The only Texas IOP built exclusively for sex addiction.
Iron Ridge provides structured intensive outpatient treatment for men facing pornography addiction, infidelity, secrecy, betrayal patterns, and repeated loss of control.
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The only Texas IOP built exclusively for sex addiction.
Most sex addiction tracks are bolted onto a larger program — a few hours per week inside a mixed-diagnosis mental health or substance use IOP. The cohort is heterogeneous, the protocols are generic, and the clinical depth is shallow. That model is not how compulsive sexual behavior gets treated well.
Iron Ridge is built for one thing. Every group, every clinical hour, every protocol is purpose-built for sex addiction and the partner and family trauma that comes with it. No mixed cohorts. No process-addiction generalism. One specialty, done at depth, in coordination with each man’s partner and family system.
You will not be expected to share the most intimate details of how you blew up your marriage in a group where the man next to you is being treated for a Minecraft addiction. That is what happens in mixed-diagnosis IOPs that bolt a sex addiction track onto a broader program. The clinical conditions for honesty — group composition, shared stakes, shared vocabulary, shared shame — do not exist there. Iron Ridge built the program around what compulsive sexual behavior actually requires: a group of men dealing with the same thing, working with clinicians who specialize in it, in a setting designed for the level of honesty the work demands.
A program built specifically for high-functioning men — professionals, executives, fathers — who need a serious place to do serious work.
Trauma-informed, evidence-based care led by a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. Structured curriculum, not a support group.
Private pay and out-of-network with commercial insurance. No insurance reporting on your behalf. Superbills available for PPO out-of-network benefits. Discreet intake, discreet sessions, discreet outcomes. Privacy is the floor, not the goal.
A structured path to clarity, direction, and honest change.
Compulsive sexual behavior rarely responds to weekly therapy alone. Iron Ridge provides the containment, structure, and clinical depth required when the problem has continued despite consequences.
Specialized care for compulsive sexual behaviors.
Compulsive sexual behavior rarely arrives as a single, neatly-bounded problem. Below are the conditions we treat — each with its own clinical arc inside the same structured program.
Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder
The diagnostic anchor — an impulse control disorder recognized by the WHO.
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Compulsive internet pornography use that has resisted years of self-management.
Read more → ConditionSex Addiction
The lay term for the condition our clinical model is built to treat. CSAT-led.
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Attachment-driven compulsivity — intensity, novelty, and fantasy in romantic relationships.
Read more → ConditionOnline Sex Addiction & Cybersex
The fastest-growing subtype — webcams, subscription content, dating apps.
Read more → ConditionInfidelity & Serial Affairs
The pattern that brings most men to the first call — and the marriages that hang on the next move.
Read more →We heal the entire family system.
When one person enters treatment, the whole family is in crisis. Iron Ridge’s Partner & Family Program connects partners and family to clinical care — a weekly individual session and a weekly group, in tandem with the man’s IOP treatment team.
Both treatment plans are adjusted in tandem as the clinical picture evolves.
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Clarity. Direction. Connection.
A serious intensive outpatient program for men in Texas.
Designed and clinically directed by Ian Birdwell, LPC, CSAT, the Iron Ridge IOP provides the structure men need when individual therapy is not enough — without the disruption of residential care.
- 9–12 hours per week of clinical programming
- Group therapy, individual sessions, and psychoeducation
- Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model–trained partner track
- In-person in Austin · virtual across Texas
Practical questions, answered plainly.
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When you’re ready, we’re here.
Every inquiry is read by a member of our clinical team. We respond within one business day.
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