Seeking Integrity presents fresh blogs and podcasts on a weekly basis that discuss all aspects of intimacy disorders, such as: chronic cheating, sex addiction, porn addiction, paired substance/sex addiction. Our writing and podcasts offer empathic understanding toward the healing and treatment of such complex, debilitating problems. Wide-ranging topics include how to identify and diagnose sexual addiction, porn addiction, and substance/sex addiction, understanding infidelity, how to choose a useful addiction rehab as well as what to expect from addiction treatment. Our blogs and podcasts take a deep dive into the role of 12-step work and therapy, what it takes to heal an intimate relationship after profound betrayal and a library of information on self-care, addiction recovery and related mental health concerns. If these topics are of interest to you, please explore them by clicking the links below.
David Fawcett PhD It is well understood that addictions tend to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. Among the most potent environmental risk factors is...
Dr. David Fawcett Chemsex is the paired use of drugs, particularly methamphetamine, with sexual behavior. The term chemsex was coined in the UK to refer to gay men who...
Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW Many addiction treatment specialists refer to addictions as an intimacy disorder. What they mean by this is that addicts turn to addictive substances and behaviors,...
Tami VerHelst If you’re partnered with a sex, porn, or substance/sex addict, you know what intimate betrayal feels like. And you know that it’s miserable. It’s like you’ve been...
Dr. David Fawcett Many sex, porn, and paired substance/sex addicts, when they enter treatment with us at Seeking Integrity, tell us that they were not in any way abused...
Tamara Cooper What is Gaslighting? If you’ve been cheated on, it’s likely that you also experienced some degree of what psychologists refer to as gaslighting. Gaslighting, in case you’re...
Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Endless quantities of research have identified a direct causal link between unresolved early-life trauma and later-life addictions (all types of addiction). For this reason,...
Erin Snow LMFT Jeremy says, “My friend set us up. I hadn’t been explicitly looking for someone, but the thought of a nice dinner out with a beautiful woman...
Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW Denial is a series of internal lies and deceits that addicts use to make their addictive behavior seem OK (in their own mind). Because addicts...
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