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Eddie Capparucci, Ph.D., LPC, C-CSAS, specializes in treating sex/porn addiction. He is the creator of the Inner Child Model for treating this addiction, a trauma-based approach toward healing. He is the author of the books, Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual Addiction and Why Men Struggle to Love: Overcoming Relational Blind Spots. He can be reached at edcappa@gmail.com.

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Finding Recovery Difficult? Imagine What Your Partner Is Feeling

Daniel stormed about the office, complaining about his porn recovery schedule: “This is too overwhelming for me. She knows what my work schedule is like and how demanding my job is… yet, she and you…

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Your Addiction Should Not Define You

When I first meet a man struggling with porn addiction, he often uses the following introduction: “Hi, I am Ted Smith, and I am a porn addict.” First adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous, addiction groups universally…

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Do You Have the Emotional Intelligence to Quit Porn?

“Yeah, I would say Kevin is making good progress with his pornography addiction,” Carol told me during a couple’s session when I asked if she thought her husband was on the right path of recovery.…