#149: If My Partner Has Intimacy Anorexia, What Do I Do?

Caller Crystal's Question: "Can we talk about Intimacy Anorexia? What is it? How does it show up with sexual addiction? Does it change the impact on the betrayed partner? Does the path of healing for a betrayed partner look different if they are impacted by intimacy anorexia? And does the path of healing for the relationship look different? I believe I've been in a relationship with someone with intimacy anorexia and there are many things that I can't relate to in my recovery group because my story is so different from theirs. I recently found a resource that lists characteristics of those with intimacy anorexia and was so relieved to have my experience so clearly laid out." Tyler Patrick, "The Wandering Therapist", is co-founder of Love Strong (lovestrong.com), a Christian-based Recovery + WHOLEHEARTED living therapy practice. If you'd like to work with Love Strong via telehealth or in-person, reach out to us at [email protected] or go to our website: https://lovestrong.com. We have a great online Foundations Of Recovery Class starting soon. This class is for sex addiction recovery and healing from betrayal trauma. Go to https://lovestrong.com/services/foundations-group/ to learn more and sign up. Brannon Patrick, "The Expert", is co-founder of Therapy Utah (therapyutah.org). You can follow Brannon on Instagram @brannon_patrick. He has some really great online courses available at brannonpatrick.com like his Boundary Bootcamp course. Brannon has a program called L.I.F.T. for betrayal trauma and addiction recovery available online starting soon. Go to https://www.liftforrecovery.com/ for more info! Join us for one of our "Life-Changing" retreats. therapybros.com/events Radiant Dawn Women's Retreat: https://radiantdawnconference.com Rising Son Men's Retreat: https://risingson.org Couple's Conference TBA We would love to have you as a guest on the podcast. Go to realtalkrecovery.com to submit your question and schedule your call!