Adult Children of Sexually Addicted Parents (ACSAs)

A Light in the Dark Workshop Series: Beginning the journey of healing for Adult Children of Sexually Addicted Parents (ACSAs)

Facilitated by Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Leilani Sinclair (LMFT/CSAT), this workshop series addresses the unique issues and challenges commonly experienced by adult children who grew up in a home with a sexually addicted parent. While not focusing on blaming parents for the past, this workshop provides a safe, supportive and educational environment for participants to learn, understand and heal from the lasting personal toll they experienced as a result of their parent’s addiction.

The goal of the series is to provide tools and a path forward that fosters a new legacy of joy and wholeness that is free from past addiction, shame and intergenerational trauma.

Dr. Kenneth Adams will join the workshop to give a brief introduction and overview. Dr. Adams co-authored A Light in the Dark, The Hidden Legacy of Adult Children of Sex Addicts, released in February 2023. 

This educational workshop is for anyone who has a parent they consider to have been a sex addict. Participants are likely to have been negatively impacted by a parent’s sexually addictive or damaging behavior in ways that include, but are not limited to: 

• Witnessing a parent’s sexualized and inappropriate sexual behavior
• Witnessing parent’s arguments and conflict
• Feeling ashamed of a parent’s sexual behavior
• Feeling the need to side with or caretake a parent
• Struggling with one’s own sexuality in adulthood

This Educational Workshop will help participants: 

-Identify the distinct roles and characteristics that ACSAs assume in order to cope with the impact of a parent’s sexual addiction on the family system

-Understand how intergenerational trauma manifests in a sexually addicted family by transmitting a legacy of sexual shame that impairs an adult child’s ability to experience fulfilling relationships, self-esteem and healthy sexuality and intimacy

-Take steps to release the burden of unwarranted shame, confusion and distorted beliefs that are unconsciously assumed by ACSAs

-Create an individualized self-care plan focused on joy and healing, based on the ACSA Bill of Rights and responsibilities contained in “A Light in the Dark” book

Cost: 

$575