Hello and welcome to my website!

I’m Anastasia (Staci) Sprout, MSW and I am fascinated by the cultural transformation I see related to sexual and intimacy addiction. I want to share the good news that recovery is happening, stigma is reducing, and people are speaking up more and more about what works for them, and why.

Individuals, couples and families are healing, and I want you to know about it! That's why I shared my own recovery story in my memoir, and why I created a newsletter to compile the latest and greatest information on the topic. Supporting individuals, couples and families growing beyond sexual compulsivity in my private practice, r.evolution psychotherapy, is an incredibly rewarding part of my life.

Please join me in the new sexual r.evolution - one that honors the incredible power of the Internet to catalyze "our" "dot" "evolution" (r.evolution)! I know that sex addiction can gracefully end in our lifetime, if enough people learn how.

Please join me to get the safe, vulnerable (aka "naked") conversations going, and step out of secrecy and into safety, sobriety and sexual integrity for all!

Sacral-Heart Healing for Sexual InJuries

Are you one of the majority of humans alive who has sustained sexual injuries growing up? From harassment, abuse, and/or self-harm?

As a Yin Yoga, Energy and Sound Healing Instructor and Practitioner, I’ve created a very special (no-touch) 3-hour healing session that empowers rapid bodymind restoration from sexual injuries. Though these types of harms may have left no visible marks, the negative effects can impact our bodies for life, unless we find ways to heal. This offering is for those of any gender, and bringing a support person is welcome. Email me for more information.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CONSULTATION

YOUTUBE CHANNEL - INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS ABOUT SEXUAL RECOVERY

*Applies to coaching, too!

ANASTASIA’S (STACI’S) MEMOIR: “NAKED IN PUBLIC”

“Naked in Public”

Winner of the 2019 Annual Media Award from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health!

Watch acceptance speech here

Watch VIDEO of Webinar titled: Naked in Public: Let's Talk About Sex Addiction and Recovery

what is sex addiction?

Sex addiction is an umbrella term that many use to explain a dis-ease that some people have. The corresponding clinical diagnosis created by the World Health Organization is “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” or CSBD.

How many people suffer from CSBD? A 2019 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that

“8.6% of the nationally representative sample (7.0% of women and 10.3% of men) endorsed clinically relevant levels of distress and/or impairment associated with difficulty controlling sexual feelings, urges, and behaviors.”

In recent numbers that would average about 28 million people in the United States. If you want to learn more about criteria for sex addiction, check out the questions here: Am I a Sex Addict? There are other qualifiers under this umbrella term, for example, "love addiction," "sexaholism," romance addiction," "porn addiction," and "relationship addiction." I think if we add specific questions about relationship addiction, I feel the numbers would be much higher (and more inclusive of women).

When sexual addiction takes hold of an individual, it has devastating effects on them, those who love them, and the community. The more power this person has, the more harm they can cause themselves and others. Sex addiction is an out-of-control sexual behavior pattern on the far end of the continuum; it's extreme. The disease can be fatal.

I felt so called to educate the community about the truth of sex addiction and - far more importantly - that sexual recovery works - that in 2015, I published my own experience as a sex addict, using my real name, now easily accessible to anyone who has access to the Internet. To avoid any mistake about what I was talking about, I chose an evocative title: Naked in Public: A Memoir of Recovery From Sex Addiction and Other Temporary Insanities. 

Though it was not easy, I surrendered my privacy in order to promote awareness of both the devastation of untreated sex addiction, and the hope that when successfully intervened upon, people can and do recover from it - as long as they remain committed to what works over time. I have experienced this, as have many of my closest friends and others I've had the privilege to know.

What about women and sex addiction?

Though my experience in recovery was primarily to look at my sexually compulsive behaviors, I also struggled with attachment compulsions aka trauma bonds aka love addiction (and avoidance, big time). If you are a woman seeking recovery resources, check out my page WOMEN, START HERE.

PRIVATE ADDICTION recovery and betrayal Reconciliation help

I’m delighted to offer personalized care to support those healing from sexual/relationship addiction, intimacy avoidance, and codependency. 

I became a Licensed Psychotherapist in 2001, and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist from 2006 - 2023, and have the honor of supporting women, men, couples and families to recover, heal and thrive ever since! In 2023, I released my WA state therapy license to expand my services globally (licenses limit provider services to in-state only).

I’m currently accepting private addiction recovery-empowerment coaching clients for in-person and video sessions.

PRESENTATIONS BY STACI

How do we move from the profane (sex addiction) to the sacred? Here's some of what I've learned!

What is Sober Sacred Sex? Click HERE FOR Presentation

What is a Sacred Relationship and why does it take courage to pursue it?

how can you use grief to empower your recovery? click here to learn more

audio meditations read by ANASTASIA