Sexual Addiction – Center for Relational Recovery

February Recomended Reading

Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy by David Richo If you are at the point in your healing from betrayal that you are wanting to really think deeply and work on how to rebuild trust in your relationship and with yourself, this is a great book for you. David provides a thoughtful definition of trust and looks at the key building blocks that must be in place for trust … [Read more...]

October Recommended Reading

No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction by Marnie C. Ferree Marnie Ferree is one of the groundbreaking voices in the field of sexual addiction treatment. She wrote one of the first books ever written addressing women who struggle with sexual addiction and has led the work in developing an understanding of the specific issues that women face. If you or someone you love is dealing with … [Read more...]

Embracing Failure in Recovery

By: Robert Rubinow, LPC The addicted mind is permeated with thoughts that bend one’s view of reality into an unrecognizable panorama. These negative thoughts—like little seedlings deposited by our adverse experiences of the world, and often, the families or cultures we grow up in—grow over time into an interconnected labyrinth of beliefs with deep and hazardous roots, like a dense, defended … [Read more...]

CRR Team Spotlight, Cheryl Schenck

Over the coming weeks we want to introduce you to members of CRR’s Clinical Team who you may not yet know. This week we invite you to take a few minutes to get to know a little bit more about Cheryl Schenck. Cheryl Schenck is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with individuals and couples, and leads groups. Cheryl has been with the Center for Relational Recovery since 2012. After she … [Read more...]

CRR Team Spotlight, Bruce Butler

Over the coming weeks we want to introduce you to members of CRR’s Clinical Team who you may not yet know. This week we invite you to take a few minutes to get to know a little bit more about Bruce Butler. Bruce Butler has been a member of the Clinical Team at the Center for Relational Recovery since 2013. Bruce specializes in treating individuals and couples dealing with relational (marital) … [Read more...]

CRR Team Spotlight, Michelle Mays

Over the coming weeks we want to introduce you to members of CRR’s Clinical Team who you may not yet know. This week we invite you to take a few minutes to get to know a little bit more about Michelle Mays. Michelle D. Mays LPC, CSAT-S is the founder and Clinical Director of the Center for Relational Recovery, serving individuals and couples struggling with sexual addiction, betrayal trauma, … [Read more...]

How EMDR Can Help with Trauma Recovery

All addiction has its roots in trauma. Very often, adverse life events experienced in early childhood or adolescence—the critical formative years of development—leave indelible scars and gaping, unresolved emotional and psychological wounds that can lead to arrested development and a lifetime pattern of anesthetizing behaviors and addictions. The good news is that, with proper help, people can … [Read more...]

CRR Team Spotlight, Scott Bradley

Over the coming weeks we want to introduce you to members of CRR’s Clinical Team who you may not yet know. This week we invite you to take a few minutes to get to know a little bit more about Scott Bradley. Scott is a resident in counseling, pursuing licensure in professional counseling in the state of Virginia and is currently in his residency. After working with adolescents in and out of the … [Read more...]

The Importance of Supportive Community in Recovery

“We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.” -Dorothy Day I smiled the other day when I read the familiar bumper sticker on the car in front of me: “I was always the black sheep. Then I started going to meetings and found the rest of the herd.” Beyond a good chuckle, there is more truth embedded in that statement than we may realize. Without a … [Read more...]

CRR Team Spotlight, Robert Rubinow

Over the coming weeks we want to introduce you to members of CRR’s Clinical Team who you may not yet know. This week we invite you to take a few minutes to get to know a little bit more about Robert Rubinow. Robert Rubinow is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Center for Relational Recovery. Robert has many years of experience (both clinically and pastorally) treating individuals and … [Read more...]