Mental Health

You keep people and relationships at a distance. Keeping things at the surface level helps you feel like you’re in control of your life. But what you’re terrified to confront is your fear of intimacy.  You create intimacy through unique bonds with people. Fearing intimacy isn’t a life sentence to […]

Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder and Bipolar Disorder often accompany one another. CSBD can be a symptom people with bipolar disorder experience when in a manic state. It can make it difficult for them to maintain a healthy sexual relationship. CSBD and Bipolar Disorder are complex diagnoses. It’s essential to learn […]

One of the keys to understanding your sex addiction is to investigate and understand your trauma response.  Trauma response is the way you react to trauma either during or after the event. These responses can be behavioral, emotional, somatic, cognitive, or a mix thereof.  You may immediately experience symptoms after […]

When you judge yourself harshly, scrutinize everything you do from a negative lens, and feel deeply afraid of failure, you are likely experiencing self-critical thoughts. While everyone can be self-critical at times, this thought process becomes harmful when it becomes consistent. Being self-critical is hearing that internal monologue that analyzes […]

What is Somatic Therapy? You’ve been researching your or your loved one’s intimacy disorder (more commonly known as sex addiction) for a while now. One of the terms you’ve probably come across more than once is Somatic therapy – and you’re probably asking, “what is somatic therapy?” Somatic therapy is […]