March 28, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 54.6 MBDr. Sue Johnson is profoundly known for her work on bonding, attachment and adult romantic relationships. She paved the way for much of the work being done now on attachment and intimacy, focused couples therapy, and her work changed the landscape of emotions based therapy. Today, she talks with Rob about EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, her best-selling book Hold Me Tight, and why EFT gives people hope, validation, and the connection necessary to heal themselves and possibly their wounded ...
The Cost of Neglect with Enod Gray
March 14, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 46 MBTherapist and counselor Enod Gray joins the show today to talk about how people are affected by neglect. She and Rob discuss the types of family dynamics that often lead to neglect, how people are affected by neglect, and what solutions are out there for folks dealing with this painful and under-discussed subject. Enod is based in Houston and offers counseling through her True Self Transitions business. She also discusses her new book, Neglect — The Silent Abuser and how one can begin to hea...
All About our Runaway Ego’s! With Dr. Lou Cox
March 07, 2019 08:00 - 39 minutes - 56.4 MBDr. Lou Cox is a Clinical Psychologist with over 55 years of experience. In his private practice, he works as a Psychotherapist and Awareness trainer, and Addictions Specialist. Today, he and Rob discuss both the healthy and unhealthy functions of the ego, why we have an ego, and how it relates to our need for love and connection. He also shares why compassion and courage are essential to getting loose with the ego and talks more about his book The Ghost in the Machinery. TAKEAWAYS: [1:...
Mental Health or Addiction? What you Need to Know With Dr. Candice Christiansen
February 28, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this week’s episode, Dr. Rob welcomes back Candice Christiansen, founder and clinical director for the Namaste Center for Healing. She and Rob discuss some co-occurring diagnosis that is found as an underlying source in addiction and avoidance, and why it’s not unusual for people that have sexual problems to also have an emotional and mental disorder that causes them to act out. They give a few examples of these conditions, define some characteristics of those on the spectrum, and talk ab...
Prodependence: Understanding the Treatment Model with Kim Buck
February 14, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 50.8 MBKim Buck, LPC and CSAT, joins the show, to share her excitement in the concept of prodependence, and her own experience in integrating it within the treatment of her own clients. Kim has over 15 years of clinical experience as a therapist and works in multiple modalities depending on the clients needs. As the Clinical Director at Family Strategies Counseling Center in Arizona, she runs treatment programs for hundreds of people. She and Rob also talk about the difference between the codepend...
All About Sex and Relationship Healing with Joe Saavedra
February 07, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes - 48.2 MBJoe Saavedra, is an MFT and sex addiction treatment provider who is passionate about working with people who have the experiences that come with addictive and compulsive behavior. Joe has a true healer’s heart and spirit, and works in an integrity and empathy based model. Today, he talks about the importance of group work, his own story of addiction and recovery, and why there is true power in relational intimacy with others. TAKEAWAYS: [3:02] Joe does a Men’s Sex Addiction 101 Drop-In ...
Breaking Down our Defenses to Heal with Kristin Snowden
January 31, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 50.7 MBKristin Snowden is a specialist in helping individuals, couples, and family recover and heal from addiction, depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship challenges such as betrayal and infidelity. She and Rob discuss their time working together at Promises Malibu and Kristin shares what that experience brought her both professionally and personally. She also discusses the importance of education and language in overcoming shame and struggle, why she finds great success in group therapy ses...
The Paradox of Intimacy and Hurt with Dr. Leon Seltzer
January 24, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 45.5 MBDr. Leon Seltzer joins the show today to speak about his work in intimate relationships, early wounding and healing, and the paradoxical relationship of intimacy and independence. He and Rob also discuss how defensive behavior and betrayal mirrors the world of addiction and the role that a family attachment bond later has on picking relationship partners. Dr. Seltzer describes the qualities he sees in couples able to work their way through great difficulties, and what seems to be missing in ...
Managing Relationship Heartbreak with Terri Real
January 17, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 50.8 MBTerry Real offers workshops for couples, individuals, and parents around the country along with professional training of the Relational Life Therapy method for clinicians through his Relational Life Institute. He also is the best-selling author of I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, and his new book The New Rules of Marriage is out now. Today, he chose the topic of healing betrayal, the added challenges that addiction brings in to the situation, an...
“We Do!” Saying Yes to Your Relationship with Dr. Stan Tatkin
January 10, 2019 08:00 - 41 minutes - 59.7 MBStan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, joins the show today to talk about creating a long-lasting and secure relationship. He discusses his latest book, We Do, his work at the PACT Institute, and how we can encourage people to take time to have the important discussions before jumping in headfirst to a commitment or marriage. He also discusses the smart way to vet out a potential relationship, monogamy as a choice, the Commandments of a secure functioning relationship and advice for couples dealing with be...
The Human Magnet Syndrome with Ross Rosenberg
December 27, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 46.2 MBRoss Rosenberg, psychotherapist, international speaker, author, and professional trainer joins the show today to talk with Rob about codependency, narcissism, and sex addiction. Ross explains his model of self-love deficiency disorder and talks about the work that he is doing at his Self Love Recovery Institute and with his Human Magnet Syndrome books. They also discuss what Ross defines as the core of codependency, the dance of SLDD and narcissism, the difference in getting help for women a...
Four Keys That Can Make Any Relationship Work with Jonathan Taylor
December 20, 2018 08:00 - 31 minutes - 46.1 MBRelationship and recovery expert Jonathan Taylor joins the show today to share four essential keys to make relationships work. These four skills are foundational and important in all types of relationships, whatever level they may be at. Jonathan discovered these through his own 13 years of recovery and saw how profoundly they transformed how he and others were showing up in their relationships. Jonathan also discusses his weekly webinar Rocking Relationships, and the work he does at Healing...
Protecting the World from Child Porn Offenders with Dr. Candice Christiansen
December 13, 2018 08:00 - 35 minutes - 51 MBCandice Christiansen, M.Ed., LCMHC, CSAT, and Founder and Clinical Director of Namaste Center for Healing, has been setting new goals for people to get what they need in both assessment and treatment. She is a trauma expert and runs treatment programs in both Utah and Hawaii. Today, she talks to Rob about her work with non-contact sex offenders, the vast difference in the offender population between who we know will never touch and those who will, and why she chose to advocate for those that...
Narcissism and Addiction with Dr. Rob
November 29, 2018 08:00 - 33 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Rob dives deep on an issue that concerns and confuses many people - narcissism and addiction. He talks about what it means to be narcissistic, the common misconceptions surrounding it, the continuum of healthy to harmful, how to spot a narcissist, what healing looks like for the condition, and how it relates with addiction. TAKEAWAYS: [1:27] Rob defines a narcissist as someone that tends to see the world mostly on their terms, and what they want matters more than wha...
Answering Your Questions with Dr. Rob and Tami
November 22, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 50.2 MBThis week, Rob returns with the great Tami VerHelst, his sidekick and first point of contact for the important questions that get sent their way. Tami came up with her list of best and newest questions over the recent weeks and generalized them to boil it down to a combination of the original question and common questions they get quite often. TAKEAWAYS: [3:10] Q: How does one figure out sexual preference when acting out with the same sex? A: That is a hard question, and because there ...
Answering Your Questions with Dr. Rob and Tami
November 22, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 50.2 MBThis week, Rob returns with the great Tami VerHelst, his sidekick and first point of contact for the important questions that get sent their way. Tami came up with her list of best and newest questions over the recent weeks and generalized them to boil it down to a combination of the original question and common questions they get quite often. TAKEAWAYS: [3:10] Q: How does one figure out sexual preference when acting out with the same sex? A: That is a hard question, and because th...
What Men Caught Cheating Need To Know with Dr. Rob and Tami
November 15, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 46.6 MBThis week, Rob is joined this week by his compadre and sidekick, Tami VerHelst. They discuss a topic and challenge that comes up so often that it inspired Rob’s book, Out of the Doghouse: A Step-By-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating. Rob shares how he wrote a book to help men, but knew that the women in their lives would purchase (and possibly throw at them). Rob and Tami also discuss cheating in the digital age, what men typically do that makes the situation worse, and ...
What Men Caught Cheating Need To Know with Dr. Rob and Tami
November 15, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 46.6 MBThis week, Rob is joined this week by his compadre and sidekick, Tami VerHelst. They discuss a topic and challenge that comes up so often that it inspired Rob’s book, Out of the Doghouse: A Step-By-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating. Rob shares how he wrote a book to help men, but knew that the women in their lives would purchase (and possibly throw at them). Rob and Tami also discuss cheating in the digital age, what men typically do that makes the situation worse, and ...
Relationship Between Trauma and Addiction with Dr. Christine Courtois
November 08, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 55.7 MBDr. Christine Courtois is a leader and trailblazer in the world of trauma and sexual addiction. Over the past 30 years, she has developed treatment approaches for complex posttraumatic and dissociative conditions that have been ahead of its time and is one of the first trauma professionals to create the field of modern trauma therapy. Today, she talks about both the similarities, the differences and the disconnect between the trauma and the addiction world, and ways she sees that shifting to...
Restarting Your Sex Life with Dr. Pat Love
October 25, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes - 52.7 MBDr. Pat Love is known for warmth, humor, and her practical and research based wisdom. Her work has taken her around the world to help people understand and improve their relationships through just about every platform including magazines, TV, blogs, and workshops. Today, she talks about the inspiration she gains by new research and information in the field, how she brings couples together when there have been many years of distance and the formula for desire and true passion. She also gives ...
Restarting Your Sex Life with Dr. Pat Love
October 25, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes - 52.7 MBDr. Pat Love is known for warmth, humor, and her practical and research based wisdom. Her work has taken her around the world to help people understand and improve their relationships through just about every platform including magazines, TV, blogs, and workshops. Today, she talks about the inspiration she gains by new research and information in the field, how she brings couples together when there have been many years of distance and the formula for desire and true passion. She also gives ...
Understanding Millennials and Porn Addiction with Gabe Deem
October 18, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 53.5 MBGabe Deem is a strong voice when it comes to the issue of porn addiction, and his passion and drive helps offer encouragement, advice and support to both men and women during the recovery process. Today, Gabe shares his work and drive behind Reboot Nation, a free online community with over 11,000 members that helps addicts and their partners overcome problems related to porn use. He and Rob also talk about the ways that he educates himself to stay current on the subject, his own story of por...
Addicted to Internet Porn with Noah Church
October 11, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes - 52.3 MBNoah Church is an expert, recovery coach, speaker and author of Wack: Addicted to Internet Porn, and evolution of the porn addiction treatment world. Today, he talks about the difference between addiction and dysfunction, his own personal experience and struggle with porn addiction, the ways porn and sex addiction differ, and what he is doing to make a difference. TAKEAWAYS: [2:12] Noah himself began using porn at age 9. At 24, he realized how much of a negative impact his porn use had...
Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
September 27, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 50.4 MBKelly McDaniel is an expert on women and addiction. Her deep empathy in the field helps women find, develop and be okay with themselves despite the trauma that may have occurred in early attachment. Today, she speaks about her upcoming book “Mother Hunger”, the lasting patterns that emerge due to early trauma, and how Mother Hunger treatment is different that typical sex and love addiction treatment. TAKEAWAYS: [1:04] Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CST, maintains a private practice in Nas...
Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
September 27, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 50.4 MBKelly McDaniel is an expert on women and addiction. Her deep empathy in the field helps women find, develop and be okay with themselves despite the trauma that may have occurred in early attachment. Today, she speaks about her upcoming book “Mother Hunger”, the lasting patterns that emerge due to early trauma, and how Mother Hunger treatment is different that typical sex and love addiction treatment. TAKEAWAYS: [1:04] Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CST, maintains a private practice in Nashvi...
Addiction, Impulsivity, and the Commitment to Change with Paula Hall
September 20, 2018 07:00 - 33 minutes - 47.8 MBSince Paula Hall’s work in the field began over 15 years ago, she has seen many shifts in the way we treat and educate surrounding sexual addiction and sexual impulsivity. She is now a leader, and between her own work at The Laurel Centre, her 9 published books and her team of 20 people in growing locations, she is a voice for change and empathy for both men and women struggling with addiction. She talks today about the difference in approach that the UK has towards addiction, gives a sneak ...
Codependence vs. Prodependence with Carol the Coach
September 13, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 51 MBCarol Juergensen Sheets, aka “Carol the Coach”, has a passion for understanding trauma, disconnection and isolation, and using her gifts to help both sex addicts and betrayed partners through their darkest moments and into the light of healing. She also loves to use media and broadcasting to spread her message to millions, in a judgment and blame freeway. Today, she talks with Rob about her work in partner focused treatment, her radio show on Blog Talk Radio that receives more than half a mi...
Codependence vs. Prodependence with Carol the Coach
September 13, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 51 MBCarol Juergensen Sheets, aka “Carol the Coach”, has a passion for understanding trauma, disconnection and isolation, and using her gifts to help both sex addicts and betrayed partners through their darkest moments and into the light of healing. She also loves to use media and broadcasting to spread her message to millions, in a judgment and blame freeway. Today, she talks with Rob about her work in partner focused treatment, her radio show on Blog Talk Radio that receives more than half a mi...
Love is Everlasting with Dr. Harville Hendrix
September 06, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes - 55.8 MBDr. Harville Hendrix is an international expert in the field of human intimacy and human relationships, and is dedicated to teaching individuals what love is in both feeling and action. Today, he talks about the crucial steps in a relationship before love can even enter the picture, and the interesting way our unconscious minds match us with our partners. He and his wife Helen authored the best-seller Getting the Love You Want, and draw from over 40 years of working with couples to get t...
Women in Sex and Love Addiction with Staci Sprout
August 30, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 53.2 MBStaci Sprout, author of Naked in Public, therapist and speaker joins the show today to share her experience of over 24 years working with couples, individuals and groups on sex and love addiction. She discusses her current project, where she dedicates her time and expertise to train therapists on how to better work with females, and how to broach different perspectives and reasons for acting out. She and Rob also talk about cultural issues in dating, women using porn and ways people can find...
Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency with Dr. Rob and Tami
August 23, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes - 51.9 MBToday on the podcast, Rob and his partner in crime (and healing), Tami explore a new model to treat the betrayed and hurting partners of sexual addicts - Prodependence. Rob has been immersed in the last few years in looking for a new model that moves beyond codependency, and helps to validate and support the partners of addicts, rather than pathologizing and blaming them. His new book, Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency, explains this model and the framework of attachment vs. trauma t...
Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men with Dr. Rob
August 16, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutes - 43 MBIn today’s episode, Rob digs in deeper on the topic of sexuality and sexual addiction in gay men. He discusses the different norms in gay vs. heterosexual communities, what determines an addictive or compulsive sexual behavior, and the specific challenges gay men have in building relationship intimacy. There are both many differences and similarities in how gay and straight men act out in addiction, and also specific knowledge therapists need to have when working with the gay population. ...
Healthy Dating in Recovery with Jonathon Taylor and Jackie Pack
August 09, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes - 55.8 MBJonathon Taylor and Jackie Pack are on a mission to help people know what healthy dating and true intimacy look like. On today’s episode, they join Rob for a talk about their own journey as Licensed Therapists, their great work with One Layer Deeper, the common struggles they find from men and women moving from addiction to dating, the mistakes addicts make when they do go back in the dating pool, and their very own Dating Intensives. TAKEAWAYS: [3:00] Addicts tend to pick up other peop...