Sex & Love Addiction Counseling

Marie Wilson, PhD, LPC, LPCC, CSAT-S




Sexual addiction is a complex addiction but there is hope! 

​As a trained and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist & Supervisor (CSAT-S), I have the necessary training and experience to help you identify and understand underlying causes of the behaviors, improve your relationships and begin to heal from the impact of these problematic behaviors.  ​

Treatment Philosophy


​I use an integrative approach to counseling and a combination of methods to help individuals work towards recovery and help them challenge the cognitive distortions inherent in addictive disorders. These approaches may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Approach and Person-Centered Therapy. I also recommend regular attendance in 12-Step Meetings such as SLAA and SA.


One of my special interests is the use of the creative process in sex addiction recovery and have published numerous articles on the topic. Creative techniques such as art therapy help addicts problem solve and heal deeper core issues such as shame. The creative process itself is self-affirming, life-giving and inherently corrective.


For additional information about the transformative potential for art in addiction treatment, please access my article posed on this link from the AllTreatment Website: www.alltreatment.com/visual-art-therapy-for-addiction​

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC- Pennsylvania)

Professional Counselor of Mental Health (LPC- Delaware)

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC- New Mexico)

Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor (CSAT-S)​

Board Certified Art Therapist and Certified Art Therapy Supervisor (ATR-BC, ATCS)

 

HONORS

2019 Fulbright Scholar Specialist in Addiction - U.S. Embassy, Burma

2017 Fulbright Scholar Specialist in Addiction - Chinese Culture University,

Republic of China

EDUCATION

PhD Addiction Psychology, Capella University 
MA  Art Therapy, Norwich University 
​BFA Virginia Commonwealth University

BIO

With over 35 years experience in the behavioral health field, I began to specialize in the treatment of sexual addiction in 1997 while employed at the Meadows Treatment Center in Wickenburg, Arizona where I had the good fortune to work directly with Dr. Patrick Carnes, the pioneer of the sex addiction field.  


I continued my work in sex addiction as a clinician at the STAR Program in Bryn Mawr, PA, where I have been since 2000. I am a foundational member of the Advisory Board for the certification of sex addiction therapists and have published numerous articles on this topic and contributed chapters in the Clinical Management of Sexual Addiction (2002) and The Routledge International Handbook on Sexual Addiction (2018).    

I am Professor Emerita in the School of Psychology & Counseling, Graduate Programs in Counseling at Caldwell University, and previously full-time faculty in the Department of Counselor Education at Kutztown University and a Fulbright Scholar.


I am licensed in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Mexico.