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Shimon Frankel
Training in Addiction and/or Lust Addiction
Shim is a New Jersey State Licensed Social Worker with advanced certification in Sexual Addiction Treatment through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals led by Dr. Patrick Carnes (iitap). He has met with considerable success in direct clinical practice with family therapy and the addiction community by effectively integrating his working knowledge of 12-step recovery with his professional training in the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which he received directly from the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is directly supervised in his work with treating compulsive sexual behaviors, sexual addiction, and families affected by sexual addiction by John Leadem, LCSW, CSAT-S. John is the leading Certified Sex Addiction Therapists Supervisor in this region and has co-authored various meditation books and step study guides for individuals and couples who are in 12 step recovery.
Clinical Experience with Orthodox Community
Shim is a licensed therapist who is a well known member of the Lakewood Orthodox community. He is also one of the six seasoned addiction counselors with the Leadem Counseling & Consulting Services located in Toms River, New Jersey. As a practice, Leadem Counseling has been directly treating members of the Orthodox Jewish community and their families who struggle with all forms of compulsive sexual behaviors and addictions. Since treating their first Orthodox Jewish client for recovery from sex addiction in September of 2007, hundreds of Orthodox Jews and their spouses have been treated with great results in maintaining sexual abstinence and rebuilding their standing with their family, the community, and most importantly – themselves. As an experienced member of the Leadem Counseling staff, Shim has worked with and treated numerous religious clients with great efficiency in both individual and couples therapy.
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Intervention Model
Shim’s primary specialty in is assisting clients and couples in recovery from compulsive sexual behaviors and sexual addiction. Sex addiction is an area of expertise which is exceptionally delicate and the therapeutic needs of the recovering family vary greatly from individual to individual, perhaps more so than any other addiction or compulsive behavior.
When working with an individual client, a personalized psychotherapy plan is created after a thorough personal history which includes a comprehensive screening to assess for addiction and/or co-addiction.
Both the individual and couples counseling sessions will include strong emphasis on the psychodramatic approach to treating the underlying traumas feeding both addiction and co-addiction. Relapse prevention is always part of the treatment plan for any client in 12 step recovery.
When working with both partners of a relationship in a joint couple’s session, a shared program of recovery combined with the 12 steps is crucial for sustained emotional and romantic recovery. The importance of complete honesty from both partners in a relationship is absolutely necessary if a family is going to heal from sexual betrayal. Not only is secret keeping unwise - it will actually prove to be a detriment to a relationship in the long run. Using an innovative integration of the 12 steps individually tailored to the client’s therapeutic needs in his or her individual or couples therapy session has met with incomparable results for Shim’s clients on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
Client types
- Men
- Women
- Couples
- Families
- Spouses of Addicts
Medium/s of Interaction with Clients
- Face to Face
Normal Fee per session
$100.00Accepting new clients?
YesRecommendations
- John Leadem, LCSW, CSAT-S - (732)797-1444