Sex Addiction Screening Tools. How do you determine if you or someone you care about is sexually compulsive or addicted? I hear this question frequently from men and women who are in crisis because of their destructive sexual behavior or…
Partners-Spouses of Sex Addicts are usually in shock when I meet them. Often they have spent many desperate hours searching for treatment resources to help their sexually compulsive partner. Their feelings shift frequently. They are scared, horrified, angry, embarrassed, lonely…
I hear it in their voices on the phone. They are scared and alone. They don’t know who to call for help. They don’t know what and how much to say. They are afraid of the response they will get….
You are the partner of a sex addict – wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend. Your spouse is or is not in a recovery program. Either situation is stressful. You fear relapse. You experience grief and anger. You are trying to put…
What are the 6 Best Gifts Sex Addicts can give their Partners? Not diamonds or gold. Not cruises or luxuries. The best presents sex addicts can give their partners are actually gifts for the sex addicts themselves as well as…
1 out of 6 men are sexually abused as children. Research shows that a large percentage of sexually addicted and other addicted men were sexually abused and/or abused in some other way as children. Addiction becomes a way to cope with…
Mending A Shattered Heart: A Guide For Partners of Sex Addicts, Second Edition edited by Stefanie Carnes, PhD is a rich resource for partners of sex addicts needing information and guidance to help them deal with their overwhelming and traumatizing situations….
Chris Lee’s November 25, 2011 Newsweek article “The Sex Addiction Epidemic“and MSNBC interview describe the destructiveness of sex addiction. It wrecks marriages, destroys careers, and saps self-worth. Yet Americans are being diagnosed as sex addicts in record numbers. Inside an…
I don’t know Anthony Weiner but his sexting scandal is a familiar story. I am a psychotherapist working with individuals and couples whose lives are damaged by cybersex affairs. From outside appearances, the man (or woman) seems to be doing…
I was interviewed by Jane Pribek for an article in the Wisconsin Law Journal on the topic of Sex Addiction. I appreciate the Wisconsin Law Journal’s interest in educating lawyers about this complex subject that they are encountering in their legal practices…