Douglas Weiss

Douglas Weiss, Ph.D. is an author, speaker, licensed psychologist, and marriage counselor who specializes in sexual issues.^[1] He is also the founder and president of the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy,^[2] as well as the clinical director of the Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[3] He has written over forty books on self-help and sexual and marital issues, including sexual anorexia.^[4][5]

Personal life and education

Weiss received a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministries from United Wesleyan College, a dual Masters degree in Divinity and in Marriage and Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as a doctorate in Psychology from North Central University.^[6]

He has been married to his wife Lisa, his business partner and co-worker at the Heart to Heart Counseling Center, for over twenty-five years and they have two children.^[7]

Weiss has stated that he suffered from sexual addiction throughout his teenage years and young adulthood^[8] and has identified his past as the root cause of his addiction.^[9] He has reported that he has been sober from his sex addiction for over twenty years.^[1]

Weiss and his family have been living in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where his Heart to Heart Counseling Center is also located, since 2000.^[9] Prior to that, his family and practice were based in Fort Worth, Texas.^[10]

Career

Weiss is the founder and executive director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[11] He launched his Heart to Heart website in December 1995.^[12]

Weiss is the founder and president of the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy, which trains and certifies licensed counselors, pastoral counselors, and coaches in the treatment of sexual addiction.^[2][13] He has traveled the country training therapy professionals in his treatment plans for marriage, sexual addiction, and sexual abuse.^[1]

Dr. Weiss’ work in the field of sexual addiction provided the basis for a made-for-television Lifetime Network movie called Sex, Lies and Obsession.^[1]

Weiss has given advice, both in print and online publications, on sex and relationships, as well as sharing his opinion on news items such as the Clinton sex scandal,^[3] the Tiger Woods sex scandal,^[8][14] the Anthony Weiner sex scandal,^[15] and the clergy sex abuse scandal.^[16]

Bibliography

Dr. Weiss is the author of over forty books on the subjects of marriage, men’s issues, women’s issues, singlehood, sexual addiction recovery, sexual abuse,^[17] and other related self-help topics,^[18] including:

• Clean ISBN 978-1400204687
• Married and Alone ISBN 978-1881292036
• Miracle of Marriage ISBN 978-1881292333
• The 30-Day Marriage Makeover ISBN 978-1616381400
• Intimacy Anorexia ISBN 978-1881292265
• The Power of Pleasure ISBN 978-1401911973
• Get a Grip ISBN 978-1591859895
• The 7 Love Agreements ISBN 978-1591859208
• Beyond the Bedroom ISBN 978-0757303258
• Sex, Men & God ISBN 978-0884198819
• Intimacy Anorexia ISBN 978-1881292265
• Partners ISBN 978-1881292258
• She Has a Secret ISBN 978-1881292586
• The Final Freedom ISBN 978-1881292371

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