A common answer you will get to the question of “Do I have a sex addiction?” is “If you’re wondering, if you have to ask, then YES, you probably do.” That’s a common phrase in the addiction recovery world. Addictive behavior covers a spectrum in terms of how conscientious one is about their behavior. On …
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 …
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 …
(from Tara Brach) If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, If you can understand when loved ones …
