Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Tacoma, WA
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Sex/Porn Addiction
Jed Jacobson
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC
Sexual addiction or compulsive sexual behavior can feel overwhelming and isolating. In therapy, we explore the underlying emotions and unmet needs driving the cycle, helping you build self-trust and reduce the need for these coping strategies. Lasting change becomes possible when you’re truly understood, not judged.
5 Years Experience
Online in Tacoma, WA (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
Avanour Behavioral Health Clinics PLLC
Psychologist, PsyD, LMHC, LMHCA. LSAW. LSW
Avanour provides confidential, compassionate, and nonjudgmental support for individuals concerned about compulsive sexual behaviors or problematic pornography use. Our clinicians help clients identify triggers, understand underlying emotional needs, strengthen impulse control, and develop healthier coping strategies and sexual boundaries. Treatment may also address shame, secrecy, trust, intimacy, and relationship repair while supporting lasting, values-based change.
0 Years Experience
Online in Tacoma, WA (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
Ryan Shannon
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA, MA, MS
Sexual behavior or pornography use can become concerning when it feels difficult to control, conflicts with your values, interferes with relationships, or becomes a way of escaping loneliness, anxiety, shame, boredom, or emotional pain. You may find yourself repeating the behavior despite wanting to stop, hiding it from others, or cycling between temporary relief and intense guilt.
My approach is nonjudgmental, honest, and practical. I will not shame your sexuality or assume that frequent sexual thoughts or pornography use automatically indicate an addiction. Together, we can distinguish between healthy sexual expression, distress rooted primarily in guilt or cultural expectations, and behavior that has genuinely become compulsive or harmful.
Drawing from Adlerian and psychodynamic therapy, we may explore the emotional needs, early experiences, relationship patterns, and unconscious beliefs underlying the behavior. Sexual behavior can sometimes function as a way to manage rejection, insecurity, stress, trauma, or difficulty with intimacy. Understanding what the pattern provides can help you develop healthier ways to meet those needs.
I also use CBT to help you identify triggers, challenge all-or-nothing thinking, interrupt habitual cycles, and create realistic strategies for change. Mindfulness can help you notice urges without immediately acting on them. When appropriate, behavioral missions may involve changing routines, reducing access to triggers, practicing emotional regulation, increasing accountability, or building real-world intimacy and connection.
If trauma or distressing experiences contribute to the pattern, EMDR may also help reduce their emotional intensity. My goal is not to eliminate your sexuality. It is to help you regain choice, reduce secrecy and shame, strengthen your relationships, and develop sexual behaviors that feel intentional, healthy, and consistent with your values.
1 Years Experience
Online in Tacoma, WA (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
Dr. Brian Weir
Psychologist, PsyD
Do you feel you or your partner are a sex addict? Maybe, however not all sex behaviors constitute a sexual addiction, and sometimes the sex behaviors may be a manifestation of a different problem. Regardless of an addiction or not, I can help address these issues by identifying the triggers, mange impulses and urges, find healthy ways of changing the behaviors. Further, we will explore any deeper reasons behind the behaviors and address any underlying psychological or emotional issues that may contribute to sexual issues.
23 Years Experience
Online in Tacoma, WA
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 Tacoma, WA
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Tacoma, WA Statistics
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Tacoma, WA average 18 years of experience and charge around $229 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (56%), Relational Psychotherapy (40%), and Existential / Humanistic Therapy (36%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$229
Accept insurance
28%
Offer sliding scale
32%
Gender ID
| 63% |
Male |
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| 31% |
Female |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 56% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 40% | Relational Psychotherapy |
| 36% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 36% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 32% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 32% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 28% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 72% | Young Adult |
| 52% | Senior |
| 36% | Teen |
| 8% | Children |
Client Focus
| 64% | Men |
| 56% | Women |
| 48% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Christian |
| 36% | Hispanic / Latino |