#167: It's Not About the Sex with Andrew Susskind

The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast

Andrew Susskind is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Group Psychotherapist and Author based in Los Angeles since 1992 specializing in trauma and addictive, compulsive behaviors. His books include It’s Not About the Sex: Moving from Isolation to Intimacy after Sexual Addiction (Central Recovery Press, 2019), The It’s Not About the Sex Workbook (Routledge Press, 2024) and From Now On: Seven Keys to Purposeful Recovery (2014).

We discuss topics including:

• The importance of spirituality

• The hunger all of our client have on all levels

• The types of nourishment that are satisfying

• What is “broken heartedness”?

• Understanding compulsive sex addiction

SHOW NOTES:

• It’s not about the sex (book)

• It’s not about the sex Workbook (book)

• From Now On: Seven Keys to Purposeful Recovery (book)

• www.westsidetherapist.com

• https://westsidetherapist.podbean.com/ (podcast)

• www.instagram.com/andrewsusskind

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