
Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
Sam Tielemans, LMFT
Show overview
Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 259 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 20 min and 29 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Health & Fitness show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 54 episodes published. Published by Sam Tielemans, LMFT.
From the publisher
Break free from pornography and rebuild the trust in your relationship. Hosted by licensed marriage therapist Sam Tielemans, Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction is your go-to podcast for overcoming porn addiction, restoring emotional and sexual intimacy, and healing after betrayal trauma in your marriage. Each episode offers practical tools, relationship advice, and real stories of men and couples navigating the path of porn recovery and restoring your marriage. Whether you’re just starting your healing journey or want to go deeper in quitting pornography and rebuilding your relationship, this podcast gives you the clarity, hope, and next steps you need. Topics include: How to overcome porn urges and triggers without relying on willpower Rebuilding trust after betrayal in your marriage Restoring emotional connection and sexual closeness Understanding the root causes of porn use Navigating communication breakdowns, shame, fear, and disconnection New episodes every week. Subscribe now and start your healing journey toward lasting freedom and relationship renewal.
Latest Episodes
View all 259 episodes261: Live Session – Breaking Belief of Not Being Good Enough (in 22 minutes)
260: Don't Do Busy Work to Quit Porn and Rebuild Your Marriage, Do Targeted Work. Here's How
259: How Could He Love Me and Betray Me at the Same Time?
258: 5 Strategies to Overcome Urges For Pornography That Won't Go Away
257: When She's Afraid That Sharing Her Feelings Will Trigger Him to Relapse
256: 5 Habits (60 seconds each) To Help you Quit Porn in 2026
255: 3 Ways to Help Her Heal From Betrayal Trauma
254: How to Quit Porn: Increase Your Ability, Not Your Effort
253: Rebuilding Trust Gets So Much Easier When You Do THIS
252: Why Talking Through Her Triggers Never Seems to Help — Here How to Do It Correctly
251: Why He Goes Quiet When She Brings Up the Past — And What Actually Helps
250: When Willpower and White Knuckling Urges Fail, Do This
249: 7 Things To Have In Your Plan to Quit Pornography Before 2026 is Over
248: Pornography Addiction Destroys Her Self Image. Here's How to Rebuild It
247: The Hidden Reason That Causes Dishonesty (And How to Resolve It)
246: How to Address Her Anxiety and Hypervigilance After Betrayal From Pornography Addiction
245: She Can't Explain Why She Doesn't Feel Safe. This Is How You Find Out.
244: How to Create the Conditions For Trust to Be Rebuild Without Pressure
Ep 246243: Why Urges for Pornography Keep Coming Back (Even After Weeks of Progress)
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and build a plan to overcome your pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to overcome pornography – https://stopporn.info/ Have questions you want me to address on future podcast episodes? Email me here: [email protected] Episode show notes: Most porn addiction recovery strategies fail for one simple reason: they focus on the wrong part of the cycle. They teach you how to manage urges. But they don’t teach you how to stop what’s creating them. In this episode, we break down the three levels that actually determine whether you can quit porn for good — and why missing even one of them keeps you stuck in relapse, no matter how hard you try. You’ll learn: • Why porn urges are the overflow — not the source of the problem • The three core drivers of porn addiction recovery: capacity, pressure release, and root cause • How pornography triggers build over time instead of appearing out of nowhere • Why traditional relapse prevention only works short-term • How to identify whether you have a capacity problem, a pressure problem, or a root cause problem • A practical framework used in high-level porn addiction counseling • How to overcome porn urges by working upstream instead of reacting in the moment • How emotional healing and communication change porn in marriage If you’ve been trying to quit porn and keep ending up back at square one, this will show you exactly why. Because it’s not just about stopping the behavior. It’s about understanding what keeps filling the system in the first place. Lasting porn addiction recovery happens when you increase your capacity, release pressure consistently, and resolve the root cause of pornography addiction — not when you get better at fighting urges. If you want real relapse prevention, this is the framework.
Ep 245242: 10 Tips to Quit Pornography and Rebuild Your Relationship
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and build a plan to overcome your pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to overcome pornography – https://stopporn.info/ Have questions you want me to address on future podcast episodes? Email me here: [email protected] Episode show notes: Most porn addiction recovery advice is focused on one thing: stopping the urge. Fight it. Resist it. Distract from it. Outrun it. But if you’ve tried to quit porn and keep falling back into old patterns, you already know — that approach doesn’t last. In this episode, we break down why porn urges are not the real problem — and how unresolved emotional pain becomes the true driver behind pornography use. If you don’t address the root cause of pornography addiction, no amount of willpower or relapse prevention strategies will hold long-term. We walk through a completely different model of porn addiction recovery — one that helps you resolve urges instead of constantly battling them. You’ll learn: • Why traditional relapse prevention fails over time • How pornography triggers are often emotional, not sexual • The real root cause of pornography addiction (stress, shame, disconnection) • Why repeated relapse is a skills gap — not a lack of effort • How to overcome porn urges by working upstream before they build • A practical framework used in effective porn addiction counseling • How emotional awareness and communication protect porn in marriage • What actually leads to lasting emotional healing and change If you’ve been trying to quit porn through discipline alone, this will reframe everything. Because the urge isn’t random. It’s the end result of pressure that’s been building under the surface. And once you learn how to resolve that pressure directly, porn addiction recovery stops being a constant fight — and starts becoming a process that actually works.