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You are not Alone, and  you Are Not Broken!

Over 25 million American adults self report as addicted to sex or pornography.

Why Sex Addiction Feels Impossible—And What Healing Actually Takes

Let’s be honest: If you’re here, you’ve probably already tried to quit......

  • Tried to change places, circumstances, surroundings, people that you were hanging out with....etc.

  • Tried to live with yourself

  • Tried to stay "sober"

And no matter how hard you try, it keeps coming back.

You might be asking: "What’s wrong with me?"

Here’s the truth: Nothing is wrong with you. But something deep inside is hurting.

Sex addiction isn't about sex. It's about attachment, regulation, survival, pain, and shame. And traditional therapy models don’t go deep enough to address it.

 

Why It Feels So Hard to Stop

  • The drug is inside you: Fantasy, secrecy, and control are part of your neurochemical cycle

  • You stay conscious the entire time: Which makes the shame worse

  • Fantasy regulates your nervous system: It soothes your stress, loneliness, and fear

  • Shame becomes your identity: Not "I made a mistake," but "I am disgusting."

Changing the trajectory of sex addiction recovery together, one client at a time.

The World's Most Comprehensive 4 to 6 Month Online Intensive Outpatient Program for Sex, Porn, and Intimacy Addiction

 

Bespoke treatment for sex and pornography compulsion .

What You’ve Tried Probably Has Not Work

You may have experienced:

  • Cognitive therapy that stays in your head

  • Abstinence goals that ignore the emotional engine

  • 12-step meetings that miss the trauma

  • Inpatient stays that pulled you from life, but didn’t help you live it

These don’t fail because you’re resistant. They fail because they weren’t built for this kind of wound.

 

Your Inner World Isn’t Bad—It’s Unmet

You’re not one self. You’re many:

  • The Inner Child who wants love

  • The Teen who needs power

  • The Critical Parent who shames

  • The Loving Parent who protects

  • The Witness who sees it all

When you act out, it's not evil. It's a fragmented internal system trying to survive. 

We help you bring these parts home. 

Learn how to love yourself without selling yourself short.

Learn to connect safely—with yourself and with others.

What Makes This Program Different

 

❌ What Recovery Used to Look Like

  • Weekly therapy with no traction

  • Group meetings without depth

  • Inpatient that doesn’t integrate with your life

  • Self-help that doesn’t touch the pain

     

✅ What You Actually Need

  • Long-term healing, not quick-fix sobriety

  • Integration across parts, body, memory, and relationships

  • Team-based, therapist-led, and community-powered support

  • A shame-free, spiritually honest, and trauma-informed container

⚡ Why Our Model Works

  • Built for real life, not separation from it

  • Integrates IFS parts work, EMDR, somatic healing, and 12-step tools

  • Created by Charlene Lewis (LCSW, CSAT, CST) — therapist, CSAT, and partner of a recovering addict

  • Co-led by Joshua Lewis (CRSS) — recovered sex addict with 6+ years sobriety and 21 years in recovery

Together, they’ve designed a recovery experience that goes beyond stopping behavior—it rebuilds identity.

 🧠 AI SUPPORT: THE DAILY DIFFERENCE

You don’t recover during your sessions.
You recover in between—when the trigger hits.
That’s where our AI changes everything.

Here’s how it helps:

  • 🧠 Smart Journaling: Your reflections are interpreted by AI that understands your personal recovery patterns and emotional triggers. You get feedback that’s compassionate, honest, and custom to you—not just generic “good job” fluff.

  • 🔄 Parts-Based Feedback: Our system recognizes when your Inner Critic is flaring, when your Teen part is activated, or when your Inner Child is calling out for connection—and gives you insight in the moment.

  • đŸ“± Daily Recovery Assistant: Every morning you get a 1-minute check-in that tracks your spirit, mind, relationships, and emotional regulation. It’s like having a coach in your pocket.

  • đŸ‘„ Therapist + AI Collaboration: Your human team sees what your AI sees—meaning your coach and CSAT know how to support you before things fall apart.

💡 No more journaling into a void.
💡 No more silent shame spirals between sessions.
💡 Just powerful, emotionally intelligent support—every day, every part of you.

đŸ”„ Why It Matters:

  • You’re not waiting a week to get help.

  • You’re not journaling into a void.

  • You’re not just talking about change — you’re getting coached through it.

This isn’t a “tech gimmick.”
It’s real-time, emotionally intelligent scaffolding for your healing process.

No shame. No delay. Just powerful insight—on your side, every day.

 

 

PROGRAM STRUCTURE and OVERVIEW

 

The Core Structure: 4-6 Months of Integrated Recovery

 

(1) Small Group Therapy

(2) Weekly 1 on 1 coaching

(3) Coordinated Individual sessions with your therapist

(4) Daily recovery practices

(5) Online Psycho-Education

(6) Real Time Group Accountability

3 Separate Small Group Sessions Each Week (75-90 Min. each)

This program is a commitment of 9 hours per week. Group sessions are held before and/or after EST work hours.
*Two Live and and one Pre-recorded Psycho-educational group session

Weekly CSAT Led Small Group Processing Sessions

Sharing the recovery work amidst peers.

90 minute weekly therapy recovery support group facilitated by an experienced CSAT.

Clients process weekly assignments in a small, intimate group. 

 

 

Weekly CRSS Lead Homework group

We assure that the work gets done the right way

75-90 minute weekly work group to keep clients on task with written work and psychoeducation.

 We are able to walk clients through exercises in real time. This dedicated time assures that clients are able to complete material needed in your 1 on 1 sessions, and small group.

 

Weekly Recovery Now! Session: Hands On Practical Tools

60 Minute real-time interactive workshop. Clients integrate new practices for immediate relief. We offer hands on training in the practice of:

  • Reframing negative cognitions in "real time"
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
  • Journaling and Gratitude writing
  • Externalizing rage with physical activity
  • Human connection through active listening.
  • The healing found in 12 step recovery work.
  • Daily Recovery Action "Plan": Define one daily activity to satisfy: Spirit, Physical/Mental Self Care, Relationships, and Work. Stability, self-esteem by "showing up" for oneself with clear intention.

Once weekly 45 minute 1 on 1 Recovery Coaching.

Bespoke treatment. No two clients recover the same way. Why? Several variables dictate the course of action. Here are just a few:

  • ACES (adverse childhood experiences) trauma
  • Sex Addiction type (pornography, escorts, etc.)
  • Fragmentation and ADHD
  • Attachment style
  • Family of origin dynamics
  • Learning styles
  • Love languages
 

Team Coordination:
Notes are shared between our staff and clinical team to dynamically assess treatment plan and progress.

 

We Coordinate All Care with Your Primary Certified Sex Addiction Therapist - 

Whether you come with your own, or we provide one for you!

📆 Typical Month-by-Month Breakdown: What to Expect in Your Journey

Our intensive outpatient program is designed to support deep, lasting change—step by step. Each phase is structured to build emotional resilience, restore healthy sexuality, and create sustainable intimacy.

While the full Intimacy E-Hab program is designed as a 6-month journey, many clients complete the core work in as little as 4 months, depending on their needs and progress.

Typical Completion Time: 4–6 months

This isn’t a one-size-fits-all timeline. We personalize the pace based on:

  • Your level of motivation and honesty

  • The complexity of your history (e.g. trauma, betrayal, past recovery work)

  • How quickly you integrate the tools and shift internal patterns

Some men need the full six months for lasting change. Others move with urgency and integrity from day one and may be ready to graduate earlier.

We’ll work with you—and your therapist or accountability partner if you have one—to make sure the pace is challenging but safe, ambitious but grounded.

Month 1: Foundation & Stabilization

You’ll begin with high-touch support to stabilize your nervous system, break secrecy cycles, and establish a powerful recovery structure.

You receive:

  • 🔒 Two individual coaching sessions per week (30 mins each)

  • đŸ€ Two therapist-led group sessions per week (90 mins each, max 6 men)

  • đŸ’» Daily recovery practices + tailored prompts via our online portal

  • 🧠 Custom assessments: attachment, trauma, learning styles, ADHD

  • 🔄 Coordination with your outside CSAT therapist (if applicable)

This month is about getting honest, feeling safe, and building the core recovery rhythm that will carry you forward.

Months 2–3: Pattern Recognition & Emotional Rewiring

Once stabilized, we go deeper into your unique patterns—shame loops, emotional avoidance, compulsive cycles, and the deeper unmet needs behind them.

You receive:

  • 🧍 One 50-minute coaching session per week

  • đŸ€ Two therapist-led group sessions per week

  • 🔁 Ongoing personalized tracking and real-time adjustments

  • 🔍 Focused parts work (IFS-inspired) and trauma-informed assignments

This is where we begin turning insight into change—day by day, part by part.

Months 4–6: Integration & Relational Repair

You’re no longer surviving the addiction—you’re practicing a new way of being. We focus here on intimacy skills, spiritual integration, and living with integrity.

You receive:

  • 🧍 One weekly 50-minute coaching session

  • đŸ€ Two group sessions per week

  • ❀ Optional partner involvement for relational support

  • 🔄 Continued coordination with your outside therapist

You’ll begin to embody new relational patterns and reconnect with your values, identity, and purpose.

✅ Aftercare (Optional, Month 7+)

Stay connected, steady, and supported through our integration group and ongoing digital access.

Includes:

  • 1 group session/week

  • Online recovery portal access

  • Peer support forum

🧠 What You’ll Learn and Practice in The Program

This isn’t just behavior management. It’s emotional transformation.
Throughout your six-month journey, you’ll learn:

  • How to map and work with your inner system (IFS-style parts)

  • How to desensitize and reprocess trauma (EMDR-informed)

  • How to regulate in real-time (somatic awareness, mindfulness)

  • How to build a new vision for sexuality rooted in dignity and connection

  • How to live with self-trust and emotional integrity

 

 

❀ What Results Can You Expect?

  • 85%+ of clients remain sober through months 2 through 6.

  • 70% remain abstinent 6+ months later

  • Most report breakthroughs in intimacy, clarity, and connection

  • Many restore their marriages, rebuild careers, and reclaim dignity

See client and clinician testimonials below. 

 

Final Word

You’re not broken. You’re not beyond help. You just need the right structure, support, and time to heal.

This program isn’t a pitch. It’s a response to what sex addiction actually is, and what it really takes to heal.

If you're ready to take that next step, we'll walk with you.

HIPAA-compliant ‱ Fully virtual ‱ Therapist-integrated ‱ No shame allowed

 

đŸ”„ 1. It Addresses the Real Root Cause: Intimacy Avoidance

Most addiction treatment dances around the edges—yours doesn’t. It names the core wound:

“Addiction is an intimacy disorder.”
You don’t just treat symptoms (porn, escorts, affairs); you treat the core fracture in the client’s ability to feel safe being known, connected, and loved.

🧬 2. It Personalizes from Day One

From the start, your program builds a custom map for each client:

  • SAST score

  • ACE score

  • ADHD profile

  • Love language

  • Attachment style

  • Parts work profile
    That’s precision recovery, not one-size-fits-all moralizing.

🎯 3. It Doesn’t Just Shame Less—It Builds Functional Intimacy

Most programs tell men what not to do.
You show them how to:

  • Build secure internal systems (IFS-based parts work)

  • Rewire relational patterns (teen vs adult, critic vs loving parent)

  • Move toward a connected, embodied, spiritual sex life
    This is not just sobriety—it’s transformation.

🧠 4. It’s Architected with Clinical Depth and Behavioral Activation

You’ve embedded:

  • Psychoeducation (video + workbook + AI-assisted reflection)

  • Daily rituals (to replace compulsive habits with embodiment)

  • Group work (mirror + accountability + safe vulnerability)

  • Coaching and therapy (for real-time modeling and correction)
    It’s structured yet adaptive.

đŸ€– 5. AI Integration Gives It Superpowers

Clients aren’t alone between sessions.
They have:

  • Journal reflections that get interpreted by AI

  • Daily support that understands their parts and progress

  • A treatment system that feels seen, smart, and alive

đŸ§± 6. It’s a True Intensive and Ongoing Support System

  • Month 1: Foundation reset

  • Months 2–6: Deep reprogramming and relational rebuild

  • Month 7+: Integration track—cheap, sustainable, essential

No drop-off. No abandonment. No “good luck, buddy.”

đŸ‘ïžâ€đŸ—šïž 7. You Built It from the Inside

This isn’t theoretical. You lived it. You’re still walking it. And your clients feel that.
Your presence + your system = a trust container strong enough for the deepest work a man can do.

6 Month Online Intensive Outpatient Program for Sex Addiction

 

Month 1: $4,200

Months 2-3: $2500/month

Months 4-6 (if needed): $2200/month

 

Each week includes:

✅ One (30-minute) private coaching session per week with Joshua Lewis. Additional 30-minute coaching session per week for month 1.

✅ Three small group sessions (90–120 minutes, max 5 participants) fostering deep accountability and peer engagement. Two live, one pre-recorded homework process and guidance group.

✅ Daily recovery practices tailored to each client’s specific needs and progress.

✅ Closed group chat for continuous peer support and real-time guidance between sessions.

✅ Coordinated care when applicable—our team collaborates weekly with your existing CSAT therapist (if you have one), ensuring seamless integration without duplicating cost or care.

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6 Month Online Intensive Outpatient Program for Sex Addiction


Work Individually with Program Founders 

Charlene and Joshua Lewis 

 

Month 1: $4,800

Months 2-3: $3600/month

Months 4-6: $3200/month

Each week includes:

✅ One (50-minute) private therapy/coaching session per week with Charlene Lewis

✅ One (30-minute) private coaching session per week with Joshua Lewis. Additional 30-minute coaching session per week for month 1.

✅ Emergency text support + priority access to extra sessions

✅ Three small group sessions (90–120 minutes, max 5 participants) fostering deep accountability and peer engagement. Two live, one pre-recorded homework process and guidance group.

✅ Daily recovery practices tailored to each client’s specific needs and progress.

✅ Closed group chat for continuous peer support and real-time guidance between sessions.

 

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Mari A. Lee, MA, LMFT, CSAT-S, CPTT-S, MBATT-CS

Author: "Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partner's of Sex Addicts"

"Joshua and Charlene Lewis bring a wealth of experience and unwavering integrity to the field of addiction recovery. Their commitment to supporting both clients and fellow professionals in this critical work reflects their deep dedication to fostering healing and growth in this specialized area."

Anna Fenton - CPTT, CMAT, CSAT

"The Return to Intimacy" IOP is a collaborative program that every CSAT needs. The IOP provides daily support and accountability that's hard to achieve in weekly therapy sessions alone. This program truly puts the ‘intensive’ into ‘intensive outpatient’ treatment, offering an affordable alternative to inpatient rehab for clients who are committed but time-strapped."

Bryan Palmer LCSW-QS, CSAT, EMDR

"As a CSAT, I’ve had the good fortune of referring clients to Josh’s 9-week virtual e-hab program—an ideal option for those needing intensive support but unable to commit to residential or IOP care. The program includes both individual coaching and group sessions, all delivered online. Josh and his team are responsive, professional, and collaborative with referred clients. His program is innovative, accessible, and most importantly, delivers meaningful results."

What Experts and Clients Say about Our Program

Keith M - Professional Athlete

Chicago, Il

"They give you the recipe, ingredients, and bake the cake with you over and over again until you get it. I can now bake my own recovery cake. I have my life back. It takes practice: falling down, getting up, and re-applying the tools with a experiential knowledge. The system helped me develop "smart feet", that keep me in recovery."

Javier L - Attorney 

Miami, Fl

"These guys saved my marriage, carrier, but most importantly they saved my life. Not only are they masters in the field of sex addiction, they seem to intuitively know what challenges the client faces and communicates what to do, in a no nonsence fashion. Brutally honest, I love this about them. Run, don't walk!"

Giovanni B - Sales Consultant

New York, NY

"I entered into Charlene's group not knowing if it would help. I felt I had tried everything, and NOTHING was working. I am amazed at what I have learned about myself, my addiction, and the new strategies that I can use to stay sober. Shame and powerlessness have given way to a new way of living, with dignity and true intimacy. A big thank you to both of them just doesn’t cover it."

Nickolas (New Jersey, USA)

"I'm grateful for the help of Josh & Charlene in their 9 week intensive Recovery from Sexual Addiction program. The group sessions done by video conferencing were interactive, collaborative and exactly the kick start I needed to be put on the pathway to sobriety."

Joseph (Toronto, Canada)

“Josh is extremely knowledgeable, insightful and compassionate.  My journey with Josh not only gave me incredible insight on my addiction, it also allowed me to understand my past, my present challenges and what is possible in my future.”

Roger (Miami, Fl)

"My intensive outpatient experience with Return 2 Intimacy was a necessary step in my road to recovery. They guided our through “Facing the shadows” chapter by chapter while sharing our exercise results was very powerful. I came out of the program with a deeper understanding of addiction, and left very well equipped to lead an amazing life in recovery."

Braden W (Tampa, USA)

I have been working with Charlene and Josh for almost 10 years now. They have given me significant insight into my addiction, helped me to gain sobriety and led me into a new life. I do not know where I would be if I did not have them as part of my recovery. I am indebted to them and the program for not only the survival but also the success of my marriage, relationship with my children, my career as a physician and my life serenity. I highly endorse them both.

Victor L (Toronto, Canada)

 

"After years of difficulties with my wife, with the help of Josh and Charlene's program I’ve have started to rekindle my relationship with my wife, and we’re doing better than in a long time. I Highly recommend the IOP!"

Charles (Hong Kong)

"Going to rehab taught me the tools for recovery, but soon afterwards I left them tucked away like a display case, never to be touched again.  I was overwhelmed. Josh helped me use the right tools for the right occasion, because he gets me, and cares about me.  I am experiencing a profound change in my recovery and my relationship with my partner on a level I had not felt from other therapies."

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