Connections Counseling Services

Connections Counseling Services fills a specific and often underserved role in Utah County's recovery landscape: an outpatient clinic built around the overlap of trauma, mental health, and behavioral addiction. Where many outpatient programs focus narrowly on substance use, Connections explicitly treats co-occurring disorders, betrayal trauma, relationship trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression alongside sexual and pornography addiction — conditions that rarely present in isolation and that require integrated clinical attention over time.

For individuals and families in the Orem and Murray areas who are navigating the longer arc of recovery — past initial crisis, working through root causes, and rebuilding relationships — this kind of sustained outpatient care is often what makes the difference between short-term stabilization and durable change. The outpatient program structure allows clients to stay connected to their jobs, families, and communities while doing the deeper therapeutic work that recovery demands.

The clinical team at Connections Counseling Services works with four distinct therapeutic modalities: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Brainspotting, and EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy). Each of these methods has a specific application in trauma-informed and addiction-focused care. CBT helps clients identify and reshape thought patterns that drive addictive behavior; EMDR and Brainspotting are trauma-processing approaches particularly suited for individuals with PTSD or relational trauma histories; and EFT addresses emotional regulation and attachment, which is central to recovery from betrayal trauma and sexual infidelity.

This combination of modalities reflects a clinical approach calibrated to the dual diagnosis population — people who carry both addiction and underlying psychological wounds. Rather than treating behavioral addiction as a stand-alone condition, the center's therapeutic toolkit is designed to work across the full picture of what clients bring into the room.

The center's outpatient program is open to a wide range of populations, including adolescents, young adults (18–25), men, women, veterans, pregnant women, seniors and older adults, individuals with HIV/AIDS support needs, and those who are court-ordered into treatment. This breadth reflects a clinic organized around flexibility and access, not a narrow demographic niche.

Payment is accepted through Medicaid, private insurance, and self-pay arrangements. For those uncertain about whether the program is the right fit, Connections offers a free 30-minute consultation with one of their therapists — a concrete first step that costs nothing and requires no commitment. The clinic is open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and can be reached directly at (801) 272-3420.

One of the clearest differentiators for Connections Counseling Services is its CSAT certification — Certified Sex Addiction Therapist — a credential that signals specialized training in sexual addiction, pornography addiction, betrayal trauma, and the relational ruptures that follow. For partners and spouses processing betrayal trauma alongside an addicted loved one, finding a clinician and clinic with this specific certification matters considerably. It is not a common credential among general outpatient providers.

Within the broader recovery community in Orem and the surrounding Utah County area, Connections Counseling Services represents a resource specifically designed for the intersection of behavioral addiction and trauma. Individuals already in recovery from other conditions who discover co-occurring sexual addiction or relational trauma — as well as families rebuilding trust after disclosure — will find a clinically prepared environment here that is equipped for exactly that work.