Dr. Jake Porter is a Board Certified Counselor, Rice University Doerr Institute Certified Professional Coach, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisor, Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist, APSATS Certified Clinical Partner Specialist, and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator. He is also the creator of Couple–Centered Recovery®, a model for treating attachment wounds of couples experiencing the trauma of betrayal.

Dr. Jake is a Level III PACT Clinician and has undergone extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, an evidence–based treatment for couples who have suffered attachment injuries. He has worked with couples from around the world who have travelled to Houston for treatment of severe attachment injuries and relational trauma.

Believing in the inherent worth of every person, Dr. Jake utilizes insights from developmental psychology, interpersonal neurobiology, and spirituality to help his clients experience greater healing and freedom in their lives. He enjoys teaching at Kairos University, where he serves as Lead Professor of the Doctor of Professional Counseling Program.
 

A Professional Member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), Dr. Jake has been trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes, the world’s leading pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of sex addiction, and is also trained by Dr. Barbara Steffens to work with partners of sex addicts using the Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model of APSATS. He learned Post Inductive Therapy from its developer, Pia Melody, and sat under Drs. Pat Love, Sue Johnson, and Stan Tatkin to learn to work with couples in recovery. Jake is currently undergoing extensive training through The Integrative Psychiatry Institute to become a Certified Psychedelic Therapy Provider (in process). He is a member of American Mensa. Jake has taught and presented research on the topics of theology, counseling, trauma, and addiction around the world.

Jake lives in Houston with his wife, Kristen, and daughters, Magnolia Jane and Lottie Jo.