Straight talk, up-to-date information and resources for individuals and couples about sexual addiction, cybersex addiction, sexual anorexia, sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
Cybersex activities are not only viewing or downloading pornography along with masturbation, but also reading and writing sexually explicit letters and stories, e-mailing to set up personal meetings with someone, placing ads to meet sexual partners, visiting sexually oriented chat rooms, and engaging in interactive online affairs which include real-time viewing of each other using electronic cameras hooked up to the computer.
According to Dr. Mark Schwartz’s book “Sex on the Net is like heroin,” “Cybersex grabs people and takes over their lives, and treatments are very difficult because the people affected don’t want to give it up.”
Did you just figure out that you’re a sex addict? Have you been in sexual recovery for a while and continue to struggle with staying sexually sober on a plan? Do you think your partner is a sex addict and think he/she needs help?
At the Center for Healthy Sex we offer a low cost, highly effective alternative to long-term, more expensive in-patient hospital care. For over ten years, the team at CHS has been providing intensive out-patient care for those in need.
Our next scheduled IOP begins on June 14. To lean more about our 11-day program call 310-335-0997 or visit out site at www.thecenterforhealthysex.com
At CHS we’re devoted to assisting you in restoring your sexual health!
“Addicted to Sex” is a case study I had published last month in the Psychotherapy Networker Magazine. Although this magazine directs its writings to professionals, lay persons can benefit by the rich and varied information in it.
“Addicted to sex” incorporates the traditional cognitive/behavioral model of sex addiction treatment with attachment theory, privileging the therapeutic relationship and incorporating the use of the body.
There’s an old wives tale that says, “if you masturbate, you’ll go blind.” I have always thought this was one of the most ridiculous, archaic things I’d ever heard, presumably designed for puritanical reasons. I have wondered for years where this saying came from. I still haven’t taken the time to research where it came from but I know one thing, it turns out to be an accurate statement!
I now understand that it doesn’t mean that a person will literally go blind from hours of masturbation, but that it means that they will figuratively go blind! Who knew?!
Case in point: According to many news sources (google: SEC Scandal), dozens of senior officials at the SEC visited porn sites 16,000 times in one month! A senior attorney is reported to have spent 8 hours a day looking at pornography during the years when Bernie Madoff was financially raping the country. All of the SEC officials implicated in this scandal are reported to have been making over $200,000.00 per year - your tax dollars at work!
Again, the senior officials of the United States of America Securities and Exchange Commission were literally masturbating - compulsively - to pornography and NOT doing their job on taxpapyer’s time!
Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome was burning!!
Let us know what you think about this mess by clicking the comment button below.
CHS will kick off the new year with our new Intensive Out-Patient Treatment Program for sexual addiction. If you or a loved one struggle with sex addiction let us help you start the new year right! Join us from January 11 through January 22, 2010.
This eleven-day program provides a comprehensive look at your sexual history, sexual acting out behaviors, secrets, lies, and family of origin trauma. Through the use of many forms of therapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy, art therapy, and EMDRour highly trained staff will create a program that is tailored to meet your individual needs. You will be involved in group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, and twelve-step meetings as part of your change process.
According to this msnbc article many teens are sexting on their cell phones and on-line. Sexting means sending any kind of sexually explicit photos or videos of oneself or another or sexual chatting either on-line or via cell phone. It seems that teens have a sense of invincibility when it comes to the dangers of risk-taking because the reward center of their brains have formed, but the prefrontal areas that manage good judgment have not.
Many states have serious consequences for sending or receiving sexual photos. Supervising your teens and talking to them directly about the consequences of these behaviors is important to help them stay safe. For more information on sexting and to read the msnbc article go to:
Dr. Milton Magness has a new recovery book out entitled:
Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts and Their Partners
This exciting new book Includes information about:
Recovery Components
Disclosure
Polygraph Exams as an Aid to Recovery
Celibacy Contracts
The Partner’s Recovery Journey
Slip and Relapse Recovery
A Blueprint for Rebuilding Broken Trust
When Is It Time to Move On?
If you’re currently a sex addict, involved with a sex addict, or already in recovery, I highly recommend that you pick up this book! To purchase the book, go to:
If your tired of keeping your disturbing sexual issues to yourself, or need an inexpensive way to get your sex therapy questions answered you can call a hot-line. That’s right! Contact this sex therapy hot-line where licensed professionals will help you with your issues.
This article on Medscape Today is worth taking a look at, “Sexting: New Technology, Old Problem” by Mary E. Muscari, PhD, CPNP, APRN-BC, CFNS. Ms. Muscari takes a sobering look at the complications caused by teen sexting.
The author defines sexting as “the sending of sexually charged messages or images via cell phone” or other electronic media that exposes teens making them vulnerable to highly detrimental consequences.
To educate yourself about the power and complexity technology poses to teen’s safety and sexual development, take a look at this article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702078
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