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Another sex scandal? They’re coming so fast now I can hardly keep up with them. Are men in power acting “like pigs” as the May 30 Time Magazine accuses them of. Take a look at this article in Time Magazine last week: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20110530,00.html
On the matter of Weiner, this guy has all the signs and symptoms of sexually addictive behaviors. You might think his arrogance is shocking then be fooled by his willingness to apologize over and over again. Don’t let the apology fool you. He will act out again if he doesn’t get help because he can’t stop himself.
The battle continues on whether sex addiction is really a problem of addiction or bad behavior. I contend that what we call “sex addiction” is really a problem of unresolved childhood trauma that leads to repetitive, often destructive behaviors.
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Bill Hearing in Atlanta, Georgia has written a terrific article in order to reach people who don’t get the help they need because they resist the word “addict”. He writes, “It seems to me that there are only a
few other words they can use, and each carries its own profound implication
that people often choose to overlook, generally to their own detriment.”
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New York Magazine writer, Davy Rothbart, takes us on an honest journey of what watching too much pornography can do to mens ability to keep an erection or ejaculate. He never talks about “addiction” to porn or cybersex addiction, but he makes it clear that porn affects the brain/bodies of men who overindulge.
Sally Ryder Brady reveals a life of abuse in her marriage to an alcoholic and sex addict. This memoir, written by a widow who discovered, upon her husband’s death after almost 50 years of marriage, that he had a double life, affairs with men and gay porn, and he was $70 thousand dollars in debt. The memoir is about her reflecting back on her life and trying to figure out “what do I know that I didn’t know I knew until now?” Her husband, a well-regarded editor of Atlantic Monthly, was an emotionally abusive alcoholic and she of course, had grown up in an abusive family, making her a primary candidate to marry an addict.
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Is sex addiction treatment big business OR is the problem growing so rapidly that treatment centers are needed? The Los Angeles Times ran an article on Monday, November 15 posing these questions and begain the article with the services the Center for Healthy Sex provides:
When she hung out her shingle as a sex addiction therapist in 1997, Alexandra Katehakis had only a handful of colleagues.
“There were five people in this field and we all knew each other,” she said.
These days, Katehakis, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has hundreds of competitors and has grown her Los Angeles solo practice into the Center for Healthy Sex, “a full-blown organization” with a team of counselors, an intensive outpatient program, a range of therapy groups, an expansive website and training for other therapists.
Celebrities have been the greatest evangelists for treatment. “My practice wouldn’t exist without them,” Katehakis said.
A recent article in Marie Claire Magazine talks about how sex addiction affects females. I believe women get caught in a neuro-hormonal roller coaster where they chase sex for love hoping to meet “the one.” Take a look at this well-written article. Female sex Addiction Treatment Los Angeles
Mr. Woods is a partner in the litigation practice of White & Case and practices complex commercial litigation throughout the United States.
Recently in Federal Court, Mr. Woods represented the Log Cabin Republicans, a nonprofit organization, pro bono in a challenge to the Government’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prevents gays and lesbians from openly revealing their sexuality or risk discharge. The lawsuit was seeking a ruling that the policy violates constitutional protections of due process, equal protection, and freedom of speech
Just this month a Federal Judge in California struck down the discriminatory federal policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the ban violated the first amendment and due process rights of gay and lesbian service members. The judge will issue an injunction to halt the policy, but the Justice Department can appeal.
Alexandra Katehakis is Founder and Clinical Director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified sex addiction therapist, a certified sex therapist, and a supervisory consultant to the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals.
Her new book is Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction.
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The Center for Healthy Sex presents a weekend workshop for couples in recovery from sexual addiction. Based on my book, “Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery From Sex Addiction” this weekend workshop will focus on intimacy building skills toward the goal of creating sexual desire. Sex Therapy Los Angeles
Workshop dates are Friday, September 17 – Sunday, September 19
