Straight talk, up-to-date information and resources for individuals and couples about sexual addiction, cybersex addiction, sexual anorexia, sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
A blog for sex addiction?? This may seem a little odd, but a lot of people get relief by being in community when difficulty strikes. If you need support because you’ve been cheated on by a partner who is stuck on cyberporn, check out this website:
Certified Sex Addiction Therapists are fast-becoming the industry’s standard for therapists who are working with individuals who suffer from addictive and compulsive sexual behaviors. The certification is designed to provide formal knowledge and training in the task-centered approach to the treatment of sexual addiction and sexual compulsivity. The CSAT designation provides a professional with the recognition as an expert in the field of sex addiction treatment and participation in an international referral network.
To find a certified therapist in your area, go to www.iitap.comand check the directory for a local listing.
With easy access to the internet, more and more teens are at risk for becoming sexually addicted. Although we have very little research on this topic, the developing brain is highly suseptable to input and therefore, structural changes.
Take a look at this article, written by a O’Connor high school student, Brianna Roberts.
Dr. Michael Johnson presents, Workshops for Sexually Compulsive and Addicted Men.
These workshops, located in beautiful downtown Austin, Texas are designed for men new to recovery, men struggling to maintain sexual sobriety, or men undecided as to whether they are sexually addicted. This is the eighth year of this program.
Dates:
November 14 -16, 2008
March 6 - 8, 2009
Cost: $850.00
Meals and accommodations are not included.
To learn more about the workshops or sexual addiction go to www.sexual-addict.com
Contact Dr. Michael Johnson directly at 512 928 4357 or
amjphd@wt.net.
For those in the Austin area, Dr. Johnson currently has space available in the Ongoing, Process Group for Sexually Compulsive and Addicted Men.
If you are looking for a treatment center for drug and alcohol recovery or sexual addiction, you can go to this website:
http://www.treatment-centers.net/sex-addiction.html
This link takes you right to the sex addiction treatment center page but it’s chock full of other resources as well.
Good luck in your recovery!
The University of Texas at Dallas is including porn addiction counseling as part of their counseling services on campus. By now, we all know what a problem porn addiction can be and seem to be coming out of a collective stupor about it culturally.
If you are in college and are spending more time looking at porn then studying, you may want to check out this website. I hope this reduces any shame you may have about your problem and encourage you to go to your campus counseling center and ask for help.
https://utd.edu/counseling/selfhelp/porn-addiction.html
Click on the comments button below to let us know how you are doing.
This article appeared in USA Today on July 1, 2008. The article poses the question of what constitutes an affair. Some say that it’s no longer just about sex but that getting emotional needs met by someone outside of a marriage qualifies.
With couples suffering from the pressures of both parties working and trying to make ends meet, marriages often get marginalized. This can have people turning to co-workers and/or to cyber-affairs to get their needs met. Others will turn to pornography as a form of release that, over time, can lead to cybersex addiction.
To read the article, click on the link below then let us know what you think.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-06-30-infidelity-main_N.htm
Love addiction manifests in a person’s life when they become dependent on the object of their love. Whereas sex addicts are addicted to the “high” of being aroused, love addicts are addicted to the “high” of feeling in love. Their addiction can take the form of putting others needs before their own well-being, trying to control others so that they can get their needs met, often at the other’s expense. A key way to identify dependent love is how the person feels when the other shows disapproval. In love addiction, when the love object threatens to leave, either physically or psychologically, desperate behaviors tend to escalate. Dependent love is always self-serving and a way to avoid looking more deeply at oneself.
The excitement most people feel when they meet a person they are romantically interested in is a normal part of the bonding experience. However, a love addict pushes this excitement to euphoric levels by engaging is compulsive fantasy, imagining ideal love, feeling instant closeness and a complete connection. This euphoria is the “drug of choice” for the love addict. This is their high; which is commonly accompanied by poor decision making because love addicts believe relationships to be closer and more meaningful, particularly in their beginning stages, than they actually are. As a result, love addicts may commit to a relationship much sooner and more intensely than that relationship can in reality tolerate. This leads to engaging in behaviors that are too early and inappropriate for the relationship, such as having sex, moving in together, committing to partnership or marriage, and commingling money, to name a few. These developments frequently lead to problems in the relationship, which the love addict has difficulty attributing as a result of their own poor boundaries and decisions. The problem is either externalized and blamed on the shortcomings of their partner (i.e. “it’s his/her fault, not mine”) or all the blame is assumed as it is internalized and attributed to their own worthiness (i.e., “if I were a better lover, then this wouldn’t have happened,” etc.). Either way, the actual problem is never addressed and the cycle is eventually repeated.
If you worry that you may be love addicted, go the the web site for Sex and Love Addict’s Anonymous and take the test: www.slaafws.org
I seem to post a lot of articles on this topic because internet porn addiction is becoming a huge problem daily. As the internet grows in popularity, more and more people of all walks of life experiement with sex on-line.
Experimenting is great if it stops at that. However, many people get trapped in the net and can't get out. Becoming obsessed with having sex on-line is no joke and stopping can be painful.
This site offers a great cybersex addiction check-list. If you think you have a problem, take the test and get help fast. Giving up cyber-sex can be difficult so the sooner you get help, the better.
If you are looking for a comprehensive book on what porn addiction is and what to do about it, look no further. "The Porn Trap" by Wendy and Larry Maltz is a terrific, easy to read book that will give you all the information and understanding you need.
Whether you or a loved one are struggling with this problem, this book is for you. To learn more about "The Porn Trap" and Maltz and Associates, visit their web site: www.healthysex.com
After you read the book, click ont the comment button below and let us know what you think.
