Helping Your Relationship Heal | About

— our purpose

Why we exist

Founded in 2015. Serving Walnut Creek and Northern California.

Pathway was founded out of decades of expertise and training in the field of sex and pornography addiction, as well as betrayal trauma. Built on the clinical work and influence of many of the field's top experts, Pathway aims to be a place where those struggling and their partners receive the specialized care they deserve.Our mission is to help you find your way through recovery. Each client's life and relationship is nuanced and unique, so we work with every individual and couple to help them find their pathway in recovery. Many never expected to face the crisis that addiction sets before them, and don't know where to start. Pathway hopes to be a guide, grounded in the highest level of expertise and training, walking alongside you to help you find your way.

— What guides our work

Four things you can count on.

Deep specialization

Addiction and betrayal aren't a sideline here. It's the work we've trained for, year after year, with the field's leading experts.

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Confidential by default

Discretion isn't a feature; it's the foundation. What you bring into the room stays between you and your clinician.

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Without judgment

Shame keeps people stuck and silent. You'll be met with steadiness and respect, not a verdict.

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The whole system

Addiction is rarely one person's story. We hold space for partners and the relationships caught in between.

— meet the founder

Photo of Eric Anderson, founder and clinical director of Pathway Therapy Center in Walnut Creek, CA.

Eric Anderson
MS, LMFT, CSAT-S

Founder & Clinical Director of Pathway Therapy Center.

The clinician behind Pathway.

Eric graduated in 2012 with his Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary's school of psychology, and began his career as a primary therapist in a residential chemical dependency treatment center in Southern California.

He went on to train at Novus Mindful Life Institute under Duane Osterlind, LMFT, CSAT-S and William Feuerborn, LMFT, CSAT-S, completing his certification as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), under the guidance of Patrick Carnes, PhD. After becoming licensed in 2015, he joined Banyan Therapy Group under Dan Drake, LMFT, CSAT-S, CPPT as their intensives director, building and facilitating their intensive outpatient program. During that time he co-authored the workbook Rebuilding Your Foundation alongside Dan Drake.

Throughout his training, Eric found a passion for helping individuals and couples heal from addictive patterns and find renewal. He facilitates four ongoing men's addiction process groups, and finds deep purpose in helping men build strength, resilience, and community around an issue that has driven so many into shame and isolation.

Special training & affiliations

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IITAP, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT-S)

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Trained under Patrick Carnes, PhD

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Novus Mindful Life Institute

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Co-author, Rebuilding Your Foundation

Supervision

As a CSAT Supervisor (CSAT-S), Eric provides guidance and supervision to clinicians completing their CSAT training. CSAT candidates interested in supervision are welcome to reach out to schedule an appointment.

Decades of clinical experience.

Four things you can count on.

Deep specialization

Confidential by default

Without judgment

The whole system

The clinician behind Pathway.

Special training & affiliations

Supervision

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