#122: As A Woman, How Do I Know If I Struggle With Sex Addiction?

Caller Claire's Question: "My husband and I have been listening to your podcast for a couple of weeks now and appreciate your insight into this difficult subject. We are at the beginning of recovery but find ourselves in the position of having our roles swapped. I, the wife have the sex addiction and my husband is working through the betrayal trauma. My question is whether you have any insight into female sex addiction or any resources that would be helpful for us. I am finding it difficult to find accurate information that I can relate to. It took nearly two years to diagnose my addiction as it was initially presenting in a way that is not traditionally considered "sex" addiction. It recently escalated into more blatant sexual acting out and that's when we were able to more fully understand what was going on with me. I wish there had been more information and understanding early on so we could have addressed it before it escalated."

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Tyler Patrick, "The Wandering Therapist", is co-founder of Love Strong (lovestrong.com), a Christian-based Recovery + WHOLEHEARTED living therapy practice. If you'd like to work with Love Strong via telehealth or in-person, reach out to us at connect@lovestrong.com or go to our website: https://lovestrong.com. We have a great online Foundations Of Recovery Class starting soon. This class is for sex addiction recovery and healing from betrayal trauma. Go to https://lovestrong.com/services/foundations-group/ to learn more and sign up.

Brannon Patrick, "The Expert", is co-founder of Therapy Utah (therapyutah.org). You can follow Brannon on Instagram @brannon_patrick. He has some really great online courses available at brannonpatrick.com like his Boundary Bootcamp course. Brannon has a program called L.I.F.T. for betrayal trauma and addiction recovery available online starting soon. Go to https://www.liftforrecovery.com/ for more info!

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