Center For Healthy Sex

What Center For Healthy Sex does

Center for Healthy Sex is a privately held therapy practice founded in 2006 by Dr. Alexandra Katehakis and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, operating legally as Alexandra Katehakis Inc. The practice specializes in sex addiction treatment, sex therapy, love addiction, pornography addiction, betrayal trauma recovery, and sexual dysfunction, serving individuals, couples, partners of sex addicts, and LGBTQIA2S+ clients across the United States and (online) globally. The clinical team comprises Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisors (CSAT-S), licensed marriage and family therapists, and trauma-informed specialists including EMDR-trained and bilingual clinicians, built up over more than 19 years of operating history in a stigmatized, niche segment.

The service portfolio spans individual therapy, couples therapy, group therapy capped at seven participants, psychological testing for California residents, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy delivered through a strategic partnership with Journey Clinical, and structured 12-week coaching curricula (Facing the Shadow, Facing Love Addiction, Ready to Heal, Facing Heartbreak, Premature Ejaculation). Two 5-day online intensive outpatient programs anchor the higher-acuity offering: a Sex & Love Addiction IOP at $6,500 and a Partner's Betrayal Trauma IOP. Technology is limited to a standard HIPAA-compliant telehealth delivery layer and a WordPress-based content site; there is no proprietary software product, no mobile application, and no public API or SDK.

The business model is professional-services revenue across multiple pay-as-you-go lines, supported by prepaid coaching packages and optional insurance receipts for KAP sessions. Pricing is documented across each line: group sessions at $85 per 2-hour session, KAP at approximately $220 per hour, coaching at $150 per class or $1,600 prepaid for a 12-class package, and workshops at $120 per 50-minute session. Go-to-market is sales-led through free confidential phone consultations with intake counselors, supplemented by an educational content and SEO engine (screening tests, blog, email newsletter, organic social). The customer base is entirely B2C and distributed across five cohorts—sex/love/porn addiction, sexual dysfunction, couples, partner/betrayal trauma, and LGBTQIA2S+—with no enterprise contracts or recurring B2B revenue identified.

Name

Center For Healthy Sex

Legal name

Alexandra Katehakis Inc.

Website

https://centerforhealthysex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Center for Healthy Sex is a Los Angeles-based private therapy practice founded in 2006 by Dr. Alexandra Katehakis, specializing in sex addiction, love addiction, sexual dysfunction, and betrayal trauma treatment for individuals, couples, and the LGBTQIA2S+ community via in-person and telehealth services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Therapy: One-on-one therapy sessions for sex addiction, love addiction, sexual dysfunction, relationship issues, and trauma. Provided both in-person at the Los Angeles office and via telehealth.
2. Couples Therapy: Conjoint therapy for all relationship configurations including alternative relationships. Addresses sexual health, intimacy, and betrayal trauma in partnerships.
3. Group Therapy: Weekly recovery groups for sex addiction, love addiction, porn addiction, intimacy issues, and betrayal trauma. Groups limited to 7 participants. Offered at $85 per 2-hour session.
4. Intensive Outpatient Programs: One-week online intensive programs for sex and love addiction (5-day program at $6,500) and Partner's Betrayal Trauma Intensive. Provides concentrated treatment with cognitive restructuring.
5. Online Coaching Programs: 12-week structured coaching programs including Facing the Shadow ($150/class or $1,600 prepaid), Facing Love Addiction, Ready to Heal, Premature Ejaculation coaching, and Facing Heartbreak for partners.
6. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: KAP treatment sessions at approximately $220 per hour, with varying treatment plan options ranging from 2 to 8 medicine sessions. Insurance receipts provided for most KAP sessions.
7. Workshops and Educational Programs: Sex Addiction 101 Workshop (50-minute online session at $120), Men's and Women's Love Addiction Online Workshops, and various educational programs.
8. Psychological Testing: Psychological testing services for California clients including assessments for anxiety, depression, PTSD, sex addiction, personality testing, autism spectrum, and cognitive abilities. Pricing varies based on depth of assessment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Center for Healthy Sex is a private therapy practice providing sex addiction treatment, sex therapy, love addiction counseling, betrayal trauma recovery, and LGBTQIA2S+ affirmative care. Services are delivered through individual therapy, couples therapy, group therapy, intensive outpatient programs, 12-week coaching programs, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, both in-person in Los Angeles and via telehealth. The practice also offers psychological testing and screening assessment tools to support diagnosis and treatment planning.

Product overview

Center For Healthy Sex is a therapy and treatment center offering a comprehensive suite of mental health and sexual health services. The core offerings include intensive outpatient programs (Sex & Love Addiction Intensive and Partner's Betrayal Trauma Intensive), individual and couples therapy, group therapy, and coaching programs. The center provides specialty services including Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), psychological testing, and LGBTQIA2S+ affirmative care. Supporting these core services are various coaching modules (Facing the Shadow, Facing Love Addiction, Ready to Heal, Facing Heartbreak), workshops (Sex Addiction 101, Women's and Men's Love Addiction workshops), and assessment/screening tools (Sex Addiction Test, Love Addiction Test, Internet Sex Addiction Test). All services are available in-person at their Los Angeles location or via telehealth/online delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sex & Love Addiction Intensive Outpatient Program A one-week online intensive outpatient program providing concentrated cognitive restructuring treatment for sex and love addiction, offering a 5-day journey of self-discovery with a roadmap for continued recovery. Delivered 10AM-5PM PST daily, 5 days, for $6,500.
• Partner's Betrayal Trauma Intensive Outpatient Program A 5-day online intensive program providing partners of sex addicts with support, tools, and a safe processing space for betrayal trauma, grief, and complex emotions. Open to individuals of all genders and sexual orientations.
• Individual Therapy In-person and telehealth therapy services for individuals struggling with sexual health issues including sexual desire dysfunction, compulsive sexual behavior, and betrayal trauma. Available at the Los Angeles office and via telehealth.
• Couples Therapy Conjoint therapy for all relationship configurations including those in alternative relationships, addressing sexual intimacy, communication breakdowns, and relational needs through in-person or telehealth services.
• Coaching Programs 12-week pre-planned coaching sessions designed around specific treatment plans for early and later stage recovery from sex addiction, porn addiction, love addiction, sexual dysfunction, and healthy sexuality.
• Group Therapy Weekly recovery groups for men and women focusing on sex addiction, love addiction, porn addiction, intimacy issues, and betrayal trauma, limited to 7 participants due to the intensive nature of the therapeutic work.
• Psychological Testing Psychological testing services for California clients including assessments for anxiety, depression, PTSD, personality testing, sex addiction, partner betrayal trauma, autism spectrum, and cognitive abilities, with pricing varying based on depth of assessment.
• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) A therapeutic modality using legal ketamine medicine to treat mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and process addictions, offered as 32 hours of treatment over 16 weeks with high-dose rapidly dissolving tablets (RDT) and integration sessions. Delivered in partnership with Journey Clinical for medical evaluations and prescribing at approximately $220 per hour.
• Facing the Shadow Online Coaching 12-session online coaching program based on Patrick Carnes' book 'Facing the Shadow' to help sex addicts execute recovery techniques, stop destructive patterns, and build support networks. Priced at $150/class or $1,600 prepaid.
• Facing Love Addiction Online Coaching 12-session online coaching program based on Pia Mellody's book 'Facing Love Addiction' to help individuals break free from addictive relationship patterns.
• Ready to Heal Online Coaching 12-session online coaching program for women based on Kelly McDaniel's book 'Ready to Heal' to break free from addictive relationships.
• Men's Sex Addiction Groups Weekly addiction recovery groups for men and nonbinary individuals utilizing peer experience and support to build a foundation for sobriety.
• Men's Pornography and Sex Addiction Group Specialized treatment group for men addressing compulsive pornography use and destructive sexual patterns through peer support.
• Online Queer Men's Sexual Recovery Group Safe, queer-affirmative online group for male-identified or non-binary individuals on the LGBTQ+ spectrum navigating recovery from sex and porn addiction, priced at $65 per 2-hour weekly meeting.
• Sex Addiction 101 Workshop 50-minute introductory online workshop providing understanding of sex addiction, 12-step recovery basics, Circle Plans, and treatment recommendations, priced at $120 per session.
• Women's Love Addiction Online Workshop Online workshop helping women break free from problematic relational patterns and develop authentic emotional intimacy.
• Men's Love Addiction Online Workshop Online workshop helping men break free from problematic relational patterns and develop authentic emotional intimacy.
• Facing Heartbreak Online Coaching 12-session coaching for partners affected by their partner's problematic sexual behavior, based on the workbook 'Facing Heartbreak' by Carnes, Lee, and Rodriguez.
• LGBTQIA2S+ Affirmative Care Affirmative psychotherapy validating LGBTQIA2S+ identities and supporting recovery from mental illness, addictions, and substance abuse.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Journey ClinicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJourney Clinical is the medical partner for Center for Healthy Sex's Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) program. They conduct initial medical evaluations, develop KAP treatment plans, and prescribe ketamine medication for use in therapy sessions. Journey Clinical accepts some insurance plans and provides free benefit checks for potential clients. This partnership enables CHS to offer psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy as part of their comprehensive mental health treatment options.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: Large-scale direct-to-consumer virtual therapy platform; comparable to CHS's telehealth delivery for individual/couples therapy, though broader in scope and serving a general (non-sex-addiction) population.
• Brightside Health: Telehealth platform for depression, anxiety, and PTSD with medication + therapy combination; comparable telehealth delivery model and overlap on depression/anxiety/PTSD treated within CHS's KAP program.
• BetterHelp: Direct-to-consumer virtual therapy marketplace; comparable telehealth channel and online coaching-style delivery, but operates as a broad incumbent across all mental health categories rather than CHS's specialty focus.

Emerging players

• Lionrock Recovery: Online addiction treatment provider (including sex/porn addiction groups and coaching); closely comparable to CHS's online group therapy and 12-week coaching programs in modality and target population.
• Charlie Health: Virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) provider for mental health and substance use; comparable to CHS's 5-day intensive model in structure (concentrated, multi-hour daily treatment) but serves adolescents and general behavioral health.

Others

• Journey Clinical: Medical partner that provides ketamine prescribing infrastructure for CHS's KAP program; an enabling ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, but operates in the same psychedelic-assisted therapy category.

Direct peers

• Seeking Integrity: Residential and online sex addiction/intimacy disorder treatment program; directly comparable to Center for Healthy Sex as a specialty behavioral health provider focused on compulsive sexual behavior recovery.
• Pine Grove Behavioral Health (Gentle Path): Specialty program for sexual addiction and compulsivity within a broader behavioral health system; comparable in therapeutic modality (CSAT, 12-step integration) and patient population.
• The Relational Life Institute: Couples therapy and intensive programs (e.g., "Three-Day Intensives") led by Terry Real; comparable to CHS's couples therapy and intensive outpatient offerings in structure and pricing model.
• Crossroads Counselling Centre: Sex addiction and love addiction treatment practice with intensive workshops and therapy; overlaps directly with CHS's IOP-style intensives and group therapy formats.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/alexkatehakis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CenterForHealthySex
• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterForHealthySex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-healthy-sex
• Instagraminstagram.com/centerforhealthysex

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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