Sex and Porn Addiction Therapists in Portland, OR

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.

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.

Compulsive pornography use and unhealthy sexual behaviors can leave you feeling stuck, frustrated, and disconnected from the life you want to live. If you've made repeated attempts to stop but continue returning to the same patterns, lasting change is possible. Our online recovery coaching program offers a structured system built around accountability, practical strategies, and consistent support. You'll learn how to establish healthy boundaries, identify and manage triggers, strengthen self-control, and build habits that support long-term recovery.

This component provide the development of healthy coping strategies, manage urges, and build balanced, fulfilling relationships.

Sex and pornography addiction can be treated using hypnotherapy, which aims to rewire subconscious patterns, reduce urges, and break addiction cycles by focusing on positive habit replacement. How Hypnotherapy Treats Porn/Sex Addiction:Rewiring the Brain: It helps change the brain’s dopamine-driven, rewarding link to pornography, reducing automatic urges.Subconscious Re-programming: Hypnotherapy can uncover and address the root causes of the addiction, including underlying shame or trauma.Behavioral Change: Techniques such as suggestion therapy, visualization, and regression are used to associate negative experiences with porn, while fostering healthier habits. My clients addicted to sex and porn have been resilient and recovering due to my Dicit Hypnotherapy.

Portland has a strong therapy culture deeply intertwined with its progressive values, with high demand for therapists who specialize in LGBTQ+ identity, non-traditional relationship structures, trauma, and social-justice-informed approaches to mental health. The city's visible homelessness crisis and political tensions have contributed to significant community-level anxiety, and therapists here frequently address activist burnout, moral injury, and eco-anxiety alongside more traditional presenting concerns. Oregon Health & Science University provides major institutional mental health resources, complemented by a dense network of independent practitioners across the inner eastside, Hawthorne, and Northwest Portland. Oregon's relatively permissive telehealth laws make it particularly easy to access care from across the state.

Gender ID

	83%	Male
	17%	Female

Session Type

	50%	In Person and Online
	50%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

33%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
33%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
33%	Relational Psychotherapy
17%	Behavioral Therapy
17%	Biopsychosocial Therapy
17%	Christian Counseling
17%	Contemplative Psychotherapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
67%	Senior
33%	Young Adult
17%	Children

Client Focus

83%	Men
33%	Christian
33%	Jewish
33%	LGBTQ+
33%	Military / Veterans

Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Portland, OR

Chuck Chapman

Gary D. Alexander

Russell Beebe

Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP

Julien Moe