Parent Guide for Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction

Parent Guide for Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction

Discover compassionate, practical strategies to support your teen in overcoming pornography addiction in this series of ’A Parent’s Guide for Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction’. Hosted by Matt Bulkley, this podcast tackles the sensitive topic with empathy and actionable advice. Learn to recognize warning signs like secretive behavior, withdrawal, or declining grades, and explore how to approach your teen with non-judgmental conversations that build trust. Dive into valuable resources like the Recovery Toolbox for Teens and 101 Tips for Quitting Porn, designed to guide parents and teens through recovery together. Hear real-life stories, discover positive outlets like sports or creative hobbies, and understand when to seek professional support, including outpatient therapy, recovery groups, or intensive programs like Star Guides. Perfect for parents seeking hope and practical steps to help their teen navigate this challenge and build a healthier, more fulfilling life. Available at www.therapyassociates.net and www.starguides.net. Subscribe for more insights on raising teens in today’s digital world!

Episodes

August 22, 2025 28 mins
In this heartfelt episode of The Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, psychotherapist Matt Bulkley offers parents practical tools to support teens struggling with pornography addiction. If you’re wondering whether your teen’s porn use is a phase, a habit, or something more serious, this episode is for you. Matt introduces the Youth Pornography Addiction Screening Tool (YPAST), a teen-friendly, 25-question...
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Join host Matt Bulkley in this insightful episode of the Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction podcast. Discover why self-reflection is a game-changer for parents supporting their teen’s recovery from pornography addiction. We explore how your experiences, biases, and emotions shape your response to your teen’s struggle and offer practical steps to create a safe, empathetic environment for healing. From und...

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In this episode of the Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction podcast, host Matt Bulkley addresses a vital topic for parents: how to support your teen in overcoming pornography addiction without carrying the full weight of their recovery. Using the Stages of Change model, Matt provides a roadmap to understand your teen’s readiness to change and offers practical strategies to guide them effectively. ...
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    In this empowering episode of Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, host Matt Bulkley dives into a game-changing strategy: tracking progress to help teens break free from pornography addiction. Discover how tools like streaks (consecutive porn-free days) and total scores (wins vs. losses over time) can shift your teen’s focus from perfection to progress, fostering motivation and resilience. Matt explores w...

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    In this episode of Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, licensed therapist Matt Bulkley, co-founder of Therapy Associates and Star Guides in St. George, Utah, dives into the critical role of open communication in helping teens recover from pornography addiction. Discover why secrecy fuels addiction and how non-judgmental conversations can build trust, reduce shame, and foster accountability. Matt introduc...

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    In this episode of Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, host Matt Bulkley, a psychotherapist with 25 years of experience, tackles a critical question: when does your teen’s struggle with pornography addiction require intensive intervention, like a residential program? Drawing from his 12 years working with Star Guides, a premier wilderness therapy program, Matt outlines key signs that outpatient efforts m...
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    In this episode of Parent Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, psychotherapist Matt Bulkley, with 25 years of experience, offers hope and practical solutions for parents navigating their teen’s struggle with pornography addiction. Feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start? You’re not alone. This episode dives into outpatient support—a flexible, evidence-based approach that empowers teens to break free from ad...

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    In this episode of The Parents Guide: Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction, host Matt Bulkley introduces a powerful parent-led approach to guide teens toward healthier habits using the Recovery Toolbox for Teens. Learn how the Breaking Free curriculum, Parent Guide, and 101 Tips for Quitting Porn empower parents to address their teen’s pornography use at home. We explore the neuroscience of addiction, practical tools fo...
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    Discover compassionate, practical strategies to support your teen in overcoming pornography addiction in this debut episode of A Parent’s Guide for Helping Your Teen Overcome Pornography Addiction. Hosted by Matt Bulkley, this podcast tackles the sensitive topic with empathy and actionable advice. Learn to recognize warning signs like secretive behavior, withdrawal, or declining grades, and explore how to approach your teen with no...

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