What Does Sex or Porn Addiction Treatment Cost?

If you are looking for help with porn or sexual behavior, cost is a fair question. You may also be wondering whether you need individual therapy, a group, or more focused time. Those choices should reflect what is happening in your life, the structure you want, and what you can realistically sustain.

People use terms such as “porn addiction” and “sex addiction” in different ways. You do not have to decide on a label before asking about care. A first conversation can start with the pattern you want to change and the impact it is having.

What are the fees at Therapy by Ben?

I offer online, private-pay services for eligible clients physically located in California during sessions. My current fees are:

• Individual therapy: $200 for a 45-minute session.
• Men’s recovery groups: $75 for a 90-minute session, with a 12-week minimum commitment.
• Facing the Shadow intensive: $3,000 across three weeks.
• Couples therapy: $200 for a 45-minute session.
• Couples intensive: $2,000 across three days.

You can compare the therapy options and read the details of each format before contacting me.

What is different about each format?

Individual therapy offers private time to understand a pattern, consider its impact, and develop goals. It can be a place to start when you are not yet sure what kind of help you need.

A recovery group adds guided discussion, workbook work, and contact with other men working on recovery. The shared setting can offer structure and connection, while individual concerns may still need their own space.

The three-week Facing the Shadow intensive concentrates early recovery work into an agreed schedule. It can provide focus, but three weeks is not a promise that recovery will be complete in three weeks. Ongoing support may still be useful.

Couples therapy addresses the relationship after sexual secrecy, infidelity, or broken agreements. The work can include accountability, boundaries, and decisions about what each person needs. The separate couples intensive offers concentrated time across three days. Neither format requires a couple to decide in advance that they will stay together.

How should I compare the total cost?

Start with the listed fee, then ask what support might be useful afterward. Some people need continuing work after an intensive. Others start with weekly sessions or a group and revisit the plan as they learn more. Recovery can involve emotional skills, daily routines, support, and the effects of behavior on relationships as well as stopping the behavior itself. No one format guarantees an outcome.

For a simple comparison, four individual sessions at $200 are $800 in session fees. If you attend 12 group sessions at $75, those session fees are $900. These are arithmetic examples, not recommended treatment lengths or package prices.

I do not currently offer payment plans or financing. If cost is a concern, please raise it during the consultation. We can discuss the listed options, the time involved, and whether my practice is a fit without pressure to begin care.

What should I ask in a consultation?

A useful question is: “Given what I am dealing with, which format would you suggest starting with, what might ongoing support involve, and what would the likely cost be?” We may not settle every detail in a short call, but you should leave with a clearer sense of your choices.

When you are ready, you can request a free 15-minute consultation or see current private-pay fees.