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Wealth, Power, and Sexual Addiction

Earlier this week, news broke that Jared Fogle, the well-known spokesman for Subway, was at the center of an FBI investigation. No details have been confirmed at this time, but many speculate that the investigation is related to the recent arrest of an executive of the Jared Foundation on child… Read More

Seduction and the Sex Addict

By Monica Meyer, Ph.D., CSAT-S, Clinical Director of Gentle Path at The Meadows Last week, best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert published an essay titled “Confessions of a Seduction Addict” in the New York Times magazine. It’s a personal and poignant account of the pain and struggles that… Read More

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

Your Loved One is in Treatment for Sex Addiction. Now What?

Marie Woods, LMFT,CSAT Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at the Meadows If you are reading this, you probably know the pain of discovering the once hidden, out of control sexual behaviors of someone you love. These discoveries are often what catapult sex addicts into treatment. Following the discovery, there was likely… Read More

Why Sex Addicts and Their Partners Keep Having the Same Argument

Understanding Karpman’s Triangle Marie Woods, LMFT, CSAT Primary Therapist, Gentle Path at The Meadows In relationships, individuals tend to develop a predictable pattern of acting and reacting to one another that they become accustomed to. This dynamic is sometimes referred to as their dance. This can often be a rather… 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

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