Individual Therapy for Partners / Spouses of Sex Addicts in Los Angeles

Individuals who struggle with sex addiction are not the only people affected by their addiction. Often partners or spouses find themselves reeling once they discover their loved one is addicted to compulsive sexual behaviors such as compulsive masturbation, pornographic addiction, cybersex, having anonymous sex, hiring prostitutes, or engaging in exhibitionism, etc.

In the past, only the sex addict was in therapy, leaving the partner without essential services to deal with the intense feeling of betrayal. Today, we at CHS recognize the need to create a therapeutic safe space for partners to process their parallel experience of their partner’s sexual addiction. One of our specialties at CHS is to create supportive treatment plans for partners (often referred to in the addiction treatment community as co-sex addicts). Such treatment plans often include individual, couples and group work. Individual therapy includes helping the partner to make sense of what has happened, clarifying personal boundaries, and preparing for the sex addict’s disclosure. We provide strictly confidential individual psychotherapy treatment for partners and, when appropriate, we recommend couples’ sex therapy.