Partner Workshops -  Summer/Fall 2010       

·        Are you the spouse or partner of a recovering sex addict?

·        Do you find yourself frequently angry or sad with your intimate partner?

·        Do you notice issues related to your childhood experiences that continue to affect your ability to connect with your spouse or partner?

·        Have you had difficulty reclaiming your sexual sense of self since the betrayal?

·        Are you sexual in ways you don’t want to be for the sake of the relationship?

You’re invited to a series of weekend workshops for Partners of sex addicts designed to foster hope and healing for women affected by addictive disease.  The workshop series will address issues of grief and loss, the impact of first family experiences, and healthy sexuality

Cost:  Partners may attend workshops individually at $75 each, or as a three workshop series package for a discounted fee of $200.

All workshops facilitated by: Catherine Cooney, MS, LPC, CSAT

Held at:  The DeLugach Group, LLC

      4700 SW Macadam Ave, Suite 101

      Portland, OR  97239

Contact Catherine to register or with questions:  (503) 233-5827 x 1

Registration deadline:  Tuesday at 5pm the week before each workshop

Partner Workshop Series

Grief and Loss in Recovery:  The Partner’s Experience

For partners in the process of recovery, sincere grief emerges in reaction to the intense changes taking place in an individual and a family. Losses may be tangible, such as loss of friends, a job or a way of life.  Other losses are less tangible but sometimes more painful, such as loss of trust, role in the family, or loss of the shared dream.

Unresolved grief can be an underlying contributor to chronic anger, sadness, depression, anxiety, rigidity or health problems. Using written and experiential exercises, partners will identify and address unresolved grief and loss related to the addictive family system and leave with a personalized plan to continue grief work and healing.  

Growing up in a chaotic, abusive or disengaged family system, partners, unable to get their needs met through direct, attuned relationships, learn strategies on how to adapt to the dysfunction.  The rules and roles partners find they have internalized can have lasting impacts on future relationships, coping styles, and feelings of self-worth.

This workshop will explore family rules, roles, attitudes and beliefs that continue affecting the partner’s ability to cope adaptively with life stresses and impact relationships.

Reclaiming Your Sexual Self
Saturday, October 9, 2010 
9:00am – 12:00 noon      
Cost:  $75

Being hurt by a spouse/partner’s harmful sexual behavior can have lasting impacts on a partner’s sexuality, sexual functioning and sexual sense of self.  Short and long-term effects impact the ability to rebuild intimacy even when the couple is doing well in recovery.