Sex & Love Addiction Therapy in San Diego, CA
Confidential, compassionate therapy for individuals and couples in San Diego seeking help for compulsive sexual behavior and relationship addiction.
Supporting San Diego’s Recovery Community
Dr. Lara Dye, Ph.D., CSAT, brings more than 15 years of experience helping clients overcome sex and love addiction. She offers secure, virtual telehealth sessions to clients in the San Diego area, including individual, group, and couples therapy. With a focus on connection, accountability, and healing, her approach supports people who feel stuck in patterns of unwanted behavior or emotional distress.
Identifying Problematic Patterns
Sexual compulsion, betrayal trauma, and emotional dependency often hide behind high-functioning lifestyles in cities like San Diego. Whether you’re navigating the aftermath of infidelity or feeling controlled by your own behaviors, early recognition and the right support can make all the difference.
Dr. Dye’s therapy helps uncover root causes—often linked to childhood trauma or attachment wounds—and guides clients through lasting behavioral change.
Therapy Options for San Diego Clients
Dr. Lara Dye provides a range of therapy options in-person and through HIPAA-compliant online video sessions, offering flexible scheduling that works with Southern California’s busy pace.
Individual Psychotherapy
Explore your experiences and emotional world in one-on-one sessions. Individual therapy with Dr. Dye focuses on understanding triggers, reshaping behaviors, and restoring a sense of personal integrity.
Group Psychotherapy
Dr. Dye facilitates small, confidential group sessions. Participants support one another in their recovery process while gaining insight through shared experiences—all within a secure and anonymous format.
Couples’ Psychotherapy
For partners facing betrayal, distance, or trust breakdowns, couples therapy provides a path forward. Dr. Dye helps couples understand relational patterns and rebuild connection after ruptures caused by compulsive sexual behavior or addiction.
Dr. Lara Dye: San Diego’s Trusted Sex Addiction Specialist
For over 15 years, Dr. Lara Dye has helped individuals and couples face the difficult truth of compulsive sexual behaviors and love addiction—with honesty, compassion, and a trauma-informed approach. Drawing from her own personal experience in recovery, she understands the overwhelming feelings of shame, secrecy, and emotional turmoil that often accompany these patterns.
Many clients in San Diego describe trying to “white-knuckle” their way out of behaviors—stopping for weeks or months after a close call—only to find themselves back in the same place. Dr. Dye reminds them: this isn’t about willpower. Sexual urges, unlike substances, are part of being human. The goal isn’t suppression—it’s integration and self-awareness.
In treatment, Dr. Dye helps clients:
- Understand the scope and emotional weight of their behavior
- Explore how early experiences shaped current relationship patterns
- Reduce shame and begin seeing addiction through a psychological—not moral—lens
- Identify healthy boundaries and sexual values that feel realistic and affirming
For San Diego residents navigating high-stress careers, family life, and the city’s complex social culture, Dr. Dye provides a confidential, non-judgmental space to do the work. Her clinical knowledge and lived insight create a rare combination that helps clients feel seen and supported—especially when confronting deeply personal struggles.
With over two decades in clinical practice and a firm grasp of the neurobiology of addiction, she integrates both research and empathy into every session. Today, Dr. Dye offers private video-based therapy for clients throughout San Diego County, making it easier than ever to access support that truly understands what you’re going through.
Client Success Story
“Following a traumatic life event involving deep betrayal and a subsequent divorce, I began working with Dr. Dye. Through her expertise and guidance, I came to understand that traumatic events from childhood were adding to my current pain and keeping me in a cycle of reaction instead of decision in my life. Knowing this and being able to affect a change in my behavior were two very different things. I was aware, but unable to truly change things through weekly sessions alone. At Dr. Dye’s suggestion, I attended a three-day intensive with her and it has truly been life changing. I was able to see the connection between events in my childhood and how I currently operate in relationships. I was able to address moments that created beliefs that no longer serve my functional adult. I am forever grateful for the insights, the work, and Dr. Dye’s compassionate work.”
B.P. – Attended Survivor’s Workshop
Therapy Services for San Diego Residents
- Sex Addiction Therapy: Support for compulsive behaviors and sexual self-regulation
- Couples Counseling: Help navigating trust, betrayal, and intimacy
- Marriage Counseling: Strengthen connection and address deeper wounds
- Childhood Trauma Therapy: Work through unresolved trauma contributing to addiction
Contact Dr. Lara Dye – Serving San Diego
Ready to make a change? Dr. Dye welcomes clients from across the San Diego area, including La Jolla, North Park, Mission Valley, and surrounding communities. All sessions are held in-person or securely online for privacy, ease, and effectiveness.
Phone: (512) 415-5735
Email: lara@drlaradye.com
Address: 5830 Oberlin Dr., Suite 204, San Diego, CA 92121
Evening and weekend appointments available to accommodate San Diego work schedules. We also offer sessions conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform.