SEX & PORN ADDICTION COUNSELING

Finding Freedom. Rebuilding Integrity. Restoring Connection

Sex & Porn Addiction Counseling for Men in Atlanta (and Online Across Georgia)

Struggling With Sex or Porn Addiction? You Don’t Have to Do This Alone.

If you’re a man caught in compulsive porn use, unwanted sexual behaviors, or patterns you can’t seem to break, you’re in the right spot.

 

Bedrock & Branch is a counseling practice with a team full of Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) Candidates in Atlanta. We help men who feel stuck, ashamed, or afraid they’re going to lose the relationships and life that matter most to them.

What We Help Men Work Through

  • Compulsive pornography use

  • Sexual behaviors driven by stress, anxiety, or avoidance

  • Relapse cycles and secrecy

  • Shame, guilt, and internal conflict around faith

  • Emotional regulation and impulse control

  • Relationship and marriage strain

The goal is not behavior management alone — but sustainable change rooted in clarity, integrity, and emotional health.

Expertise in Treating Sex & Porn Addiction

We are Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) Candidate. Meaning, We've undergone specialized education through the International Institute of Trauma & Addiction Professionals (IITAP) in sexual compulsivity, betrayal trauma, neurobiology of addiction, trauma-informed treatment, and am receiving supervision on these areas.

Why Men Choose Bedrock & Branch

Certified Sex Addiction Trained Therapist

Therapy is confidential, respectful, and non-shaming

Treatment is grounded in clinical training through IITAP (International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals)

We integrate accountability, insight, and practical tools for change

We intentionally limit our caseloads to provide focused, individualized care

In-person and virtual options

Common Behaviors Addressed in Porn & Sex Addiction Therapy

  • Compulsive or excessive pornography use
  • Escalating porn use despite negative consequences

  • Sexting or sexual messaging outside of committed relationships
  • Use of dating apps or anonymous chat platforms for sexual interaction

  • Hiring sex workers or engaging in transactional sex

  • Repeated affairs or ongoing extramarital sexual relationships

  • Compulsive masturbation that interferes with daily life

  • Lying, minimizing, or hiding sexual behaviors from a partner

  • Sexual behaviors that conflict with personal, relational, or faith values

  • Loss of trust or intimacy within a marriage or relationship

  • Feelings of shame, guilt, or self-loathing related to sexual behavior

  • Preoccupation with sexual thoughts that affect focus or productivity

Our Team

Logan Kafer | Founder of Bedrock & Branch, LPC, CSAT-Candidate

Stephen Barber | LPC, CSAT-Candidate

We’ll match you with the right therapist!

In-Person and Telehealth Options

  • In-person counseling available in Atlanta

  • Secure telehealth available across Georgia

  • Florida telehealth available upon request

  • Private pay therapy ($165 for 50 minute session)

  • Sessions are designed to be confidential, professional, and convenient.

Our Team

Logan Kafer | Founder of Bedrock & Branch, LPC, CSAT-Candidate

Stephen Barber | LPC, CSAT-Candidate

We’ll match you with the right therapist!

Stephen Barber, LPC CSAT-Candidate (3)

Logan Kafer, LPC

Stephen Barber, LPC

Free 15-Minute Consultation

The consultation is a brief, confidential call to:

  • Talk through what you’re dealing with

  • Ask questions about therapy and my approach

  • See if working together feels like a good fit

This service is for adult men seeking professional counseling informed by Christian values. It is not a support group, coaching program, or pastoral counseling.

What Sex & Porn Addiction Counseling Looks Like

1. We Go Beyond “Just Stopping the Behavior”

Addiction is rarely the real problem — it’s usually the answer to a deeper problem.


Porn becomes a way to soothe stress, anxiety, pressure, loneliness, boredom, conflict, emotional disconnection, or old wounds that never fully healed.

We’re not here to slap on willpower or accountability. We’re here to understand the engine underneath the behavior.

2. You’ll Learn to Understand Your Triggers, Patterns, and Neurobiology

Together we explore:

  • Why the urges hit when they do

  • What emotions or stressors drive the compulsion

  • How your brain has wired porn or sexual behavior as relief

  • How shame, secrecy, and avoidance keep the cycle going

3. We Build Real Tools for Real Freedom

Our work includes:

  • Understanding your addiction cycle
  • Practical coping skills

  • Emotional regulation tools

  • Rebuilding integrity and alignment with your values

  • Understanding your arousal template

  • Healing shame and strengthening self-compassion

  • Taking ownership and eliminating rationalizations

Prefer to Reach Out First?

Fill out this contact form and we will be in touch in the next 24 hours to set up a free 15 minute consult.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Do I have to be a “sex addict” for this to help?

No. If porn or sexual behavior is damaging your peace, integrity, or relationships, this space is for you.

Yes. Counseling is confidential. We’ll talk through any limits up front (like safety concerns).

No. We’ll go deeper than behavior. We’ll understand what porn is doing for you, so you don’t have to keep running to it.

A lot of men ask this — and it’s a fair question. Labels can feel heavy, and you don’t need to “prove” you’re an addict to deserve help. A more useful question is: Is this behavior costing you something and feeling out of your control?

You might be dealing with compulsive porn use or sexual behavior if you notice patterns like:

 

  • You keep doing it even when you truly want to stop

  • You’ve made promises to yourself (or God, or your partner) and keep breaking them

  • It’s escalating over time — more time, more intensity, more secrecy

  • You’re using it to cope with stress, loneliness, anxiety, conflict, boredom, or emotional pain

  • You feel relief in the moment and shame afterward

  • It’s harming your relationships, your faith, your work, your sense of integrity, or your mental health

  • You live with two versions of yourself: the one people see and the one you hide

Whether it meets a formal definition or not, if it feels like a cycle that’s running your life — we can work with that. In therapy, we’ll assess what’s happening, what’s driving it, and what kind of support fits best.

f your faith matters to you, it matters in this space. Many of the men I work with are Christians who love God and feel crushed by shame or the fear that this struggle defines them.

 

Here’s what integrating faith looks like in our work:

 

  • We honor your beliefs without weaponizing them.
    Shame is not the same thing as conviction, and shame never produces lasting change.

  • We focus on wholeness, integrity, and grace.
    Recovery isn’t just behavior management — it’s becoming aligned with who you are and who you want to be.

  • We make space for the spiritual weight you’ve been carrying.
    The fear of judgment, the feeling of hypocrisy, the “I should be stronger than this” story — all of that gets compassion and truth, not condemnation.

  • You lead the level of faith integration.
    Some men want prayer and Scripture explicitly involved; others want their faith respected as part of their values and identity. We’ll work at the pace and style that fits you.

You don’t have to choose between clinical help and spiritual sincerity. This can be a place where your faith is supported, your nervous system is understood, and your healing is real.