Creating a Plan for Sexual Addiction Sobriety
In a previous blog I examined the ways in which sexual sobriety is typically defined, noting that total abstinence, the most common…
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Treating Sexual Addiction
For the most part, effective sexual addiction treatment strategies mirror the techniques that have also proven useful with substance abuse treatment. In…
Spotting Sexual Addiction in Clients
Sexually addicted men and women enter treatment because their addiction is destroying their lives, but once they’re in therapy they often fail…
To Name is to Explain or Is It?
I sometimes notice substance abuse professionals who believe they understand addiction concepts and behaviors when, in fact, they don’t. One main reason…
Denial: Is it Always Pathological?
Denial is a word that people in recovery use often. It refers to an addict denying their own increasing use and abuse…