Steve Garufi, M.A. LPC, Psychotherapist - Telephone Counseling - Office Located in Buena Vista, Colorado
eMail: stevegarufi-at-juno.com - Phone: (719) 395-2426

I am a psychotherapist based in Colorado with a nationwide clientele via telephone who specializes in helping men get free of sex and pornography addictions. I have successfully worked through my own road to recovery and have the training and experience to get you on your own path to restoring your sexual integrity. Because the snare of pornography and sex addiction leaves most people hopeless, defeated and bonded with shame, let me encourage you: You can get free of this!

If you're reading this page and you know you are struggling with pornography, lust and out-of-control sexual behaviors, I have a question for you to consider: How much longer will you let this run your life?

Another year?
Five more years?
Twenty years?
Or will it take a catastrophe such as losing your marriage?
Will it take getting "caught" and enduring embarrassment and shame among your family, friend and peers?
Would it take losing your job?
Maybe never?

Pornography addiction works destructively like all other addictions: It only gets worse and intensifies! It will eventually harm your finances, your time, your job, your most important relationships, your integrity and values, your spiritual vitality and the things you value most in life. The good news is, I am seeing many men get free of this and living a new life of joy and victory, but it's going to take some work. The first step is to talk someone you can trust. If I can be that person, what an honor that would be!

Your calls are confidential! Please call me at (719) 395-2426 and begin the process! I do offer telephone counseling for those who live long distances. You're also welcome to e-mail me at SteveGarufi(@)juno.com (remove parenthesis) or visit the discussion forum to ask questions or share your story.

Perhaps you're struggling with pornography or you're a spouse who is hurting from your husband's sexually addictive behavior (Visit: Spouses of Sex Addicts), below is a list of eleven questions that might be be indicators that one may have a pornography/sexual addiction:

1. Do you have sexual behaviors that you wish you could stop?
2. Do you regularly masturbate? (If you're married, has masturbation been ongoing even after marriage?)
3. Do you have a constant pattern or habit of viewing pornography?
4. While out-of-town, on a business trip, or somewhere where you're anonymous, have you engaged in sexual behavior you might not ordinarily do while home?
5. Have you been in relationships just for sex?
6. Have you visited a strip club or solicited a prostitute in the past 24 months?
7. Has monogomous sex grown to be boring?
8. Do you feel abnormally driven by your sex drive?
9. Do you keep a "secret" from others related to your sexual behavior? (If you're married, do you hold "secrets" related to your sexual behavior from your spouse?)
10. In the past 12 months, has someone objected to your sexualized behavior (joking, offensive gesturing/discussion, grooming, etc.) as offensive or hurtful to them?
11. Do you find yourself building a tolerance with your sexual behavior? (For example, you need greater amounts of pornography to feel sexually satisfied?)

Again, your calls are totally confidential. My phone number is (719) 395-2426, eMail: SteveGarufi-at-juno.com

I have also made a sex addiction recovery reading list. Please check that out for yourself!

Steve Garufi, M.A. LPC
Journey of Hope Counseling
Phone: (719) 395-2426

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