Sex Addiction

Hypnosis has had a bad rap over the last few decades. This article clarifies misconceptions about the process and details how it can help heal sex addiction

Not everyone in sex addiction recovery requires medication, but a visit to a psycho-pharmacologist in the beginning of treatment is encouraged to rule out or treat underlying psychological disturbances

The field of sex addiction is relatively new, having only been dubbed as such in the mid-80's, Clinicians still struggle with what treatment modalities are most effective. You can only choose the road to take when you have a destination in mind.

NLP is a method of doing therapy that involves, among other things, cognitive reframing. Clients' assets and resources are brought to bear on situations that hitherto felt hopeless. Many therapists use it in treating addiction.

Awareness is the cornerstone of conscious change in any of the addictions, especially sex addiction. You must be aware of triggers, urges and cravings before you can put a recovery plan into action.

The first order of business in any comprehensive sexual recovery treatment is to stop the behavior. Sex addicts often feel helpless, powerless, overwhelmed. These methods are designed to put you back in the driver's seat.

This article discusses techniques in the book "BrainLock" by Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz who cultivated a self-help method for managing unwanted thoughts, urges and fantasies in people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

This article details the processes and benefits of participating in a 12-step fellowship for sex addicts as well as the maturation process undergone through actually working each step.

One way of viewing sex addiction is as a "misfiring" of the deep, abiding need for bonding and attachment. With a sex addict, early-life "misattunements" with caregivers gave an "overlay" of relationships that are dysfunctional.

A cheating person seems to now have a medical excuse for cheating on their spouse: sex addiction. Or do they? Is this phenomenon a real mental disorder or is it simply an excuse?

A comprehensive discussion of a hot media topic by a psychoanalyst with 15 years of working with compulsive sexual behaviors including deviant sexuality.

Charlie Sheen's name is on nearly every media outlet due to his addictive behavior. But he's not the only celebrity in recent years to be facing sexual addiction. Tiger Woods, Russell Brand and David Duchovny have already been where Charlie is now.

Should diagnosed sex addicts be excused from impulsive acts in our justice system?

Sexual addiction is plaguing our society, we are subjected to sexual overload thanks to Hollywood, and the music industry. Is there a way of escaping the bonds of sexual addiction and lust?

Editorial about sex addiction

Elin Woods has picked her college courses and is studying sexual addiction and impulse disorders. She certainly has the ugliest shoes on campus. See them here!

It seems that every time a celebrity is caught having an affair (or series of them) sex addiction is named as the culprit. Here's why some people simply aren't buying that idea.