How to Avoid Sexual Images & Messages On Billboards
Recently I was driving up Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, an area I typically avoid as a native Angeleno. Snarled in traffic, I merely had to lift my gaze an inch or two and I was assailed by the collective efforts of marketing firms and corporations. One billboard caught my eye in particular: an advertisement for a popular Las Vegas casino featuring the curvilinear naked back and buttocks of a woman, covered in kanji tattoos, proclaiming the slogan “Where every night is a happy ending!” Wow, that was subtle. For the uninitiated, this is a reference to “sensual massage” parlors, where a client pays to be masturbated by a massage therapist as the culmination of his service. Ahem.
Rob Weiss to Speak at L.A.’s CAMFT Networking Event
Los Angeles, CA (February 23, 2010) – Rob Weiss, founder and director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, will be speaking at the Los Angeles chapter of CAMFT’s networking event held at the Beverly Hills Country Club on Saturday, February 27, 2010.
Dealing with Shame and Guilt As a Result of Addiction
When clients first come in for treatment, they initially have some confusion over the concepts of SHAME and GUILT. They report having feelings of both but are unclear on just how they differ.
Sex addiction expert Robert Weiss applauds Tiger Woods, notes the five things he did right
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 19, 2010 — Following Tiger Woods’ statement this morning that he is returning to treatment for sexual addiction, Robert Weiss, a leading sex addiction expert and founding director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, issued this statement praising the golf legend for placing recovery over fame, and noting the “five things Tiger did right.”
Advice for Addicts: Developing Twelve Step Support
1. Find people with significant recovery to learn from. If you cannot find people and groups in your area, call national fellowship offices for long distance contacts. Also, each fellowship has national conferences every year at which you can meet people.
“Sexual Addiction is a Feminist Victory”
While men often joke that they wouldn’t mind being “sex addicts,” women tend to think sexual addiction is just an excuse for bad behavior. Clinicians and those who’ve been working in the field for some time now know that it is in fact very serious and not a cop out or something anyone would actually want.
Tips for Encouraging Healthy Views of Human Sexuality
Young adults are reporting having problems with sex, love, and porn addiction in greater numbers than ever before. Though SRI does not treat minors, for the first time we are receiving calls and emails for help and advice from teens as young as 14. We also have noted a marked increase in patients coming to treatment who are 18-25 years old. As many young people still live at home, we are hearing from concerned parents as well. Television shows like Celebrity Sex Rehab on VH-1 and the highly publicized sexual challenges of national figures like Tiger Woods are likely bringing this issue to the attention of a younger generation. While it may be alarming to consider that your child/teen is struggling with problems with porn and sex, they greatly need parental support and acceptance to talk about these issues, be taken seriously and offered treatment, if that type of help is indicated.
