Carol the Coach is interviewing addictions expert Greg Woodhill who is host of the podcast A Brave New Man Podcast. Greg is going to be talking about when does sexually explicit images become problematic and what emotions it might be masking. Listen as Greg talks about how affects the brain.

Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Chris Countryman LCSW about how emotions interplay with sex addiction. Chris has found that sex addicts often find themselves alternately blocking emotions or feeling overwhelmed by them. Researchers have found that difficulty in managing emotions plays a big part in the development of sex addiction, and learning how to work with and integrate emotions is a big part of recovery. Listen as Chris and Carol the Coach address the basics of emotions theory, and how applying emotional tools can help in recovery.

Repeat of a previous show that discusses impulse control issues associated with sex addiction.

Carol the Coach interviews Jim who has garnered a variety of modalities and philosophies to understand and treat his sexual addiction. He will be speaking about the modalities he used and the deal breaker that he believes is crucial to good sexual addiction recovery. Jim has an extensive history and wants to share it with you!

Carol the Coach will be interviewing a partner who has had to readjust her whole life as a result of sexual addiction. Here how she coped and found strength as she began to depend solely on her self and safe people within her environment.  

One of the challenges after 6-12 months of sobriety for individuals is handling their emotional life. After all, one reason why addictions start is to avoid feeling emotions to begin with.Our guest Jan M. Bergstrom, who wrote Gifts from a Challenging Childhood; Creating a Practice for Becoming Your Healthiest Self, believes that individuals have to to heal from family of origin trauma. In our show, she will help us understand how to re-parent our historical parts.

We are all pioneers in the field of sex addiction. Yet many therapists don't agree on whether sex addiction even exists. There are so many questions. Tonight Carol the Coach interviews Michael Salas from Vantage Point Dallas Counselling who weighs in on the controversy. He helps therapists to understand and treat compulsive sexual behavior. He says that when the therapist community struggles to find a balanced consensus on the topic, it can be difficult for people with CPSB and their partners choose the right help. He says that when the therapist who helps clients to unpack their own narratives, establish their own boundaries  and identify the labels that best fit them...It will promotes more authentic, open discussions that help the client come to their own conclusions.

Carol the Coach will be interview Cat Clark who has done a 4 book series about both she and her husband Frank and the transitions that have occured because of partner betrayal. Her immune system was dramatically compromised and so she talks with couples and partners as to what she did to minimize the damage and restore her serenity,

Secrets, manipulations and addiction prevent the partner from trusting the spouse again. Tonight, I will be chatting with Geoff Steurer who is going to be talking about how the sex addict can make the unfaithful partner feel better and  find effective trust-building efforts focused on caring for the  betrayed partner as an individual worthy of respect.

Ambiguous Grief is a term that can be applied to all types of grief that do not have a hard definition for the change in a relationship.Tonight, Carol the Coach will be talking to Sophia Caudie who has a new model and book that talks about how difficult it may be to recognize and grieve the loss. She hopes that discussing it tonight will help clients understand how to work on the mourning that accompanies it.