[2] The Center is located on Santa Monica Boulevard near Overland Avenue bordering the neighborhoods of Century City and Westwood.
[2] Their stated mission is to offer men, women, and couples a safe place to receive professional psychotherapy to resolve shame, guilt, deception, or other barriers to healthy eroticism.
[9] Katehakis became certified as a sex addiction therapist by Patrick Carnes and worked at the Sexual Recovery Institute for eight years where she served as clinical supervisor for two years before opening Center for Healthy Sex.
[13] She is also the co-author of Making Advances: A Comprehensive Guide for Treating Female Sex and Love Addicts[14] and Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence.
[15] Douglas Evans, the center's executive director, graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in psychology and marketing, and has served as a volunteer counselor at the Southern California Counseling Center, and studied spiritual psychology at the University of Santa Monica.