After 20 years of battling sex addiction, Rob dropped the fight and entered long lasting recovery. He first became a porn and sex addiction coach and meditation teacher with the intention of teaching his successful formula but found that with most of his clients dealing with trauma and attachment insecurity, he needed more education and training. He is devoted to helping individuals and couples struggling with the effects of compulsive sexual behavior.
Rob is the founder of Karuna Healing Counseling Services. Rob previously was an MBA and IT consultant. He leverages his previous career experience of being analytically minded and an obsession for research-based best practices with his personal experience with recovery to provide an optimal experience for his clients.
Rob is involved in the Internal Family Systems therapy community. He is an IFS-first therapist, and also integrates mindfulness, ACT, and EMDR. Being a certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT), Rob incorporates the Patrick Carnes CSAT model along with the Douglas Braun-Harvey OCSB model.
Rob also received advanced training from Daniel Brown in Adult Attachment Repair and is an Ideal Parent Figure Protocol practitioner. He integrates IPF with IFS for attachment security work.
Rob manages the Karuna 8 week intensive for men, doing individual and group therapy. Rob is licensed as a therapist in the state of Utah. state of Utah. Rob is a licensed recovery coach for clients outside the state of Utah in the US, Canada, and across the world.
- training in IFS, EMDR, ACT, CBT, Coherence Therapy, IPF (Ideal Parent Figure Protoco)
- Adams State, master’s in counseling
- CSAT-C certified sex addiction therapist through IITAP
- OCSB (out-of-control sexual behavior) training through Douglas-Braun Harvey
- ACMHC therapist in State of Utah
- licensed sex and porn addiction recovery coach
