How frequently do you recommend confession after I get this out of the way?
This is excellent advice. Confess the sins you feel are a barrier between you and God. Then go back in a few weeks and confess those sins you may have forgotten, not because they haven't been forgiven, but because it is important that you confess all your sins. Do not allow too much time go between confessions because it is a source of grace, and because confession allows you to receive grace in the Eucharist.
If you sense you are receiving good counseling from a particular priest, return to him for confession. If not, go to another priest next time.
The best advice I ever got from a priest in confession was to include God in my life, every day. Pray in every endevour. He said that he enjoys his life, every day, and that I should too. That I should appreciate and find joy in my wife. And again, go to confession at least once a month.
I fail in representing his advice, but I found it life changing.