Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara McCausland shares the final Q&A from the April 2026 SAL 12 Step Conference and announces registration for the 2026 SA Lifeline Women’s Workshop (September 18–19 in Mapleton, Utah). Panelists discuss how addicts…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Tara McCausland shares presentations from the 2026 SAL 12-Step Conference starting with two personal shares from SAL 12-Steppers Brandon P. and Bing H. Brandon P., a recovering sex addict, describes decades of…
Home›Blog›Library›Jeanne Vattuone: Coming to the Fence: The Power of Partner-Sensitive Recovery | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference: Jeanne Vattuone: Coming to the Fence: The Power of Partner-Sensitive Recovery | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference: Library2025 Conference SessionJuly 1, 2026 In this session from the 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference, Jeanne Vattuone presents “Coming to the Fence: The Power…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Therapist and 12-stepper Josh Walpole shares his personal history with pornography and sexual addiction, and how recovery led him to become a therapist at Circles of Grace (formerly Lifestar). He explores how stories…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara McCausland shares an SAL 12 Step Conference keynote presentation by therapist and 12-step participant Amanda Christensen. Amanda explains how childhood power dynamics, explicit and implicit family rules, and family systems patterns can…
Home›Blog›Betrayal Trauma›Sherie Christensen: Moving Beyond Survival: The Path to Post Traumatic Growth | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference Sherie Christensen: Moving Beyond Survival: The Path to Post Traumatic Growth | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference Betrayal Trauma 2025 Conference Session June 1, 2026 Sherie Christensen presented “Moving Beyond Survival: The Path to Post Traumatic Growth” at the…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Jonathan L. interviews LMSW Courtney Weaver about finding quality education and qualified therapy for sex addiction and betrayal trauma recovery. Courtney explains key certifications (CSAT, APSAT, CPTT, C-BIRT), how to choose a…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Tara McCausland interviews Debbie Laaser about understanding and managing triggers after betrayal. Laaser explains that distress from triggers is shaped by perceptions and encourages slowing down reactive fight-or-flight responses. Using her “seven…
Home›Blog›Betrayal Trauma›Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith: Restoring Healthy Sexual Intimacy After Betrayal | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith: Restoring Healthy Sexual Intimacy After Betrayal | 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference Betrayal Trauma 2025 Conference Session May 1, 2026 At the 2025 S.A. Lifeline Conference, Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith presented a session on restoring healthy…
Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Tara McCausland speaks with Pathway to Recovery co-host Jonathan L. Jonathan starts by sharing his adolescent internet porn exposure and how curiosity eventually led to pornography addiction. He shares how his behavior…