Men's Healthy Sexuality Online Group
Men's Healthy Intimacy Group
New Group Forming Beginning April 22, 2026
Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. CDT
A new group for men who want to continue their recovery journey to find meaning and purpose in life through character development, emotional maturity, while improving their relationship with healthy intimacy and establishing ongoing sobriety.
Men’s Healthy Intimacy Group is a 10-week online psychoeducational group designed to foster the next steps & skills needed to maintain long-term recovery from sexually compulsive behaviors and improve relationship communication, trust and honesty.
Do You Feel, Despite Your Best Efforts,
You Can’t Stop Acting Out?
· Are you confused how you ended up suffering from addiction?
· Do you feel obsessed by addictive, obsessive and compulsive feelings?
· Have you tried to stop, & failed to be completely honest with your partner and yourself?
· Are you feeling shame & guilt because of your secretive behavior?
· Are people you love telling you they’re hurt and angry?
· Is your relationship in jeopardy if you fail to stay sober?
· Is it worth taking a chance to lose the people you love?
· Are you sick and tired of living a double life?
· If you answered YES to any of the above questions you need to attend this group. Don’t wait! Make the commitment to transform your life, to a life worth living!
During this group you will:
· Be motivated to establish a lasting recovery.
· Reduce shame and guilt.
· Discover how to stay sober, despite loneliness, anxiety, boredom & anger.
· Reestablish healthy intimacy and emotional integrity.
· Discover how to grow spiritually into the best person you were meant to be.
· How to temper out of control emotions.
· How to improve your primary relationship, fractured by infidelity or online sexual behaviors.
· How to build back trust with your partner, through empathy and healthy intimacy.
· How to continue to find hope and freedom from the loneliness and boredom which trigger you with urges and cravings to escape into fantasy.
· How to create a life worth living where you are calm, connected, confident and clear, no longer needing to act out to feel better or worthwhile.
I have been married for 52years and use this experience, along with my professional training, to counsel over 1000 clients with relationship and intimacy issues, out of control sexual behavior, and trauma in a practice based on respect, acceptance and non-judgment.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Healthy Intimacy Coach. I am a former member of the Association for Specialists in Group Work and have been leading online and in-person groups for over 10 years.
I’ve written five books, Addictive Entrepreneurship dealing with the 13 secrets to a successful life as an entrepreneur, Experiential Group Therapy Interventions with DBT: A 30-day program for treating addictions and trauma. I co-authored Help Her Heal with Carol Sheets for helping betrayed partners heal. I co-authored Ambushed by Betrayal with Michele Saffier. My latest book is Navigating the Phases of Sex Addiction Recovery.
Beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 CDT
10 1 ½ hour group sessions
$750
See Group Outline Below
Online Group Outline
Session #1:
· Introduction
o Counselor’s experience and credentials
o Mapping out the target market
o What to expect
o Rules
o Homework / Readings
o Confidentiality
o Meet and Greet / Personal story of addiction and recovery
o What you want to get out of being in this group
Session #2:
· Theme of Session: Distractions
o Defining the problem from Chapter 1: Navigating the Phases of SA Recovery
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Cellphone Addiction
o Perspective
o Reading Chapter 1
o Exercises / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #3:
· Theme of Session: Mindfulness
o Examining the Solution in Chapter 2
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Mindfulness / Being present in the moment
o Intuition
o Appreciate what we used to take for granted
o Judging and comparing: Self- image vs. self-esteem
o Freedom from addiction is playing by the rules
o Fighting vs. letting go
o Exercise / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #4:
· Theme of Session: A human being vs. a human doing
o Defining the difference from chapter 3
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Expectations are premeditated resentments
o Seeking fortune, fame and honor: Building your character
o Using work to avoid problems at home
o Exercise / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #5:
· Theme of Session: Self-Care for Work/Life Balance
o Examining the solution from chapter 4
o Finding your passion
o Play by the rules
o Prevention of relapse: Building a life worth living
o Play and Rest
o Happiness as a goal
o Exercises / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #6:
· Theme of Session: Dealing with Difficult Emotions
o Defining problem of pushing away your emotions from chapter 5
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Anxiety and its triggering role
o Depression and Anger: The link and how to express anger healthily.
o Resentments
o Shame vs. Guilt
o Adversity and Fear
o Are you causing your own suffering?
o The Feelings Inventory Exercise
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #7:
· Theme of Session: Improving Your Character
o Examining the Solution in chapter 6
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Spirituality and Character Improvement
o Faith
o Love and Indifference
o Diligence and Laziness
o Emotional Sobriety and Serenity
o Exercise / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #8
· Theme of Session: Building Self-Esteem
o Defining the problem of basing self-worth on others in CH 7
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o The Lure of social media and comparisons
o Coping with family dysfunction
o Why we allow other people to annoy us
o Resentments are the addicts worse enemy
o Turning envy into a positive character trait
o Exercise / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #9:
· Theme of Session: The Elements of Trust
o Examining the solution to lack of trust in CH 8
o Feelings Check / Get Current / Struggles / Successes
o Trusting a Higher Power
o Trusting others
o Trusting ourselves
o Hey! What About Me: When will I be your priority
o Being honest with yourself
o Forgiveness and Acceptance: What it really means
o Exercise / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me
Session #10
· Theme of Session: Healthy Sexuality & Intimacy
o Moving toward a healthier relationship from Chapter 9
o Understanding Thriving despite your Sex and Love Addiction
o The difference between lust and desire
o The Eight Stages of Intimacy
o Help Her Heal: Discovering Empathy
o Exercise: FANOS
o What to do when crisis, urges, triggers occur?
§ Act Dialectically
§ Play the Tape Out
§ Self-soothe
§ Opposite Action
§ Goal Setting
§ Pros and cons
o Exercises / Questions
o General Discussion: How this relates to me