5: Interview with Sexual Addiction Therapist, Dan Ellenberg (MA, NCC, LPCA)

05/04/2024 46 min Episodio 5
5: Interview with Sexual Addiction Therapist, Dan Ellenberg (MA, NCC, LPCA)

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In this episode, I interview Sexual Addiction Therapist, Dan Ellenberg MA, NCC, LPCA. Some highlights of the show include:- Dan discovering porn at 9 years old which led to an addiction - Why men don't often speak up about their porn struggles and hide it in relationships - Why the porn or sex addiction started years before the relationship even started and isn't because of the woman/partner-  Why a sex or porn addiction isn't actually about the sex/porn or "attractiveness" of other women - How a porn habit can escalate into an addiction- The chemicals being released in your brain while watching porn - Why porn users continue going back to porn even when it makes them feel bad- Why the problem of pornography is underplayed- Intimacy disorder resulting from an insecure attachment style - How EMDR can help people overcome addictions and trauma- Why surveillance tools like CovenentEyes don't solve the issue of relapsingIf you'd like to contact Dan, you can reach him at https://www.dynamiscounseling.com/Follow along for more resources TikTok Instagram P*rn addiction recovery resource: Click here **Please subscribe and rate the show so the algorithm can help more girls find this resource and know they aren't alone in their healing journey from his cheating, p*rn use, etc.! <3