Tag: sex addiction
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Signs That You Need Help for Sex Addiction
It’s not always easy to recognize when something has crossed the line from a normal, healthy sexual interest to something more compulsive. However, if you can recognize the signs, you’ll be in a better position to find or offer support.
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Healing for Partners of Sex Addicts
Discovering that your partner has a sex addiction can feel like the ground has been ripped out from under you. The betrayal, the secrecy, the broken trust all hits at once, leaving you questioning everything. While it can (understandably) feel personal for the partner of a sex addict, it isn’t about a lack of love…
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Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts
By Nancy Greenlee, MAPC, LCPC “I am hurt, and I’m devastated. Being married to my husband is like doing yoga on one leg,” a recent workshop participant said. “I’m trying to hold things together, but I keep crashing down.” She made an excellent analogy of what sexual betrayal, relapse, and lack of recovery can be…
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Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Military Veterans
Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is highly prevalent among men, often co-occurring with psychiatric disorders and traumatic experiences. Psychiatric disorders and trauma are common among military veterans (1). Researchers have noted that some veterans may use sexual behaviors to cope with trauma, and CSB has also been linked to traumatic brain injury, for which combat-exposed military…
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Financial Porn
In an age of round-the-clock news dispatches akin to hearing it before it even happened, it’s no wonder those affixed to their personal electronic BFF can appreciate what life was like before the realm of mobile devices, the internet, and social media. It’s also any wonder that intimacy in relationships has a fighting chance. How…
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The Connection Between Love Addiction and Love Avoidance
By Jean Collins LCSW, LISAC, CSAT, Executive Director of Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows What are love addiction and love avoidance, and what do they have to do with love? Things can get very muddy for women who struggle with self-defeating relationship patterns. Fortunately for women whose lives have become unmanageable, Willow House at…
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Mutual Respect and The Power of Intimacy
By Dan Griffin, MA, Senior Fellow at The Meadows Power is a fascinating phenomenon. I remember having numerous conversations about the complex intersection of power and relationships in graduate school. There was a lot of confusion as to what exactly power even is.
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Partners of Sex Addicts Struggle with Loneliness and Isolation
By: Dr. Georgia Fourlas, LCSW, LISAC, CSAT, Clinical Director of Rio Retreat Center Workshops Partners of sex addicts often find themselves feeling alone and isolated. First, the feelings of loneliness come when the addicted partner acts out. Although the partner of the sex addict is not always able to identify what is wrong, they often…
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The Unconscious and Sexual Acting Out
The Use of Psychodrama in Treating Sexual Addiction By Tian Dayton Ph.D., TEP Note: This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post. It is the body’s natural mandate to act; we are beings designed for movement and expression. It’s how we get around the world, communicate our feelings and thoughts, eat, sleep, cry, wail, kiss,…
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Sex and Love Addiction: Help for Family Members
By: Jerry Law D.Min, MDAAC, CIP, Program Director of Family Education and Leadership Training for Meadows Behavioral Healthcare Dave and Sue were immediately hit with that sinking feeling in the gut, having received a call that their son was arrested for solicitation of a sex worker. Tammy found a suspicious e-mail that led her to…
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Distorted Love: Adult Attachment Styles and Love Addiction
By Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D.(c), MFT, CST-S, CSAT-S, Former Senior Fellow at The Meadows For decades, researchers have struggled to define the unconscious processes of irrational love paramount in myths and fairy tales. Lovers in these stories are portrayed as love-struck, driven to tantrums or immature behavior, wholly bewitched by the spell of the beloved. The…
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Dr. Alex Katehakis talks with Alanis Morissette
Alaina Morrisette and Dr. Alex Katehakis sit down and discuss sexual health, gender, trauma, and life practices and how they relate to the individual, and how that changes over time on a podcast.