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Welcome to Esteem Therapy Yorkshire. My name is Steve Sharpe and I have been offering therapy and treatment services for sex addiction and porn addiction in West Yorkshire for nearly 8 years. I am a specialist in helping those face to face in the Yorkshire region (or anywhere via Skype or online text chat) with porn and sex-related addictive or compulsive behaviours. I gained my skills from Paula Hall, the UK's leading therapist and writer on sex addiction, and am registered with the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC) and am a Relate-trained and experienced couple counsellor and post-graduate qualified executive and life coach.
I am registered with and work to the ethical codes of the National Society for Counselling MNCS (Accred), the Association For Coaches, the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (CoSRT). I am a part-time lecturer in counselling theory and skills for Chrysalis based at Leeds Trinity University.
I AM ALSO A RELATE INSTITUTE-QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED COUPLE AND RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLOR. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO ARRANGE INITIAL CONSULTATION SESSIONS.
VICIOUS TO VIRTUOUS (V2V) FREE ONLINE RECOVERY PROGRAMME FROM SEX AND PORN ADDICTION - Module 6 Common Triggers for Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction - Part B - Emotions and their role in the addiction spiral
Emotions and their role in the addiction spiral
You may remember from module 2 and 3 that in the V2V model of sex and porn addiction that the addiction spiral is powered by triggers including emotions. So its worth exploring the role of emotions and in particular trying to understand your own version of experiencing them as a core strategy in managing sex and porn addiction and attaining sustained recovery.
What do we know about emotions? Well we know that they are probably unique to humans and are often categorised into 8 groups each of which is a constellation of similar emotions or feeling states including; joy, sadness, love, anger, disgust, embarassment, shock and fear. Within each we can expand out of course so anger will be associated with irritation, frustration, agression and hate whilst embarassment will link with shame, guilt and humility. Why is this important to know? Well, I am always surprised (links to shock!) at how many of my addict clients either do not recognise some o...
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