Geoff Steurer, founding director of LifeStar of St. George, Utah, talks about why recovery needs to be REAL and involve REAL people, REAL answers, and REAL tools.
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The Drama of Attachment
Posted by on October 8th, 2013
by Jill Call, AMFT LifeStar Therapist “I must be crazy!” A woman recently expressed to me. “I want to love and feel emotionally safe with my husband at the same time that I want nothing to do with him.” Maybe you’ve felt like this woman – caught between competing feelings of “come close” and “get […]
Read More...Healing Shame
Posted by on September 9th, 2013
Jeff Ford of LifeStar of St. George, UT explains how to manage shame in recovery from pornography and sexual addiction.
Read More...Drama not Trauma
Posted by on September 2nd, 2013
by Noelle Christensen, LPC LifeStar Therapist Have you ever expressed your needs to your partner and been told “stop being so dramatic!” If so, it may have felt like the wind was knocked out of you. In fact, what you may have heard instead is something like, “What you are feeling does not matter to […]
Read More...The Burnout Cure - author interview
Posted by on August 13th, 2013
In our LifeSTAR program we emphasize self-care for both the men and the women as a way to fight addiction and heal trauma. Physical, emotional, and spiritual self-care are essential to help individuals get grounded and do the hard work of recovery. I’ve been reading a new book by therapist Julie de Azevedo Hanks called […]
Read More...Fighting Against Pornography- Part 1
Posted by on August 1st, 2013
The Broken Windows theory, developed more than 30 years ago, holds that police can stop higher levels of crime by giving more attention to the smaller crimes, such as breaking windows. By emphasizing law and order and a different level of community expectations, crime rates overall can be lowered. A lot of police and social […]
Read More...Fighting Against Pornography- Part 2
Posted by on August 1st, 2013
Editor’s note: The following story deals with sexually-themed subject matter that will not be appropriate for some readers. Discretion is advised. This is part two in a four-part series. Read part one: “Ubiquitous assailant: The dangerous unasked questions surrounding pornography“. Read part 3: “Why laws to fight pornography aren’t being used.” Read part four: “How couples break the […]
Read More...Fighting Against Pornography- Part 3
Posted by on August 1st, 2013
Editor’s note: The following story deals with sexually-themed subject matter that will not be appropriate for some readers. Discretion is advised. This is part three in a four-part series. Read part one: “Ubiquitous assailant: The dangerous unasked questions surrounding pornography.” Read part two: “Second-hand porn: the spreading circle of damage.” Read part four: “How couples break […]
Read More...Fighting Against Pornography Part 4
Posted by on August 1st, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY — With an eye toward both preventing and recovering from the devastating impacts of pornography, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched a new website that is based on what one therapist calls “the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.” The website is titled “Overcoming Pornography Through the […]
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