These workshops are about hope, and ultimately, freedom! Compulsive sexual behaviour, or sexual addiction, is often difficult to face. It results in countless negative consequences and hurts many people. Marriages and careers are destroyed by sexual addiction!
These workshops are about hope, because sexual addiction is treatable! Through hard work and a rigorous recovery program, it is possible for sex addicts to stop their destructive behaviour forever, and for marriages and relationships to be restored. The recovery road is long and difficult, and also very rewarding!
Whether you are a sex addict, or the person you love is a sex addict, you can find help within these workshops. Recovery is a complete restoration of your spouse, or partner’s integrity, and the reestablishment of trust in your relationship.
If you are a sex addict, or have a crisis caused by your partner’s compulsive sexual behaviour, these workshops are for you. The goal is to bring you a message of hope, and a way to achieve freedom, honesty, and renewed trust in yourself, and with the person you love. Numerous sex addicts who thought they could not stop, have made a permanent break with compulsive sexual behaviour. Many marriages once doomed for divorce, have been resurrected and restored!
A Chinese adage states, the hardest part of any journey is the first step. You have already begun that journey, by being interested in these workshops. Book your place and I promise your life will change!
Workshops will be held once a month on a Saturday from 10h00 to 13h00.
Workshops will be bi-lingual. Werkswinkels sal tweetalig aangebied word!
Both the addict and their partner are invited to attend. The cost will be R350 pp, and R500 per couple. Cost includes notes and refreshments.
Booking in advance is essential! Bookings can be done with Theo Kriek, a Sex Addiction Therapist, cell 076 165 1587, or e-mail him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Fees need to be paid before the workshop through an EFT into the account of: ABSA Bank, Account name - House of Blessing, Branch Code 632005, Check Acc 406 811 9798, with your name and the workshop number as your reference.
It will be held at the Cecil Knight Office Complex, Suite 17, 46 Cecil Knight Rd, Rant-en-Dal, Krugersdorp. (Or you will be notified if the venue change!)
- Werkswinkel 1: Saterdag 18 Februarie 2012
- What is sexual addiction?
- Understanding compulsive sexual behaviours
- A new spin on voyeurism (looking at) and exhibitionism (chat sites)
- Professional help – therapists, therapy and programs
- Triggers: what are they and how can I combat them?
- Study the past: family systems, abuse, understanding my sexual history
- Werkswinkel 2: Saterdag 10 Maart 2012
- Start the journey – sure I’ve got a problem, but am I a sexual addict?
- The sex addict, the crisis and immediate steps to hope and freedom
- Identify your 7 fold enemy: isolation, dishonesty, secrecy, selfishness, denial, resistance and procrastination
- Twelve step meetings for support: isn’t there a better way?
- Werkswinkel 3: Saterdag 14 April 2012
- Hope for the addict’s partner – why does the sexual addict do that?
- How can you get your partner to stop acting-out?
- If my partner is a sexual addict, why isn’t he\she more sexual with me?
- Why do they continue to pursue other avenues of sexual expression when it appears that they have all that they could ask for waiting at home?
- Promises, lies and more promises
- Is it my fault?
- Dealing with trauma
- Werkswinkel 4: Saterdag 12 Mei 2012
- Addressing the couple
- Get educated! What does it mean to be in recovery from sexual addiction?
- Recovery components
- A recovery timeline
- Hallmarks of good recovery
- Recovery at a glance: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
- Stop the affair! What does it mean to play with fire?
- Get a mentor for support – what can I expect from my mentor?
- Werkswinkel 5: Saterdag 9 Junie 2012
- The partner’s recovery journey
- Confrontation and intervention
- Set healthy boundaries
- The wounded you: dealing with your trauma
- Disclosure: what it is, and why we do it!
- Disclosure procedure
- Preparation for the partner
- The partner’s response to disclosure
- To separate or not?
- Celibacy contract
- Werkswinkel 6: Saterdag 21 Julie 2012
- Slips and relapse recovery
- Levels of care needed
- Consequences of a relapse or slip
- Traveling – how do you support your recovery?
- Dealing with slips and relapses, and about recovery and sobriety
- The “M” question – where does masturbation fit in?
- Werkswinkel 7: Saterdag 18 Augustus 2012
- A blueprint for rebuilding broken trust
- Weekly check in with partner: FASTT
- When is it time to move on?
- Recovery by the numbers and the personal craziness index
- Recovery for the couple and my partner’s recovery
- Recovery as a life style
- Werkswinkel 8: Saterdag 8 September 2012
- Dealing with intrusive thoughts part 1
- Dealing with intrusive thoughts part 2
- Learn to have fun
- Werkswinkel 9: Saterdag 13 Oktober 2012
- Doctor, doctor! Get healthy – sleep disturbance, and about eating and exercise
- Count the cost: what have I lost – time, finance, opportunities, relationships
- Plan and prepare when sober: a three circle, and a circle of five
- Behavioural inventory: things to stop, things to start and things to change?
- Break the isolation
- Dump the stash: clear up and clear out
- Werkswinkel 10: Saterdag 10 November 2012
- Do not neglect the spiritual dimension, learn about: surrender, hope, commitment, honesty, truth, acceptance, humility, willingness, forgiveness, maintenance, gratitude and service.
- A talk with myself: self talk, shame and guilt
- A personal recovery plan and recovery principles
