Cynthia Crouch, LMHC, LPC, CSAT, CAP, CPTT-Candidate, CRRA Cynthia Crouch is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Certified Addiction Professional, Florida Qualified Supervisor, EMDR-trained clinician, and Certified Partner Trauma Therapist Candidate with nearly 18 years of experience in trauma and addiction treatment.

Her expertise spans substance use disorders, alcohol and opioid addiction, pornography and sex addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, behavioral addictions, betrayal trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, attachment wounds, codependency, and relationship recovery.

Cynthia is especially passionate about helping betrayed partners heal from the traumatic effects of deception, infidelity, pornography use, gaslighting, and sexual betrayal. She helps clients rebuild emotional safety, strengthen boundaries, regulate their nervous systems, restore trust in themselves, and move forward with clarity and personal empowerment.

As the creator of original, copyright-protected clinical and psychoeducational models—including the Adaptive Survival Responses Wheel, Empowerment Wheel, and RISE Compass—Cynthia is known for making complex concepts related to trauma, addiction, attachment, and nervous-system regulation understandable and practical.

Her approach is compassionate, direct, educational, and deeply trauma-informed. Cynthia helps clients move beyond symptom management to understand the pain beneath their behaviors, reduce shame, develop healthier patterns, and create lives and relationships rooted in freedom, integrity, connection, and hope.