STAR Program

The program offered by the FTAAI is STAR (Sexual Trauma and Recovery). This program utilizes the client’s strengths in order to promote recovery from Sexually compulsive behavior and the underlying trauma that precipitates it.

Goals of STAR: Establish sobriety, break through denial, understand the nature of the addiction, take responsibility for behaviors, surrender to the process, limit damage from behavior, increase victim empathy, develop support systems, reduce shame, grieve losses, acknowledge cycles of abuse and improve family relationships.

How are these goals achieved? Clients are helped in achieving these goals by: Sexual addiction assessment including sexual dependency and consequences inventory, developing an addiction interaction disorder prevention plan, involvement in a 12 step sexual addiction fellowship, group therapy focusing on family of origin issues, core labs which are psycho-educational experiences designed to teach specific skills and information about recovery, celibacy agreement, family therapy, and developing a relapse prevention plan. Our staff consists of a multi-disciplinary team who incorporate the 12 Steps, a family systems perspective, education and a trauma-based focus.