Summary:
Summary:
Sustainable recovery from pornography use, compulsive sexual behavior, and partner betrayal trauma requires more than stopping harmful behaviors; it involves rebuilding a life marked by integrity, connection, and emotional health. This presentation introduces psychologists, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders to the foundational concepts of sexual compulsivity and pornography addiction, offering a simple framework for understanding why these patterns develop and how individuals and couples can move beyond symptom reduction toward long term flourishing. Participants will identify a range of core recovery tools, including regulation skills, community connection, and spiritual components that strengthen lasting change. The presentation also provides an overview of the Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model (ERCEM), highlighting the three essential recovery components of empathy, ownership, and truth telling. Together, these elements create a comprehensive approach to recovery that supports both the betrayed partner and the couple through personal healing, relational repair, and the possibility of renewed intimacy.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize the foundational concepts of sexual compulsivity and pornography addiction while exploring how individuals and couples can move beyond symptom reduction toward long-term flourishing and restored intimacy.
Identify multiple core tools and practices that support sustainable recovery from compulsive sexual behavior, founded upon a multifaceted approach to recovery.
Outline Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model (ERCEM) while discussing three key components for helping betrayed partners and couples repair sexual ruptures in their relationship: empathy, ownership and truth-telling.