Online Men's Sex & Pornography Recovery Group in Illinois

You may have tried limits, willpower, or keeping everything to yourself. Perhaps your partner has discovered something, or you are reaching out before that happens. You may know you want a different relationship with pornography or sexual behavior without knowing what to call the problem.

This group offers a regular place to examine what happens, take responsibility for your choices, and practice responding differently—with professional guidance and other men doing their own work.

You do not need to identify as a “sex addict.” Concern about pornography alone can be a reason to request a screening. Frequency, distress, your values, and the effect on your life all deserve an individual conversation.

The cohort is for adult men who want help with recurring sexual behavior concerns and are willing to participate in a consistent therapeutic group. Concerns may include:

• Pornography use or other sexual behavior that feels difficult to control.
• Repeated secrecy, acting-out patterns, or unsuccessful attempts to stop.
• Infidelity, discovery, and the work of taking responsibility after betrayal.
• Shame, isolation, or difficulty understanding what drives the behavior.
• Wanting greater integrity and healthier relationships.

A partner may have encouraged you to seek help. Screening gives you room to discuss your own goals and reservations; pressure from someone else is not a substitute for your informed participation.

Weekly 90-minute meetings combine guided discussion, workbook-based reflection, and attention to how patterns show up in daily life and relationships. The work includes identifying triggers and responses, examining secrecy and shame, and developing practical recovery goals.

Members have opportunities to speak honestly, hear different perspectives, and practice accountability without humiliation. You are not expected to share your entire history at the first meeting. Participation and boundaries will be discussed during screening and onboarding.

A closed cohort means the same small group moves through this 16-week period together, rather than functioning as a drop-in meeting. The commitment creates continuity; it does not promise that recovery will be complete in 16 weeks.

The group uses Patrick Carnes’s Facing the Shadow workbook as an important part of the process, within the broader 30-Task Model of recovery. The workbook focuses on the model’s first seven tasks. This cohort is not presented as completion of all 30 tasks.

The material provides a structure for examining sexual behavior patterns and beginning recovery work. Rob will guide discussion in relation to members’ needs; the workbook supports psychotherapy rather than replacing an individual assessment.

Workbook edition and purchasing instructions will be clarified before enrollment. Read the workbook’s description.

Rob LeLaurin, LCPC, CSAT, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist at Far More Therapy. His work includes pornography and unwanted sexual behavior, compulsive sexual behavior, trauma, shame, and relationship concerns.

CSAT is a specialist certification administered by IITAP. Rob’s style is warm and direct, with room for both understanding the pattern and taking responsibility for its impact.

Learn about working with a CSAT · More about Rob.

This is professional group psychotherapy, not a peer-led support meeting or church program. Before joining, Rob will discuss confidentiality, its limits, group expectations, and telehealth arrangements. Members are expected to protect one another’s privacy. No therapist can guarantee the behavior or confidentiality of other group members.

You must be physically located in Illinois for every session and have a private place to participate. Participants may continue working with their existing individual therapist while participating in the group. The group can complement individual or couples therapy when clinically appropriate; it does not automatically replace either.

Screening also considers whether outpatient group therapy is the right level of care. Immediate safety concerns, a need for more intensive support, or an inability to participate privately or consistently may call for a different starting point. Clinical suitability is assessed individually.

The cohort meets Wednesdays, January 13–April 28, 2027, from 6:00–7:30 PM Central, assuming no skipped weeks. It is a closed therapy group, not a drop-in meeting.

Early meetings focus on group agreements, goals, secrecy, and understanding patterns. The middle of the program explores consequences, accountability, recovery boundaries, and relapse prevention. Later meetings address conditioned patterns, healthy sexuality, support systems, and a personal plan for continuing recovery. Rob will pace the work according to clinical needs; participants are not promised completion of every task in the broader 30-Task Model.

This cohort may offer structured additional support for a man working on his own sexual behavior while a partner receives separate care. It is not a betrayed-partner support group, a couples intervention, or a substitute for the affected partner’s treatment.

Clinicians can share this page directly. Please do not send another person’s clinical history through the website inquiry form. Any coordination of care will require the appropriate consent.

Related care: individual therapy for pornography and unwanted sexual behavior · support after betrayal · couples therapy.