| Description |
ix, 206 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Understanding sex addiction -- Defining sex addiction -- Assessment & diagnosis -- How sex addiction starts -- How addiction is maintained and reinforced -- The partner's perspective -- Breaking the chains of addiction -- Treatment strategies & options -- Making a commitment to recovery -- Understanding the cycle of addiction -- Identifying unresolved issues & unmet needs -- Establishing relapse prevention strategies for life -- Avoiding & managing triggers -- Creating healthy couple relationships -- Satisfying sexuality -- Developing a healthy lifestyle -- Further reading & resources |
| Summary |
Sex addiction is on the increase - in the media as well as in the therapy room. But while more and more people seek help for their compulsive sexual behaviours, there is still confusion and debate about whether the condition even exists. Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction explains why an increasing number of people are inadvertently finding their lives devastated by their sexual behaviours. It explores the latest scientific understandings and research into why pornography, cyber sex, visiting sex workers, fetishes and multiple affairs can come to control some people's lives to the point that they can't stop. It explains how sex addiction is not a moral issue, as some assume, but a health issue that we as a society need to start taking seriously. Throughout the book are the revealing statistics from the UK's latest survey on sex addiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sex addiction.
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Sex addiction -- Treatment.
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| LC no. |
2012019468 |
| ISBN |
9780415691901 hardback |
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9780415691918 paperback |
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