Addiction Counseling (Sex and Pornography)
Addiction can be a powerful force that takes charge of your life. Frequent sexual encounters and viewing of pornography can lead individuals to be unable to meet their personal and professional responsibilities. Addiction in this area is especially wounding to partners, loved ones, and family and increases risk of contracting STDs and STIs. The presence of some of the symptoms listed below are typical of an individual that would benefit from addiction counseling (sex and pornography):
- Compulsive masturbation (self-stimulation)
- Presence of multiple affairs
- Sex with multiple and anonymous sexual partners and/or one night stands
- Consistent use of pornography
- Unsafe sex
- Phone and/or computer sex (cyber sex)
- Prostitution or use of prostitutes
- Exhibitionism
- Obsessive dating through personal ads
- Voyeurism (watching others)
- Stalking
- Sexual Harassment
Addiction counseling is tailored to the unique difficulties associated with sex and pornography. Counseling in this area is often twofold. First, helping individuals understand the nature of their addiction and how to build strategies to reduce temptations to engage in sex/pornography is critical. Second, identifying thougths and experiences underneath addictive behavior allows for counseling to facilitate change and healing at the source. Contact us to help build a life where sex and pornography are not in charge.