Couples Recovering from Sex Addiction Can Reconnect

By: Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT, Rio Retreat Center Lead Therapist There is an indescribable beauty in watching participants move into a deeper level of intimacy after struggling through the destruction of sexual addiction. Read More

Build Better Relationships by Developing Your Erotic Intelligence

The following in an excerpt from Mirror of Intimacy by Gentle Path at The Meadows Senior Fellow Alexandra Katehakis. It is available on Amazon.com. You can also learn more about her and her work on the Center for Healthy Sex website. Our… Read More

Father’s Day: Remembering The Man Beneath the Armor

Dan Griffin, MA is a Senior Fellow at The Meadows and an expert in men’s trauma and recovery. The following essay was published on his website in 2015. You can learn more about Dan’s workshop at The Meadows, A Man’s Way™ Retreat,… Read More

Picking Up The Pieces

Theresa had reached a point in her life when she felt she was in a downward spiral. Her therapist recommended that she go through the Survivors I workshop at The Meadows, a five-day intensive that addresses childhood trauma. It prompted her to make a lot of… Read More

Forgiving Your Mother and Yourself

Mother’s Day is time to celebrate and show our love and appreciation to our mothers, grandmothers, and female caretakers. However, many of us—in fact probably most of us—have complicated relationships with our mothers. Even if our mothers were well-intentioned, they may not have been able to provide us with what… Read More

A New Workshop at The Meadows

We tend to think of all bonds as being positive but, they are actually neutral. They can become positive, but they can also become negative. A betrayal bond is a type of negative bond that occurs when someone develops a strong and intense attachment to a person or an… Read More

Five Ways to Practice Gratitude

Sometimes, it may feel simply impossible to see the positive in a given situation or to have gratitude for your position in life. We may feel like the world is intent on sending us obstacles and gratitude may seem out of reach. What’s ironic is that gratitude is just what… Read More

Your Loved One is in Treatment for Sex Addiction. Now What?

Marie Woods, LMFT,CSAT Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at the Meadows If you are reading this, you probably know the pain of discovering the once hidden, out of control sexual behaviors of someone you love. These discoveries are often what catapult sex addicts into treatment. Following the discovery, there was likely… Read More

Why Sex Addicts and Their Partners Keep Having the Same Argument

Understanding Karpman’s Triangle Marie Woods, LMFT, CSAT Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at The Meadows In relationships, individuals tend to develop a predictable pattern of acting and reacting to one another that they become accustomed to. This dynamic is sometimes referred to as their dance. This can often be a rather… Read More

Will You Be Your Valentine?

By Andrea FryThe Meadows, Primary Therapist Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity for people with a tendency to define their self-worth through relationships to confront and lean into their fears by practicing good self-care. Recognize: “Hey, I’m freaking out and this tells me I still have work to do around… Read More