Sex addiction – basic guide.
Sex and porn addiction can include excessively indulging in one or a combination of some of the following most often in secret: Porn – on/off-line images and film On-line chatting, sexting and dating via ‘hook-up’ apps Use of regular dating sites when already in a good relationship On-line use of sex workers such as web […]
How Sex and Porn Addiction Affects relationships
A high number of clients seek help for their compulsive porn use and sex-related addictive behaviours because their relationship with their partner is put at risk. Until their partners say that they are unhappy and are ready to leave many addicts do not even recognise their behaviours as unhealthy or potentially damaging. They stay in denial […]
You Don’t Have To Be a Dog!
A renowned behavioural scientist taught dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell. Pavlov discovered ‘classical conditioning’, a process by which our brains can be automated to respond to certain stimulii. In these situations the link between stimulus and response becomes so automatic, it slips out of conscious awareness – perhaps into something sometimes […]
Reasons People Get Addicted to Sex and Porn – Part 3 – Lifetraps; How We See Ourselves In The World
Addictive behaviours don’t take hold because they are desirable and pleasurable. They serve a purpose and while that purpose exists the behaviours will continue. Addictive behaviours patterns are dysfunctional ways of dealing with something so to promote recovery work we have to identify the function of the dysfuntion. Often the function of these behaviours is […]
Sex and porn addiction is a symptom of past trauma.
This post talks about the role of trauma as a commonly occuring causal factor of addiction in my work with clients. usually a shock to clients, this idea is also reassuring as addicts come to understand that their out of control behaviours are a product of somehting that happened to them and not something wrong […]
Sex and Porn Addiction – What treatment looks like…’It is simple work but there are some challenges.
Sex and Porn Addiction – What treatment looks like…’It is simple work but there are some challenges’. In a conversation with The Messed Up Counsellor, Steve Sharpe of Esteem Therapy Yorkshire explains in easy to understand terms what the treatment for sex and porn addiction looks like. Here is the link to this short video.