Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Forest Grove, Oregon OR
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Sex/Porn Addiction
Chuck Chapman
Counselor/Therapist, LPC
Sexual addiction is rarely about sex. It is about the need beneath the behavior—the longing for comfort, closeness, relief, or escape when life feels overwhelming or emotionally out of reach. Many men carry shame about the ways they cope with loneliness, stress, anxiety, or disconnection, especially when their coping involves pornography, affairs, or secret sexual behavior. You may have tried to stop many times, promised yourself it would be different, or felt the cycle of guilt and remorse that seems to repeat itself. The behavior is not the real problem—it’s a response to something deeper that was never given a safe place to be seen or understood.
My work with men around sexual compulsivity is grounded in compassion, truth, and embodiment. We slow down the cycle to understand what the behavior is trying to soothe—emotional numbness, unspoken shame, unresolved relational wounds, grief, stress, or the feeling of being overwhelmed and alone. We look at how your nervous system responds to pressure, how you learned to cope, and what it feels like when you try to connect in ways that are real. The goal is not just to stop the behavior. The goal is to help you feel again—to be in your body, in your relationships, and in your life with openness and presence.
Sex is powerful because it is wired to connect us. When that need for connection becomes tangled, hidden, or carried alone, it can turn into desperation or secrecy. But when we bring compassion and awareness to the underlying need, the impulse begins to soften. You learn how to soothe yourself in healthy ways, how to connect without fear, and how to stand in your integrity—not from willpower, but from wholeness. You are not broken. There is a deeper story inside you that is asking to be heard.
16 Years Experience
Online in Forest Grove, OR Oregon (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
Maren Jorgensen
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental and non-pathologizing alternative to sex addiction treatment. Porn and sex are nothing to feel shameful about. Let’s address underlying compulsivity, trauma, and stress instead.
9 Years Experience
Online in Forest Grove, OR Oregon (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
OneYou Psychology
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Compulsive sexual behavior and pornography use can create shame, isolation, and relationship strain.
We help clients understand the underlying drivers of these behaviors, build healthier coping strategies, and restore a sense of control and alignment with their values.
18 Years Experience
In-Person Near Forest Grove, OR
Online in Forest Grove, OR Oregon
Sex/Porn Addiction
Gary D. Alexander
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, MFT, NCC
Sexual and pornography addictions can develop as patterns of behavior that provide temporary relief from stress, loneliness, or difficult emotions, while also leading to secrecy, shame, or strain in relationships. In some instances, these patterns may also begin to affect a person’s professional life and overall well-being. In therapy we explore both the behavior itself and the emotional and relational dynamics that may be sustaining it, recognizing that these patterns can offer important clues about deeper needs or struggles. As understanding deepens and new ways of coping emerge, many people begin to experience greater self-control, increased openness in relationships, and a renewed sense of balance in their lives.
23 Years Experience
Online in Forest Grove, OR Oregon
Sex/Porn Addiction
Aria Fraser
Hypnotherapist, Certified Rapid Transformational Therapist
With addiction to sex or pornography, the person feels like they cannot quit, or if they have tried to on their own, find they keep going back to the addiction. Sex addiction is often really about connection to other people, while trying to find one's self-worth by sexually connecting to others. It also has roots in a person trying to feel accepted/ acceptable, based on an addict's deep-seated belief that most do not accept themselves. Sex and porn addicts want the natural chemical high that the brain and body create as a result of orgasm, using it to move toward pleasure and move away from pain, to numb other underlying emotions, or to feel like they are 'enough'. They must ask themselves, "What am I trying to numb or avoid or fulfill with the addiction?" Rapid Transformational Therapy can help change the core negative beliefs that a person has unconsciously formed about themselves, and as they get identified and addressed, they can be interrupted and removed. New, healthy, empowering beliefs of being/ feeling enough, etc, are put in their place, resulting in the elimination of the underlying need for the addiction at the subconscious level. Ongoing support after the session(s) will be available.
0 Years Experience
Online in Forest Grove, OR Oregon (Online Only)
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Forest Grove, Oregon Statistics
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Forest Grove, Oregon average 13 years of experience and charge around $237 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (33%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (33%), and Behavioral Therapy (22%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$237
Accept insurance
22%
Offer sliding scale
44%
Gender ID
| 51% |
Male |
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| 33% |
Female |
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| 8% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 8% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 56% |
Online Only |
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| 44% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 33% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 33% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 22% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 22% | Hypnotherapy |
| 22% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 22% | Relational Psychotherapy |
| 11% | Biopsychosocial Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 44% | Senior |
| 33% | Young Adult |
| 22% | Children |
| 11% | Teen |
Client Focus
| 67% | Men |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |
| 44% | Women |
| 33% | Christian |
| 33% | Military / Veterans |