Christian Counseling in Spokane, Washington
Seminar

W.O.M.A.N.S Seminar

On Thursday, September 29th at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Ray Wm. Smith will present a free workshop on

Wives Of Men Addicted to Nudity And Sex

The workshop offers women an opportunity to learn about sexual addiction and pornography, how to cope with being married to an addict, and ways to improve life.

Participants will be able to define sex addiction and love, and to tell the difference between the two, express some of the pain they may have felt while married to a sexual addict, and leave with at least three coping skills they can use to better deal with their marriage.

The goals are to raise awareness of sexual addiction, comfort some of those most impacted by it, and learn new ways of dealing with it.

Many women have felt they are just not pretty enough to compete with the air-brushed images their husbands lust after. They can feel ashamed and carry the blame for something they did not cause and cannot fix.

Dr. Ray Smith, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and ordained Presbyterian clergyman, is a National Board Certified Counselor and adjunct professor at Whitworth University. Dr. Ray said, “In the Seventies, an elder in my parish told me about his son-in-law’s sexual addiction and what it was doing to his daughter. Since then, I have been treating couples for the shame and betrayal of addiction to nudity and sex.”

Many sexual addicts have tried repeatedly to stop, and enter therapy after a failure, usually caught by their spouses. The wives feel violated, angry, betrayed or inadequate. Sex addicts can put their spouses in a double bind: accept unwanted sex, or they will be left while the addict gets sex another way. Wives fear their husbands fantasize about pornographic images when they do make love.

Dr. Ray hears the wives of sex addicts ask the same questions: