Specialties EMDR TrainedDrug and Alcohol AddictionI am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Certified Addiction Professional (CAP)My services include individual, group and family therapy for people struggling with alcohol and/or chemical dependency — to include methadone, suboxone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and heroin. Therapeutic counseling addresses pain management, trauma, dual diagnosis and an array of other mental health issues.I also provide continuum of care therapy for post detox patients, those in residential treatment, intensive outpatient care or halfway house residents.Sex AddictionI am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and trained under Dr. Patrick Carnes, the premier expert, speaker and author on sex addiction, compulsion and treatment. I offer individual and group sex addiction therapy sessions and lead a men’s sex addiction group Tuesday evenings at my West Palm Beach office.A growing area of my practice over the past 10 years has been working with those dealing with compulsive and/or deviant sexual behaviors. I offer both individual and group therapy sessions.Sex addiction is a psychological disorder in which an individual is unable to control his or her sexual behavior. It adversely affects both the individual and their loved ones and manifests in many different behaviors, including: * Frequent masturbation* Multiple sexual Affairs* Persistent watching or reading pornographic materials * Sexual harassment* Soliciting prostitutesSex addiction occurs for a variety of reasons such as a traumatic or early childhood experience, escapism, childhood sexual abuse, a familial history of addiction, poor adult role modeling and even experiences that lack emotional intimacy in nonsexual ways.In the early stages of sexual addiction, the person believes that the addiction provides exorbitant pleasure and in this stage, sexual intercourse or masturbation is very frequent.