Why Sex Addiction Isn’t About Sex

By Marie Woods, LMFT, CSAT Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at the Meadows When our culture hears about a person with sex addiction, often the automatic assumption is that he (or she) just like a lot of sex. In light of the nature of their behaviors, sex addicts are also… Read More

GQ Tackles Sex Addiction

The Many Faces Of Sexual Addiction The article entitled “Insatiable: The Real Lives of Sex Addicts” in the May issue of GQ magazine is a positive step in helping to overcome the stigma attached to sexual addiction. The media can serve as a source of much-needed education when it… Read More

Dr. Patrick Carnes to be Featured on BlogTalkRadio

Gentle Path at The Meadows founder, Dr. Patrick Carnes, will be featured on BlogTalkRadio’s program “Sexual Addiction: Hope/Strength/Recovery” with host Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, PCC, on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. (EST). Dr. Carnes will be speaking on the topic of sexual addiction: its definition… Read More

Fifty Shades of Grey

Whether you’ve read Fifty Shades of Grey or not, the fact remains there is a lot of buzz around the series. Women can’t seem to get enough of Christian Grey, but the question is, why? When you take a step back, you see a story about two people with their… Read More

A Brief Screen for Sex Addiction

By: Amy Sohler, MPA, MA, LMHC, CDP, MHP Although it may be clinically hard to diagnose, sex addiction may affect up to three to seven percent of the population. Unfortunately, there is more of a stigma attached to sexually “acting out” than there is with the symptoms of other… Read More

Opioid and Heroin Addiction

New Bill Aims to Secure Addiction Treatment and Recovery According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoses now surpass automobile accidents as the leading cause of injury-related deaths for Americans between ages 25 and 64. Approximately 100 Americans die each day from opioid overdoses, and about 75… Read More

Current Research Offers Hope for Sex Addicts

By Amy Sohler, MPA, MA, LMHC, CDP, MHP Current research in the field of sex addiction is revealing with utmost certainty that sexual addiction is just like any other addiction. It involves the dopamine response just like alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, shopping addiction, and any other process addiction. Such… Read More

Why the True Meaning of Life Eludes Sex Addicts

By Amy Sohler, MPA, MA, LMHC, CDP, MHP One of the most painful consequences of sex addiction (or, for that matter, any addiction) is that addicts who remain active in their disease create that which they fear most – isolation and loneliness. Unlike alcohol and substance abuse, though, sex… Read More

Adolescent Substance Abuse

For more than 35 years, The Meadows has explored the underlying issues of patient trauma. Clinicians and professionals trust us more than any other treatment program because of our impeccable reputation for quality, integrity, and long-term recovery. The Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey measures drug, alcohol, and tobacco… Read More

Teen Marijuana Use and Psychosis

Evidence is mounting that regular marijuana use increases the chance that a teenager will develop psychosis, schizophrenia, or a pattern of unusual thoughts or perceptions, earlier than they might have had they not used cannabis. Heavy marijuana use between the ages of 15 and 17, a critical period for brain… Read More