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Sex addiction is incredibly destructive, both on the person suffering the addiction and their spouses or partners. Many men struggle to even quantify that they have a problem when they go to see a therapist. So how do therapists get through to men struggling with sex addiction? What  role can music play in this kind of therapy?

We are so bless to have Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Jim Cress, on today's episode to talk to us about this. Jim explains the impact music can have in the sessions and lives of sex addicts, and how music can break down the barriers men have built up over the course of their addiction.

Jim also shares how sex addiction can take many different forms in men and what the healing process looks like for men experiencing addiction and for their spouses.

Who is Jim Cress?

Jim is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Certified Multiple Addictions Therapist, and a Certified Daring Way Facilitator with Dr. Brene’ Brown’s The Daring Way Organization. For three years, he studied with and was trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes, the founder of the sex addiction field. Jim specializes in counseling those struggling with sex addiction, partners of sex addicts, marital counseling, trauma, abuse, and experiential group therapy.

Jim is in private practice in Matthews, NC, and is a group leader for Onsite Workshops near Nashville, TN. He led sexual addiction workshops for Bethesda Workshops in Nashville for six years. Jim is also a national conference speaker with The American Association of Christian Counselors.  He leads regular weekly men’s therapy groups, and speaks at churches in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

Resources:

Our listeners can learn more about Jim Cress' work and get in contact with him at his website: www.jimcress.com

Check out Jim Cress' Instagram: @jimcress

You can also check out Jim's Podcast, Therapy and Theology, at the link here: www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/therapy-and-theology/id1641587501

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of the Music for the Soul Podcast! If you haven't already, please leave us a five star rating and review wherever you get this podcast. We are so grateful to bring you this powerful story and many more like it in the future.

Men who have experienced trauma after their partner has an abortion have often struggled to find help, both in terms of the quality of treatment and from their hesitation to seek help through counseling. Our guest on today's show, Licensed Counselor, Greg Hasek, speaks about his personal trauma after his partner got an abortion and what lead him to begin studying and treating men suffering with trauma from abortion and sexual addiction. He also shares why he believes music is such a potent tool for men experiencing trauma.

Greg helps us understand what men often go through when they visit an abortion clinic with their partner. He breaks down why this experience can create a great level of trauma in men, and also how things like sexual addiction can feed into this trauma further. He also explains how to overcome the stereotype in men that seeking counseling is a sign of weakness and how they can begin to view it as a method of strength that helps them to step into who they are called to be. 

Who is Greg Hasek?

Gregory Hasek started his career in the counseling field working with adolescents in various residential treatment facilities, wilderness camps etc. This work took place for several years in the late 80's and early 90's. He received his A.S. degree in Outdoor Recreation in 1983 and later his B.S. degree in Outdoor Recreation in 1991 from Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina. He then attended George Fox University in Portland, Oregon from 1995-1998 and received his Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has been a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon since 2004. He has also been the executive director of a Christian non-profit counseling agency called Misty Mountain Family Counseling Center since 2004 in Portland, Oregon, until his recent move to Southwest Florida in 2015. He has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida since 2015. He is also a Florida Qualified Supervisor for both Registered Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Interns. 

Resources:

Our listeners can learn more about Greg's counseling, resources and more by visiting his website: www.swflchristiancounseling.org

Listen to Greg on the Empowered Manhood Podcast by clicking here: www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empowered-manhood

Our listeners can also reach out to Greg through his email, swflchristiancounseling@gmail.com

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of the Music for the Soul Podcast! If you haven't already, please leave us a five star rating and review wherever you get this podcast. We are so grateful to bring you this powerful story and many more like it in the future.