Category: Addiction

• Healing Through Connection Online Groups for Men

  

  Join a Healing Through Connection online group for men

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 21, 2024

  Addiction, Change, Connection, IFS, Parenting, Recovery, Shame

  connection, friendships, group therapy, IFS, isolation, men, recovery, Sexual shame

• Pay Attention to Your Pain (It’s Worth It)

  

  We are great at running from our pain. Distracting. Numbing. Scrolling. Working. Doing. Intellectualizing. Researching. Analyzing. Avoiding. Critiquing. Judging. But none of those strategies give our pain what it needs from us. Our pain needs someone to pay attention. Gentleness. Compassion. Listening. Care. Comfort. Connection. Presence. Attunement. Love. May we all take the time to pay…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 30, 2024

  Addiction, Connection, Grief, IFS, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Sexual Addiction

• How to Finally Be Free

  

  Discover how true freedom comes from healing deep emotional pain, not avoiding it. In this post, explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can help you release past wounds, let go of shame, and reconnect with your authentic self. Learn how to build a new, empowering relationship with yourself and live the life you’ve always…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 5, 2024

  Addiction, Change, IFS, Inspiration, Recovery, Religious trauma, Sexual Addiction, Sexual shame, trauma

  freedom, healing, IFS, love, mental health, pain, recovery, Religious trauma, Sexual shame, trauma

• Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal: Interview & Bootcamp

  

  *Disclosure: This post contains an affiliate link, meaning I get commission if you decide to make a purchase through my link. If you’ve betrayed the trust of someone you love, you know how hard rebuilding trust can be. It is a daunting task that seems impossible and you may not even know where to begin.…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  November 16, 2022

  Addiction, partners, Recovery, Shame, trauma

  addiction, betrayal trauma, bootcamp, cheating, geoff steurer, interview, lying, rebuilding trust, recovery, trauma

• Let’s Heal for Our Children

  

  Join me in doing everything we can to heal anything in us that hinders connection with our children

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  November 2, 2022

  Addiction, Attachment, children, Connection, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Recovery, Religious trauma, Sexual Addiction, Sexual shame, Shame, trauma

  IFS, pain, parenting, psychedelics, recovery, Religious trauma, trauma

• Triggers Are Teachers

  

  Triggers teach us what needs our attention inside

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  October 13, 2020

  Addiction, IFS, Inspiration, partners, Recovery, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual Addiction, trauma, writing

  covid, dick schwartz, healing, IFS, pandemic, politics, recovery, tormentor, trauma, trigger

• 11 Self-Love Strategies to Transform Your Life (Video Presentation)

  Did you know that self-love can transform your life? It’s true. In my presentation last week through the Center for Healthy Sex, I shared 11 self-love strategies that are potentially life-changing for those who practice them. While my presentation has a recovery focus, I recommend it to everyone because it presents science-based strategies and specific…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 13, 2019

  Addiction, Attachment, Connection, Inspiration, life after lust, Parenting, partners, pornography, Recovery, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma

  center for healthy sex, life after lust, self-connection, self-love