5 Self-Care Tips to Cope with Infidelity and Sex Addiction
Category: For partners of sex addicts
If you are involved with someone addicted to sex or acting out sexually, self-care is crucial. You are going through a highly stressful and painful time dealing with this situation, so take it easy and stay in the day. For example, if your spouse has been chea .. Read more
How can you tell if you are addicted to sex?
Category: General
What are the signs? How can you tell if you need help? When does having sex become an addiction? These are some of the many questions people have about sex addiction.
What is an Addiction?
Paraphrasing an article on WebMD says, 'Sex addiction a lack of c .. Read more
What to do when sex addiction negatively impacts your family or life
Category: Sex addiction therapy
If you think your sex addiction negatively impacts your family or life in general, continue reading about how a therapist specializing in sex addiction can help you break free from those chains.
Sexual addiction is a scary thing. It can take over yo .. Read more
Five reasons a therapist is recommended when disclosing your sexual betrayal
Category: For partners of sex addicts, Sex addiction therapy
Sex addiction can kill your relationship. It is a severe mental health issue, a dysfunction that affects many areas of your life. Your risky sexual behavior hurts you and others around you. It is unlikely – just about impossible – that you can handle sex a .. Read more
Working with Partners of Sex Addicts: An Interview with Dr. Barbara Steffens
Category: For partners of sex addicts, Sex addiction therapy
Can you talk briefly about your study, where you looked at betrayed partners of sex addicts from the trauma perspective?
The research looked at trauma symptoms in betrayed partners after they learned about their spouse’s sexual addiction and betrayal. We .. Read more
Pornography Addiction a Growing Concern for Young Teens
Category: Sex/Porn addiction education
Many people are uncomfortable talking about pornography use and addiction in general, let alone as a problem that affects young teenagers and pre-teens. Unfortunately, regular pornography exposure is a real concern for adolescents and may put young people at r .. Read more
5 Ways of Infidelity Affects You
Category: For partners of sex addicts
Infidelity is not rare. People cheat on their partners. What if you are the betrayed one? You feel devastated. Maybe your partner only wandered away once or twice – perhaps they are notorious cheaters, moreover, sex addicts, which means they have an obsessiv .. Read more
6 Ways People Stay Addicted to Pornography
Category: Sex addiction therapy
Pornography addiction is “…cunning, baffling, and powerful.”
Relapse, while not required, is often a part of recovery.
All too often, I hear the story of chronic relapse. Again and again, despite one’s best efforts to stop, the “dark wolf” of pornography addiction rears its ugly head.
Does this sou .. Read more
Sexual Addiction Recovery One Day At a Time
Category: Healthy sexuality, Sex/Porn addiction education
You’ve been working hard on your sexual addiction recovery and you’re making real progress. People are starting to notice “the new you,” and comment on the positive changes they see, and congratulate you on your new outlook. This terrifies you. What if all this work is for nothing? What if you go right back to .. Read more