Ways in which you can learn how to be more assertive
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Monday, January 19th, 2015 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Monday, January 19th, 2015 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Do you have trouble saying “No” when you really mean it? People who are assertive are generally self-confident, out going, and they know what they want out of life. They also go after what they want with energy and the attitude that they are going to get it. They are usually winners in many aspects […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Thursday, January 15th, 2015 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Boundary: Printed Materials For many sex addicts, their acting out focused mainly upon images within printed materials (i.e., magazines, internet, newspapers, etc.). Simply seeing an image of a woman, man, or scene can trigger the sex addict into objectifying other people and fall into a relapse of sexual fantasizes. The images don’t necessarily need to […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Monday, January 12th, 2015 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
People Boundaries In our past acting out we have established relationships with people that encouraged our destructive lifestyle. Sex addicts will often make connections with other sex addicts and sex addiction group recovery may require that you give up those relationships (at least for the first year of recovery). You may even look at your […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Sex Addiction Boundary: Media Our cultural environment values sexual expression and takes great liberty in expressing those values in television, movies, and internet videos. For the sex addict, this is another area to establish strong boundaries to avoid being triggered into fantasies and acting out.
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Wednesday, December 24th, 2014 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Sexual Addiction Recovery Boundary 1: Places At Front Range Counseling Center, our sexual addiction therapists believe it is important to establish boundaries in the beginning of sexual addiction recovery. Here is boundary #1: Places
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Monday, December 15th, 2014 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Boundary #5: Self-Boundaries At Front Range Counseling Center, we recommend setting boundaries for sexual addiction recovery. Here is information on boundaries: Boundaries are what keep you safe and place a protective barrier around you to keep you from sexually acting out. Sexual addiction involves patterns of thought, association with others, and behavior that frequently lead […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Defining Your Sobriety To establish sobriety, we must first define it. “Sobriety” – when used in reference to compulsive sexual behavior – is the state of living that is free from the addictive or compulsive behavior. Sexual sobriety is not the same thing as sexual purity … it’s not sexual perfection. It is the ongoing […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Five Love Languages Our Denver Marriage Counselors will often use the following Five Love Languages for helping clients strengthen their relationship:
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Friday, October 17th, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Couples need to be purposeful and action oriented to insure they grow in intimacy. Here are some questions each partner can ask themselves regarding their pursuit of intimacy in the relationship.
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Friday, October 10th, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Relationship Intimacy Inventory Here are some practical questions and issues that might help couples get started in understanding intimacy. Couple’s practical dimensions of Intimacy Was I willing to initiate interactions w/my spouse? Was I emotionally present with my spouse? Did I follow through with tasks – do what I said I was going to do? […]