Where can I find a CSAT? A CSAT is a certified sex addiction therapist. I am a CSAT-C (c is for candidate–training finished but waiting for full licensure). You can search the database at the sponsoring institution for CSAT’s International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. https://iitap.com/search/custom.asp?id=5357 Also Read: CSAT Therapist Compulsive Sex Therapist‚ …
Dopamine as a factor in sex and porn addiction is a little controversial. I will purposefully exaggerate two competing positions a little to illustrate the difference. On one side, there are those who believe sex addiction fits as the traditional addiction as brain disease model. The idea is that people can look at porn and …
Question and Answer. My wife catches me every now and then but doesn’t know the full extent of my sex addiction. Should I tell her? A few thoughts to consider: On the relationship side. You need to think through how bad divorce will be and realize that now is your time to save your marriage …
Learning and implementing the principles of mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a mindfulness-based Cognitive Based Therapy, is the first step of porn and sex addiction recovery. Mindfulness In the first therapy visit, I ask clients to start a minimum five minute per day meditation practice. In this practice, the goal is simply to …
Q: I used to feel like more of an addict than I do now. I’m starting to feel like I can watch porn and masturbate once a week and it’s no big deal. It doesn’t feel as compulsive as it used to, where I was watching porn at work or looking for excuses to sneak …
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Do triggers still come in long term recovery of sex addiction? Here’s vulnerable share for me. I am in a long-term healing phase of my past sex addiction. I had a major trigger this week. Biggest one in at least a few years. I’m healed enough from sex addiction, that I wasn’t strongly tempted to …
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As part of a mindfulness training certification program I recently took, I did a short paper to review the course and my experience doing 21 days of meditations. I thoroughly loved this Mindfulness certification program. I have been obsessed with mindfulness for quite some time. It was very important in my recovery. It’s very important …
Question and Answer What’s the difference between sex addiction and just being a serial cheater? What is a serial cheater? A serial cheater is an individual who consistently engages in acts of infidelity across different relationships or within the same relationship. These instances are not isolated but rather a pattern that demonstrates difficulty in …
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Question and Answer: I feel especially ashamed of my fantasy for cuckold and hotwife. Am I just a pervert? Can my erotic template change? Should it? Certified Sex Therapist David Ley (I don’t agree with everything he says but his perspective is worth understanding) talks about how he helped a client who was going on …
Q: My husband says he’s not monogamous. He’s wanting an open relationship. I’m not sure what to do. How do I know if he’s not monogamous or if he’s dealing with sex addiction? A: I’m sorry what you’re dealing with. This is very difficult. I understand this, because I did something similar when I was …
