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This episode features an interview with Forest Benedict, LMFT, SATP where we discuss group therapy for treatment of pornography / sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. In this episode, we discuss: 

  • Why group treatment is often difficult for people
  • The definition of group therapy and how it works
  • How group therapy helps people heal their attachment wounds
  • The different types of therapy groups 
  • How group can be a “classroom for connection”
  • Why group can create ongoing accountability for recovery
  • How group can be a bridge back to a relationship with God.

Group resources mentioned in the show:www.forestbenedict.comwww.lifestarnetwork.comwww.salifeline.orgarp.lds.org

Forest Benedict, LMFT, SATP, is the author of the highly-acclaimed book Life After Lust: Stories & Strategies for Sex & Pornography Addiction Recovery ( www.amazon.com/Life-After-Lust-S…1487134790&sr=8-1). Forest uses online group therapy to guide sexually addicted individuals through recovery, serving all of California ( forestbenedict.com/online-program-details/). He leads sexual addiction workshops and co-facilitates intensives with LifeSTAR Sacramento (lifestarsacramento.org/team-view/forest-benedict/). Forest is the Program Coordinator of the Sexual Addiction Treatment Provider program at Mid-America Nazarene University, training therapists to do sexual addiction work (www.mnu.edu/graduate/programs/s…rtification-program). He is a husband and father who is in recovery. To work with Forest, email him at [email protected]. Check out his website forestbenedict.com for additional recovery related resources . To learn about Forest’s recovery story, click here: forestbenedict.com/2017/03/17/cele…-gifts-for-you/

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Please follow Forest on the following platforms: 
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx7994oK_wpXKchrO9GdtA
Blog: forestbenedict.com/blog/ 
Twitter: twitter.com/ForestGB
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ForestGBenedict
Instagram: www.instagram.com/forestbenedictlmft/
Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/forestbenedict/
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The Illuminate Podcast is sponsored by LifeStar of St. George, Utah, a recovery program for couples and individual impacted by pornography addiction and betrayal trauma. Visit www.lifestarstgeorge.com for the next workshop and other resources.

You can also purchase a six-hour audio course on healing your marriage from pornography ($29) here: geoff-steurer.mykajabi.com/p/marriage-recovery