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Phase I - The Getting Started Workshop The Getting Started Workshop is a six-week educational course for people struggling with an addiction to pornography and other compulsive sexual behaviors, and for their partners. This exciting new course provides participants with a better understanding about sexual addiction and the underlying issues, and teaches both partners and addicts how to begin the journey toward peace, hope, and healing. The primary focus of the Getting Started Workshop is to educate. We have found that when clients are well-informed about the underlying issues that influence unhealthy behaviors, they become empowered to take a more proactive approach to recovery and life. The Getting Started Workshop is intended for those starting out in recovery, and is also recommended for those who have been attending 12-step groups or for those being discharged from an inpatient setting. We strongly recommend that married couples come together so they can begin the process of education together; however, the workshop is also for single adults and for those clients whose partners are not willing to attend. Phase II: The Recovery Group The Recovery Group is intended to help clients develop solid sobriety and employ successful strategies that will help them live healthier, more productive lives. In Phase II, clients and their partners attend separate recovery groups for men and women. The groups consist of five to seven individuals and are facilitated by a masters level counselor. The client workbooks in Phase II focus on providing a deeper look at denial, the addiction cycle, fantasies and objectification, relapse prevention, and healthy living. Partners in Phase II take a deep look at how their partner’s addiction affects their thinking and behavior, learn how to establish healthy boundaries with their partner, and learn effective coping skills.  Participants should stay in Phase II until they have established a solid sobriety, are implementing an effective treatment plan-including a network of support-and have a detailed understanding of their addictive system. Phase III: The Advanced Group The Advanced Group is a long-term commitment to group therapy and is geared toward helping participants maintain their new-found healthy lifestyles. Phase III participants have graduated from Phase II and continue to work in their separate small groups. Clients and partners continue to be in separate groups in this phase. Phase III addresses the issues that underlined the addiction in the first place, such as faulty core beliefs, trauma, and abuse. Once the addiction has been stopped and the underlying issues have been addressed, healthy lifestyle changes are reinforced in order to keep the addiction from reappearing. For couples in the program, this is the time to practice their new lifestyle and new way of relating to each other. In Phase III, they put into practice all of the identity and boundary training they have received throughout the first two phases.
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