How this works
A quiet guide, not a clinic.
Intimacy Recovery exists because compulsive sexual behaviour is the pattern people carry alone the longest — not because help is scarce, but because searching for it feels like a confession. By the time someone reads a page like this, they have usually promised themselves 'last time' more times than they can count. The search itself shouldn't add shame, and on this site it doesn't: no account, no email, and nothing you read or answer here is stored or used for advertising, ever.
We are an independent educational and treatment-navigation resource, not a therapy practice and not a treatment centre. Every guide is written in plain, non-explicit language against public clinical understanding — the World Health Organization's ICD-11 recognizes compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as a health condition, which is the frame we use: a treatable pattern, not a character verdict. Our self-check is a structured self-reflection written in that spirit. It is an educational screen, never a diagnosis.
When you ask us to connect you, we confirm the fit and make a warm introduction — with your express consent, using only the contact method you choose, and only to licensed providers you approve. We say plainly how we are paid: providers pay us flat marketing fees for introductions, never a share of what you spend and never per-admission. Peer-support fellowships are described in our own words; we are not affiliated with any of them, and we express no view on which approach is right.
We are not an emergency service. If any part of this has you thinking about harming yourself, the crisis lines on every page connect you to people who can help right now — this pattern is treatable, and people rebuild from exactly where you are.
Editorial policy
Every guide is written in plain, non-explicit language by our own team and kept deliberately neutral — we express no preference among fellowships, therapy modalities, or treatment programs. Fellowship descriptions are our own words; we never republish another organization's literature or schedules, and their account of their own program always prevails. Where a placement is paid, it is labelled, and it never changes what we recommend.
How we make money
The service is free for people seeking help. When you ask us to connect you and give your consent, we introduce you to matched licensed providers, who pay us flat marketing fees for those introductions — never a share of what you spend, never per-admission. Treatment navigation is kept strictly separate from any commercial relationship, and nothing about your visit is ever used for advertising.
Corrections
When we get something wrong — a program description, a sobriety definition, a broken link — we say so in the open and fix it quickly. Spot an error? Email hello@intimacyrecovery.ca and we'll review it, with a dated note where it matters. Fellowships and providers may request review of any description of their program at any time.
Part of a network
Intimacy Recovery is one of the independent recovery resources in the Rehab Near Me network, which share a single consent-gated connection service. Each site is its own resource; the shared spine is only how a consented request is safely routed. On this property the network's discretion rules run strictest: no remarketing, ever, and a quick exit on every page.
Straight answers
Is this confidential?
Yes — more than most sites can honestly claim. You can read everything and take the self-check without an account or an email; the self-check runs entirely in your browser and nothing is stored or sent. We use no advertising pixels and no remarketing of any kind, so your visit never follows you to another screen. If you choose to send a connection request, we ask for your express consent first, and your details go only to the licensed providers matched to your request — reaching you only by the contact method you chose. We never sell your information to data brokers or advertisers.
Does it cost anything?
Using Intimacy Recovery is free. Much of the help itself is free too: all ten peer fellowships described on this site cost nothing and ask for no names. Specialized therapy and treatment programs charge their own fees, which you confirm directly with the provider — we never quote prices on your behalf, and extended health plans often cover registered therapists.
Is the self-check a diagnosis?
No. It's a structured self-reflection written in careful clinical language — the markers it asks about are the ones clinicians consider, and the WHO's ICD-11 recognizes compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as a diagnosable condition. But recognition is not diagnosis: only a qualified clinician can assess you, confidentially. Your answers never leave the page.
What if I'm not ready to talk to anyone?
That's the normal starting point, and nothing here rushes you. The fellowship comparison and the self-check are both anonymous and free — knowing the map costs nothing and commits you to nothing. When one conversation ever feels possible, the connection request goes to a single provider you approve, by the contact method you name, and no one else.
We are not an emergency service. If any part of this has you thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, any hour — this pattern is treatable, and people rebuild from exactly where you are.