This episode features an interview with Forest Benedict, LMFT, SATP where we discuss group therapy for treatment of pornography / sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. In this episode, we discuss: - Why group treatment is often difficult for people - The definition of group therapy and how it works - How group therapy helps people heal their attachment wounds - The different types of therapy groups - How group can be a “classroom for connection” - Why group can create ongoing accountability for recovery - How group can be a bridge back to a relationship with God. Group resources mentioned in the show: www.forestbenedict.com www.lifestarnetwork.com www.salifeline.org http://arp.lds.org Forest Benedict, LMFT, SATP, is the author of the highly-acclaimed book Life After Lust: Stories & Strategies for Sex & Pornography Addiction Recovery (www.amazon.com/Life-After-Lust-S…1487134790&sr=8-1). Forest uses online group therapy to guide sexually addicted individuals through recovery, serving all of California (forestbenedict.com/online-program-details/). He leads sexual addiction workshops and co-facilitates intensives with LifeSTAR Sacramento (lifestarsacramento.org/team-view/forest-benedict/). Forest is the Program Coordinator of the Sexual Addiction Treatment Provider program at Mid-America Nazarene University, training therapists to do sexual addiction work (www.mnu.edu/graduate/programs/s…rtification-program). He is a husband and father who is in recovery. To work with Forest, email him at [email protected]. Check out his website forestbenedict.com for additional recovery related resources . To learn about Forest’s recovery story, click here: forestbenedict.com/2017/03/17/cele…-gifts-for-you/ Additional links: Please follow Forest on the following platforms: Newsletter: us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=60…&id=b625e28c00 Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx7994oK_wpXKchrO9GdtA Blog: forestbenedict.com/blog/ Twitter: twitter.com/ForestGB Facebook: www.facebook.com/ForestGBenedict Instagram: www.instagram.com/forestbenedictlmft/ Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/forestbenedict/ Please SHARE this valuable content with others.