Freedom from Unwanted Sexual Behavior: Jay Stringer
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Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Jay Stringer joined me in New York City to talk about dealing with unwanted sexual behavior, trauma, sexual compulsion, and…. Apple Fritters. He has an incredible way of bridging the gap between theology, counseling, and clinical research —listen now and share your thoughts in the comments!
Jay is a therapist, researcher, and author based in New York City. He’s the author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing (100,000+ readers), grounded in a study of nearly 4,000 adults and used by clinicians and communities worldwide. His forthcoming book, Desire: The Longings Inside Us and the New Science of How We Love, Heal, and Grow (Random House, 2026), offers a new framework for five core longings—wholeness, growth, intimacy, pleasure, and meaning—and shows how to form desire into a force that restores connection and purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | In the research, the data is really clear, like we can trace specific fantasies, specific problems |
| 0:06.5 | that you're going to run into later in life based on your story. |
| 0:10.0 | And so the implication there is instead of trying to just throw yourself into a thornbush |
| 0:15.9 | or get internet monitoring or getting into accountability, which some of those things I'm |
| 0:21.3 | mostly for, fight to really understand your story. |
| 0:30.3 | Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and Raw. |
| 0:33.3 | My guest today is my friend Jay Stringer, who is a licensed mental health counselor, researcher, |
| 0:38.8 | and author of the incredible book, Unwanted, How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing. |
| 0:45.2 | Jay has an MA in Counseling Psychology and an MDIV from the Seattle School of Theology |
| 0:50.3 | and Psychology, trained in both counseling, psychology, and spiritual formation. |
| 0:54.0 | Jay integrates trauma-informed care, adult development, theology and psychology, trained in both counseling, psychology, and spiritual formation. |
| 1:00.3 | Jay integrates trauma-informed care, adult development, and narrative work, which is what this episode is all about. This conversation was recorded in person, sat down with Jay in person in |
| 1:05.6 | Hell's Kitchen Manhattan, where I sat down with Jay to chat about his work and helping people |
| 1:10.1 | heal from sexual trauma and abuse. |
| 1:12.3 | So please welcome back to the show, the one and only, Jay Stringer. |
| 1:19.2 | Jay Stringer, welcome back to Theology and Arra. |
| 1:21.4 | It's been a few years since you were on last time. |
| 1:23.7 | Preston Sprinkle. |
| 1:24.6 | Good to be back with you. |
| 1:25.8 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 1:26.9 | We are here live, in person, in your stomping grounds in New York City. |
| 1:32.4 | So, yeah, thanks for doing this, man. |
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