Straight talk, up-to-date information and resources for individuals and couples about sexual addiction, cybersex addiction, sexual anorexia, sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
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!
You can order my new book, “Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot Healthy Sex While in Recovery From Sex Addiction” at the Amazon link below. I wrote this book because so many people struggle with how to have healthy, exciting sex once they’ve committed to a life of sexual recovery. I think you’ll find it an easy, informative, and useful read. To order, go to:
Erotic Intelligence is a long awaited book for those in recovery from sex addiction who want to experience sex in healthy, erotic, and life-affirming ways.
Beginning Wednesday, September 24 the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health will commence their 2009 Conference in La Jolla California. Join us for an informative four days as we look at “Creating a Culture of Healthy Sexuality: Integrity and Integration.”
Pre-conference Wednesday, September 23. Join Kelly McDaniel, author of “Ready to Heal” and myself for our workshop, “Women, Love and Sex Addiction: Integrity and Integration from 9am - 4pm
Thursday, September 24 join the team from the Center for Healthy Sex for our presentation, “It Takes a System to Change a System.” 1:30- 2:45 pm
Friday, September 25 at 9am, I will be talking about my upcoming book, “Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex After Recovery From Sex Addiction.”
The updated and new edition of the book that changed the way we think about romance, love and intimacy is now available!
In the expanded 3rd edition of her best selling classic Is It Love or Is It Addiction?, psychologist Dr. Brenda Schaeffer offers readers an expert prognosis of love addiction, what it is, what it is not, how to identify it, and most important, how to get you out of it and into healthy love. It includes:
two new chapters -Romance Addiction and Sexual Addiction;
up to date information on the biological and psychological basis of addictive behaviors;
the role technology plays;
the role of trauma;
new stories; and
an updated self help section.
If you are ready to move towards a healthier love life and join the thousands whose lives have already been changed by this book, click here: www.itsallaboutlove.com
Anthropologist Helen Fisher talks about why we love on this video at Ted.com. She states that romantic love is a basic mating drive and can be an addiction as well.
Love addiction is comprised of focus, obsession, craving, distorting reality, and taking risks. It also shares the same features of chemical addiction such as tolerance, withdrawl, and relapse.
On March 19, 2009 Life Healing Center of Santa Fe brought together a tour de force of women to take on the task of helping female sex and love addicts!
I am writing to you from Santa Fe, New Mexico where I just spent the past 2 1/2 days with approximately 12 women from around the country who specialize in treating female sex and love addiction. It has been an exhilerating weekend of creative ideas coming together to form a standard of care for women who struggle with these painful and challenging problems.
By the end of the weekend tangible tasks and important goals were put into motion, one of which is a book that will assist mental health professionals in providing the best care for female sex and love addicts.
Stay tuned for more details of what was accomplished as these tasks, surveys, articles, and books come to fruition.
If you are a woman who struggles with these issues and are interested in participating in an anonymous, on-line survey for the purposes of collecting research information, please contact me at info@centerforhealthysex.com.
