Los Angeles, CA (Businesss Wire) September 22, 2010 – Los Angeles-based Sexual Recovery Institute (SRI), the leading outpatient recovery center for sexual addiction and intimacy disorders in the United States, has announced that four of its sexual addiction specialists will present during the 2010 Society for the advancement of Sexual Health Conference (SASH).
By: Terry Gatewood, ASW, MSW
It is difficult for many people to fit therapy into their daily lives. Things come up and a patient simply will not be able to commit to a therapy session. When this happens we turn to Skype.
Alcohol can be an ongoing addiction for one individual, yet it may hold no attraction at all for another. The same can be said for any addiction, including one that involves sex. Sexual compulsivity or Hypersexual Disorders can wreak just as much havoc on a life as an addiction to drugs, gambling or alcohol. The challenge in an addiction that involves sex is that it can be embarrassing for the individual and often misunderstood by those around him.
By: Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S
Once considered fodder for daytime talk shows and grocery store literature, today Sexual Addiction is increasingly acknowledged by the psychotherapeutic mainstream and the general public as a legitimate disorder with specific assessment criteria and a defined method of treatment.
These patterns and characteristics are offered as a tool to aid in self-evaluation. They may be particularly helpful to newcomers as they begin to understand codependence and may aid those who have been in recovery, in determining what traits still need attention and transformation.
