Dr. Shari Corbitt - MSN Entertainment
April 17, 2010
Sandra Bullock set for rehab showdown with Jesse James, says rehab doctor
Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock is set to have a showdown with
husband Jesse James in rehab over his alleged cheating.
Monster Garage star James has checked into the Sierra Tucson Treatment Centre in Arizona amid allegations he had affairs with at least five other women.
Devastated Bullock has been keeping a low profile and hiding out at her Hollywood Hills home since the scandal broke.
She hasn’t seen her heavily tattooed husband for nearly two weeks but now it has been revealed she WILL be asked to face him as he is treated for sex addiction.
James is in rehab for at least 45 days and during that time will undergo a psychiatric evaluation before beginning therapy.
Once he’s been there for two to three weeks, his team of doctors and coaches will ask Bullock to join him for therapy sessions.
The team will approach the star to ask her to visit James in rehab – even if she files for divorce.
If Bullock decides to face her cheating husband, she will be expected to take part in joint therapy sessions lasting three to five hours at a time.
Dr Shari Corbitt is now the Senior Executive Director of Promises rehab centre in Malibu, California, which also treats patients with sex addiction.
But she has first hand knowledge of the treatment that James is currently going through as he battles to save his five year marriage as she was previously the director at Sierra Tucson.
She explained: “As part of his treatment, Jesse James will have to face his wife Sandra.
“Family members who have been affected by the patient’s behaviour will be asked to take part in some of the programmes as if he is going to save his marriage it will be a lifelong process and the other person needs to be involved.
“The wife or husband of a patient does not automatically have to attend these sessions but they are always asked, no matter what state their relationship is in.
“In all my years working at Sierra Tucson and Promises is it incredibly rare for a family members not to want to take part.
“Usually they want to confront their partner and find out what they cheated or why they are taking drugs or drinking. They want answers too.”
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