About Us
Room to Heal helps men and families recover from the devastation of compulsive pornography use, infidelity, and intimacy disorders. Our mission is to create safe, structured environments that promote honesty, accountability, and emotional maturity—foundations for lasting change.
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From its beginnings as a Level II recovery residence, Room to Heal has focused on helping men rebuild integrity and trust through structure, community, and clear boundaries. The program also recognizes that true healing involves the entire family. Partner safety and empowerment remain central to everything we do.
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Our Intentional Time Apart framework gives couples a structured way to create stability after betrayal—defining boundaries, communication guidelines, and expectations for sobriety and emotional safety. This approach allows both individuals to heal and grow, regardless of whether the relationship continues.
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While our residential program is temporarily on pause, the vision remains strong. We are preparing for a sustainable relaunch in 2026, with the goal of expanding our reach, deepening professional collaboration, and continuing to serve families impacted by sexual addiction and betrayal trauma.
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During this transition, we remain focused on:
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Strengthening partnerships with therapists, treatment centers, and researchers
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Continuing to refine the Room to Heal model for long-term sustainability
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Providing education and resources for men, partners, and professionals
Room to Heal exists to help families find safety, clarity, and hope—one honest step at a time.
Meet the Leadership Team
Lisa Reichel
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Room to Heal, where she leads the vision, strategy, and overall direction of the organization. She oversees program design, operations, partnerships, and partner support services, ensuring that Room to Heal remains both mission-driven and operationally sustainable.
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Lisa brings a background in strategy, communications, and organizational leadership, along with lived experience navigating the complexities of addiction recovery within a family system. Her work is grounded in the belief that healing happens most effectively when structure, accountability, and emotional safety are intentionally designed into the recovery process—for individuals and their families.
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At Room to Heal, Lisa focuses on creating accessible, high-accountability recovery environments that support long-term change. She works closely with coaches, therapists, and operational leaders to develop systems that prioritize safety, clarity, and follow-through, while also building a scalable model that can serve more families in the future.
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Known for her thoughtful leadership and systems-oriented approach, Lisa is passionate about challenging ineffective recovery norms and building pathways that allow individuals and families to heal with dignity, support, and hope.
Barry Welch
Chief Operating Officer
Barry serves as the Chief Operating Officer and House Leader at Room to Heal, where he is responsible for the daily operations, structure, and long-term sustainability of the program. In this role, he oversees house operations, systems and policies, financial viability, property care, and the development of operational frameworks designed to support future growth and expansion.
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With more than twenty years of experience leading residential programs, managing teams, and building structured community environments, Barry brings a steady, grounded presence to the work. His background includes extensive experience in live-in community leadership, staff development, operations management, and regional systems design—skills that are essential in creating safe, accountable environments for recovery.
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Barry is deeply connected within the 12-step recovery community and is known for his consistency, reliability, and willingness to show up for others. He works closely with residents to ensure clear expectations, accountability, and support, while also helping design a model that can be replicated to serve more individuals and families in the future. Barry’s leadership reflects a balance of structure and compassion, with a strong focus on integrity, responsibility, and lasting change.
Andrew Reichel
Director of Clinical Collaboration & Training
Andrew serves as Director of Clinical Collaboration & Training at Room to Heal and is a full-time Recovery Coach with more than five years of experience supporting individuals and couples impacted by problematic sexual behavior. He has helped dozens of residents and betrayed partners navigate recovery, accountability, and Intentional Time Apart—a structured period of reset designed by Lisa and Andrew to restore safety and clarity within relationships while maintaining appropriate connection, shared goals, and a path forward.
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Andrew’s work is grounded in both professional training and lived experience. He specializes in helping men develop honesty, emotional regulation, and sustainable recovery practices, while also supporting partners through stabilization, boundary-setting, and differentiation following betrayal. His steady presence and direct communication style helps clients move out of crisis and into meaningful, long-term change.
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In his role at Room to Heal, Andrew leads training initiatives and provides ongoing collaboration and support for clinicians, therapists, and coaches working with residents and their partners. He helps ensure alignment between clinical care, coaching, and the daily structure of the recovery residence.
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Andrew also maintains a full-time coaching practice through Relationship Enrichment Coaching & Consulting, bringing current insight and best practices.
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Training & Credentials
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Certified Sex Addiction Recovery Coach — American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy (AASAT)
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Unwanted Guide Training — Jay Stringer, M.Div, LMHC
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Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model (ERCEM) — Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, CCPS
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Together, We Treat Trauma Experiential Training — Sheila Maitland, LCMHCS, CSAT-S, Relationship Enrichment Center
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Mission – To families impacted by sexual addiction, Room to Heal provides affordable recovery services such as coaching, a sober-living program and a community for men where accountability helps to empower families to heal faster and more completely.
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Vision– Creating pathways for healed families to give back to those impacted by intimacy disorders.
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Mission and Vision
Values
Honesty – Stepping out of the darkness of shame-based living and into the light of honesty and transparency is a marked change for men in recovery.
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Hope – Sexual addiction can be confounding and many people battling this have tried (and failed) countless times to quit. We strive to restore hope of recovery that grows stronger as they see others around them (and themselves) gain consistent victories over this addiction.
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Accountability – One of the most impactful components of a powerful recovery plan is for the addict to empower other people in recovery to hold them accountable to sobriety and, in kind, to humbly serve others by holding them accountable.
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Empathy – Learning to show empathy to those impacted by our addiction (including ourselves!) is paramount to the humility required to live a life of recovery.
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Vulnerability – A common phrase in recovery circles is, “We are only as sick as our secrets.” Being open with the right people about the behaviors, feelings and actions that we’ve been keeping secret for a long time can be deeply impactful and healing.
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Health – A foundational goal of Room to Heal is to model and enable a healthy lifestyle. The tendency of addicts early in recovery is to latch onto other unhealthy addictive behaviors (over-eating, sugar bingeing, video games, TV. We understand this and, as an alternative, will provide and encourage, healthy behaviors instead.
Our Story.
How it all started...
We’ve been married since 2015 and have two young kids. Early into our marriage our lives were torn apart by Andrew’s addiction.
Andrew traveled out of state for his treatment and couldn’t work or see our son for six months. The treatment costs were over six figures and we had to sell our home to pay off the debt. Though that time was insanely tough, we realized the intentional time apart jumpstarted our individual healing and provided us a better foundation of healing from which trust could grow.
We started Room to Heal to make this critical part of our recovery more accessible and practical for the people who can benefit from it. We've also taken the whole family into consideration when designing this program, something that was not a part of our journey.
Andrew is our lead recovery coach. He grew up in Hilton Head, SC and graduated from Davidson College.
Lisa heads up operations, marketing and partner support for Room to Heal. She grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from James Madison University.
Meet our Advisory Board
Our advisory board is made up of individuals who are experts in addiction recovery. Most have walked with us through our journey of recovery. They are the sounding board for all major decisions.
Founder & Director of the Relationship Enrichment Center
Sheila Maitland, LCMHCS, CSAT
Sheila has been working with individuals, couples, groups and families for more than 20 years. With a focus on addiction and co-addiction, Sheila works with her clients to discover the cause of their pain, uncover trauma and heal these wounds.