The mission of Seeking Integrity is to form and nurture accessible, comprehensive, interactive communities for people seeking to understand, address, and redress with integrity behavioral health challenges wherever and however they manifest.
Robert Weiss PhD, MSWDr. Rob is a digital-age sex, intimacy, and relationship specialist. He has spent more than 25 years developing treatment programs, educating clinicians, writing, and providing direct care to those challenged by digital-age infidelity, sex and porn addiction, and other addictive disorders.
A clinical sexologist, psychotherapist, and international educator, Dr. Rob frequently serves as a subject matter expert for multiple media outlets, including CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox, OWN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and NPR, among others. He is the author of several highly regarded books on sex and intimacy disorders, including Sex Addiction 101, Cruise Control, Out of the Doghouse, and Prodependence: The End of Codependency. His Psychology Today blog, “Love and Sex in the Digital Age” has over 11 million readers. He also podcasts (Sex, Love, & Addiction) and hosts a weekly interactive sex and intimacy webinar on the Seeking Integrity run website, SexandRelationshipHealing.com.
A skilled clinical educator, Dr. Rob has created and overseen more than a dozen high-end addiction and mental health treatment programs in the US and abroad. As Chief Clinical Officer of Seeking Integrity, he is actively and continually working to create easily accessed, useful, online and real-world solutions that anyone struggling with sex, intimacy, and relationship concerns can utilize.
Stuart Leviton, Chief Operating OfficerStuart Leviton is a graduate of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an honors graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He is a long-time member of the California Bar. He has practiced in business advice and counsel and civil litigation for nearly 25 years.
He has over 40 years of business experience, starting in his formative years in his family’s men’s clothing store, and proceeding thereafter as a union member, employee, consultant, attorney, business advisor, and small business owner. In addition to his professional activities, he sits on the Boards of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, and the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition. Formerly, he was Vice Chair of the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, Chair of the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, and a lecturer in Business Law and Ethics at the American Jewish University.
His ultimate takeaway from his extensive professional and service experience: Stop asking for advice. Instead, focus on understanding the potential consequences of the choices one makes. Ask the right questions, get good answers, and carefully weigh and understand the possible outcomes.
David Fawcett PhD, LCSWDr. David is a substance abuse expert, certified sex therapist, and clinical psychotherapist. In his clinical work, he addresses a wide range of concerns, including addiction, trauma, and issues related to chronic illness, especially HIV/AIDS. In over 25 years of clinical practice, he has worked with addiction and mental health in every level of care and is highly regarded as a writer and trainer.
For nearly two decades, Dr. David has worked with persons experiencing the fusion of drug addiction and sexual behavior. This work, focused largely on stimulants and sex, culminated in the publication of Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery, a landmark book that received the 2016 POZ Best Nonfiction Award.
In high demand as a trainer, Dr. David has been a national facilitator for the HIV Spectrum Project of the National Association of Social Workers. He also served on the Project Coordinating Committee of SAMHSA’s HIV and Mental Health Resource Center, making both written contributions and appearing in the Center’s videos. He was a founder and Chair of the South Florida Methamphetamine Task Force, a nationally recognized coalition that addressed the meth epidemic through training, prevention, and intervention. He recently co-produced a documentary about crystal meth and the gay community in New York called Crystal City.
Tami VerHelst, Chief Relationship OfficerTami VerHelst is committed to addiction recovery, and to helping those who are struggling with addiction and their loved ones find qualified services. She was Vice President of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) for more than ten years. During her tenure, she helped the organization more than quadruple in size and gain international presence and reputation by creating a community environment for professionals and upholding a standard of excellence for the organization’s trainings and conferences.
More recently, she created Momentum Addiction Recovery Services with the goal of Moving Recovery Forward, consulting on projects that provide quality services to those seeking help for themselves and their loved ones. In this capacity, she is pleased to partner with Seeking Integrity and Sex and Relationship Healing, with a focus on connecting struggling individuals with the recovery resources they need.
Scott Brassart, Director of Content DevelopmentScott Brassart is a writer, editor, and content creator. As Director of Content Development for Seeking Integrity LLC, he oversees the creation, production, and dissemination of online information, treatment manuals for licensed programs, and other written materials. A graduate of Brown University (BA), Emerson College (MA), and Indiana University School of Law (JD), he has been a writer and editor for more than 25 years.
As a book publisher, he has worked at Northeastern University Press, High Mountain Press, and Alyson Books (Editor-in-Chief). As a freelance writer, his work has appeared in dozens of local, national, and international publications. He is the author of the mystery novel, The Bad Ending, and coauthor, with the late James Robert Baker, of the satirical novel, Anarchy. He has written, produced, or directed a half-dozen short films. In recent years, his work has focused almost entirely on mental health issues, with an emphasis on healing from substance addictions, and sex, porn, and love addiction.