Episode 19: Unlocking the Power of Music in Sex Addiction Therapy with Therapist Jim Cress
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
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