Downloadable clinician resources
Free reference material for clinicians working with compulsive sexual behavior or betrayal trauma, plus pieces written to hand to a client who is hesitating.
Material for clinicians working with men presenting with compulsive sexual behaviour, or with partners carrying betrayal trauma. Everything here is free to use and free to hand to a client.
Orientation for clinicians outside the specialty
CSBD for non-CSAT clinicians — the ICD-11 6C72 frame, why it sits under impulse control disorders rather than addictions, the differentials that get misrouted, and what usually sits underneath the presentation.
Betrayal trauma for non-CSAT clinicians — why the trauma model replaced the codependency frame, where it overlaps with PTSD and where it differs, and why couples work is frequently premature.
Therapist partner brief — a one-page overview of the clinical model, credentials, level of care, and financial structure. Written to be handed to a client who is weighing a higher level of care.
When infidelity may be something more — Ian Birdwell, LPC on assessing beyond the affair: the build-up phase, grooming patterns, power differentials, and mapping emotional states across the cycle.
Referral
When to refer to an IOP — indications, contraindications, and what nine to twelve clinical hours a week adds that weekly individual work structurally cannot.
Referral process — what to send, how to transmit it securely, and what happens after.
Case coordination — release of information, treatment planning, and the step-down back to your care.
Superbill mechanics — what to tell a client about out-of-network reimbursement before they commit.
Clinical reference
ICD-11 6C72 diagnostic criteria — the full criteria walkthrough, including the moral-distress exclusion.
DSM-5-TR coding — why no direct code exists and how US clinicians document it.
Differentials — CSBD vs. OCD · CSBD vs. bipolar hypersexuality · CSBD vs. high libido · CSBD vs. sex addiction
Assessments — the SAST-R, PCI, and CSBI: what each measures, and what none of them can establish.
To give a client
CSBD self-assessment — a brief confidential screener. Nothing is stored and no contact is required.
Am I going crazy after finding out my husband cheated? — for a partner in the acute phase after discovery.
Why can't I stop? — for a high-functioning man who cannot reconcile this pattern with the rest of his life.
What happens after I inquire — for a client who is hesitating over making contact.
Talk to us directly
If you would rather discuss a case than read about it, call (512) 877-8616. A licensed member of the clinical team responds within one business day, and we will tell you plainly if Iron Ridge is not the right level of care.
What we will not do
We do not gate any of this behind a form, add referring clinicians to a mailing list, or follow up unprompted after a referral. If you want to stay in contact you are welcome to; if you refer once and never hear from us again, that is by design rather than neglect.
We also do not market to your clients. A client who reaches us through you is your client returning to you afterwards, and the continuing-care plan is built on that assumption.