Out of Control Sexual Behavior Therapy group 

for men and masculine-identified people 

Location: In-person, Hadley Office, 2 Bay Rd, Hadley, MA 01035
Start date: Summer 2026
Sessions: Ongoing
Frequency: Sessions weekly on Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45 PM

Facilitators

Ariel Pliskin, LICSW

Kai Pratt, LCSW

Participants may use insurance or pay out of pocket $50 per group session. 

Participants

Participants: Adults (18+), may include cisgender and transgender men as well as non-binary people whose identity includes masculine.

Topics

This group will guide you to create a vision for sexual health and offer you support and accountability to maintain that vision. Many people experience relief and connection when they are able to talk openly about sexual thoughts and behaviors that have felt difficult to share elsewhere.

Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB) refers to patterns of sexual thoughts or behaviors that feel difficult to manage, happen in ways that don’t align with your values, or lead to unwanted consequences in your life—such as impacts on relationships, work, emotional well-being, or self-esteem. These patterns can include feeling driven or stuck, acting in ways you later regret, or struggling to follow through on intentions to change.

In this group, we focus less on labeling specific behaviors as “good” or “bad,” and more on helping you build a sustainable, personalized sense of sexual health. This includes developing awareness, strengthening self-regulation, and making choices that align with your values and relationships.

In a nonjudgmental atmosphere, you can address a wide range of experiences—from feeling overly inhibited to feeling out of control—and work toward greater clarity, flexibility, and agency in your sexual life.

This group will strive to be trauma-aware, anti-racist, HAES-affirming and aligned with a neurodiversity paradigm. It will be sex positive (defined broadly), working for LGBTQIA+, kink, sex worker, and consensual non-monogmay inclusion. 

This group is not designed to address sexual assault or consent violations. Those seeking to address such behavior may consult the Association For The Treatment Of Sexual Abusers.

Insurances accepted

Aetna BlueCross and BlueShield Carelon: MBHP, Wellsense BMC, Unicare, Fallon, GIC-Unicare Commonwealth Care Alliance Health New England MassHealth Standard Medicare Optum: Allways, VACCN, UnitedHealthcare, Health Plans Inc, Oxford, UMR, Mass General Brigham Tufts Commercial Tricare East: Humana Out-of-Pocket/Self-Paid