Douglas Weiss is an author, speaker, licensed psychologist, and marriage counselor who specializes in sexual issues. He is also the founder and president of the , as well as the clinical director of the Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has written over forty books on self-help and sexual and marital issues, including sexual anorexia.
Personal life and education
Weiss received a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministries from United Wesleyan College, a dual master's degree in Divinity and in Marriage and Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as a doctorate in Psychology from Northcentral University. He has been married to his wife Lisa, his business partner and co-worker at the Heart to Heart Counseling Center, for over twenty-five years and they have two children. Weiss has stated that he suffered from sexual addiction throughout his teenage years and young adulthood and has identified his past as the root cause of his addiction. He has reported that he has been sober from his sex addiction for over twenty years. Weiss and his family have been living in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where his Heart to Heart Counseling Center is also located, since 2000. Prior to that, his family and practice were based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Career
Weiss is the founder and executive director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He launched his Heart to Heart website in December 1995. Weiss is the founder and president of the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy, which trains and certifies licensed counselors, pastoral counselors, and coaches in the treatment of sexual addiction. He has traveled the country training therapy professionals in his treatment plans for marriage, sexual addiction, and sexual abuse. Weiss’ work inthe field of sexual addiction provided the basis for a made-for-television Lifetime Network movie called Sex, Lies and Obsession. Weiss has given advice, both in print and online publications, on sex and relationships, as well as sharing his opinion on news items such as the Clinton sex scandal, the Tiger Woods sex scandal, the Anthony Weiner sex scandal, and the clergy sex abuse scandal.
