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Porn addiction counseling exists in American Fork.
You already know that pornography is a significant problem in our society, and it is not a private choice without consequences.
It alters sexual attitudes and behaviors, undermining marriage, which in turn, threatens the stability of the entire community…
With this knowledge, you’re wondering what do I do now.
What’s the solution? … keep reading!
In the attempt to try and end, cure, or overcome pornography addiction a war has been waged.
Unfortunately, in the bombardment of anti-pornography education, the collateral damage is destroying the very people we desire to help.
Addicts and loved ones alike.
The discovery that a loved one is looking at porn can be unsettling and frustrating.
This is exactly what a parent (We will call her Sarah) thought when she walked in on her son, who she thought was doing homework.
The utter shock and horror grasped Sarah and she just sat there staring, not knowing what to do.
She wanted to yell, “What are you doing?” but she couldn’t, her voice escaped her, so she left the room to deal with it later.
Sarah immediately did what any mom would do and started looking for a way to help her son.
She found so many people and places saying they do counseling but was appalled at some of the places she visited.
In her own words,
“I didn’t think the therapists cared about my son, they only cared about my money.”
She called a trusted friend (we will call her Jane) and found out that Jane’s son struggled with porn too.
Sarah asked Jane, “What are you doing to help him?“
Jane shared her entire story about how her son was skipping school, socially disconnecting, spending hours on the computer and she (Jane) thought he was doing homework.
She continued on about how she thought school must be tough but everything started to slip.
He started becoming depressed, angry, socially awkward and didn’t want to do anything.
Jane said, “I was just as confused as you were, but fortunately, I found Utah Family Therapy while searching online and decided to give them a call.
They asked me to bring my son in for a full assessment and for some porn addiction counseling.
After the assessment, they suggested a customized approach for him.
It has now been several years. He went on a mission.
He’s now married and is doing very well. “
Jane told her about Utah Family Therapy and our approach.
Thank you, Jane, for trusting us to work with Sarah’s son and Sarah.
In Jane’s words:
“You Saved My Son”
We are here to help you get the porn addiction help that you need.
We cannot claim that your child will have the same results but we do what we can to help you and your child find healing.
Help for porn addiction, call us immediately and schedule an assessment: 801.901.0279.
Call us 801.901.0279
Filters and lectures do serve a purpose but DO NOT heal addiction.
Shame and Loneliness are the #1 triggers for relapse.
Love, connection, and communication create healing.
Therefore, we focus on healing the shame, working on low self-worth, relationships and accountability.
Our therapists have spent 1000s of hours of working with teens, young adults, and their families on pornography and other sexual addiction issues.
They also understand the harm that social media can cause. . When choosing a therapist and therapeutic organization you should ask:
Here’s a scenario that is very common. In this scenario, there will be 2 parents and a child (Jeff).
If you have been in this scenario, don’t beat yourself up, learn from it and move forward.
Jeff is really struggling with viewing pornography and a few other issues.
He has been beating himself up, internally, for months or even years.
He finally gets up the courage to try and get help so he approaches his parents with his problems and this is how it plays out:
Scenario
“Mom, dad, I really need to talk to you. Do you have a few minutes?”
“Sure son what’s on your mind.”
After several minutes of Jeff trying to gather his strength, his father says,
“Son, what’s bothering you?”
Jeff finally has the courage to confess everything and tells them his struggles that he’s had for a long time, from his desire to look at porn; what he has done and …
Mom and dad, with complete shock, explode,
“Son This will destroy you! It will ruin our family! It is wrecking your brain! Don’t ever do that again! We are going to get this filter and that filter. We are going to… Son porn destroys, porn kills…”
If you were Jeff, would you want to talk about your problems (or any problem) ever again?
… No!
Jeff was already feeling bad and now he would feel like
“I’m such a failure, look how I’m ruining the family. I’m dumb and stupid, why did I ever start looking at this? I’m ruined. I’ve wrecked my brain. There’s no hope for me!”
The honest truth, Jeff is not broken.
Jeff is not destroyed.
Jeff is not lost.
Jeff has not killed love or killed anything because he’s viewed porn.
Jeff just has a struggle that he doesn’t know how to manage and needs help.
We all have struggles in life, some we have under control, others we are still working on.
An individual recently spoke to us having attended an anti-pornography education seminar with a well-known keynote speaker.
After leaving the seminar this individual and their spouse exclaimed,
“Well, we now know better than ever how destructive pornography is but we feel more hopeless and helpless than ever.”
Imagine how Jeff or your child would feel if they were in this seminar?
…hopeless!
It’s actually pretty straightforward: Vulnerable communication, Compassion, and Empathy.
The solution is understanding and getting to the point of compassion, where you look past the struggle.
There’s usually carnage in their life and much healing that needs to take place.
Reminding addicts and loved ones over and over again how destructive pornography is, is like pouring salt in an already festering wound.
In fact, the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection. Connection leads to long-term sobriety.
Utah Family Therapy takes a unique and positive approach to healing and recovery.
We believe that everyone who walks through our doors is an amazing person, just the way they are.
Our goal is to help the individual realize how great they are.
We believe recovery is a process, not an event, and that learning to love yourself for who you are, and where you’re at is where healing truly begins.
There’s no doubt that you, your child or loved one will continue struggling with pornography without getting the right help.
We don’t want to feed you the lies that you have been fed for years. We realize filters and lectures do serve a purpose but they DO NOT heal addiction.
We focus on healing the shame, working on deep self-worth, relationships and accountability.
Utah Family Therapy specializes in Counseling Teens, Counseling Young Adults, Counseling Adults and Counseling Families Suffering From Pornography Addiction – Located in American Fork, serving all of Utah County.
We also offer more involved solutions for healing with a group approach.
Lets face it, who likes to talk about their crap with other people?
If you’re like most clients, you’re used to being judged despite hearing so many people talk about non judgment and when you do open up, it seems like the more you share, the less likely you are to get compassion.
We’ve worked our butts off to create a clinic where the unfiltered, real you, can show up and heal, so dammit give therapy a chance!
We love the unfiltered real you, let’s heal together. – Utah Family Therapy Team
