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5 Self-Care Tips to Cope with Infidelity and Sex Addiction

Published on: October 5, 2021 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?

Published on: October 5, 2021 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
Shame of sex addiction

What to do when sex addiction negatively impacts your family or life

Published on: July 9, 2021 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
Disclosure

Five reasons a therapist is recommended when disclosing your sexual betrayal

Published on: June 6, 2021 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
Trauma for Partners

Working with Partners of Sex Addicts: An Interview with Dr. Barbara Steffens

Published on: April 4, 2018 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

Published on: April 4, 2018 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
reaching out for help

5 Ways of Infidelity Affects You

Published on: February 20, 2015 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

Published on: February 18, 2015 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

Published on: October 16, 2014 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

What Does Sexual Addiction Look Like?

Published on: September 25, 2014 Category: For partners of sex addicts, Sex/Porn addiction education
The answer may surprise you. It looks like you, or me, or your neighbor down the street. Sex addicts don’t “stand out” from the crowd. We have families, go to work or school, might be community leaders or even spiritual leaders. We’re college presidents and college students. CEOs and mail clerks. Beauticians an .. Read more

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