Blog - Sex and Relationship Healing

Monday, May 21st, 2018

Illuminating the Darker Sides of Sex in the #MeToo Era

By Sandra Lax “Trauma can be considered the greatest source of unacknowledged human suffering.” —Peter Levine As a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, watching the #Metoo movement roar into center...
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Friday, May 18th, 2018

Features Sex Addicts Should Look for in Protective Software Products

A decade or so ago, it was reasonable to suggest to recovering sex addicts that they either stay away from computers altogether or use them only in very limited...
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Monday, May 7th, 2018

Twelve-Step Sexual Recovery Groups Q&A

I am concerned about being seen at these meetings and people talking about me because I have been there. How private is a 12-step sexual recovery meeting? While it...
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Monday, April 30th, 2018

What Causes Sexual Addiction?

The first question anyone diagnosed with sexual addiction typically asks is pretty much the same: “How did I get this way?” Rather than focusing on the fact that they...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Shame, and Sexual Addiction

The links between early-life trauma, shame, and addiction are well-established. What often goes unrecognized, however, is the powerful role that sexual trauma and sexual shame play in the formation...
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Monday, April 16th, 2018

Are You a Victim (or a Perpetrator) of Covert Incest?

“Covert incest, also known as emotional incest (and sometimes as psychic incest), is the surreptitious, indirect, sexualized emotional use/abuse of a child by a parent, step-parent, or any other...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

Maryland Will Soon Be 11th State to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy on Minors

In Maryland, 27-year-old Meagan C. Simonaire, a conservative Republican and the youngest member of the Maryland General Assembly, spoke out about her own bisexuality, her parents’ attempt to force...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

Female Sexual Addiction Can Be More Difficult to Diagnose and Treat

As stated in a previous post, female sex addicts —even when they’re having sex just as frequently, in the same ways, in similar venues, and with the same basic...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Sex Addiction: Understanding “Triggers”

Edwin is the 47-year-old CFO of a hardwood flooring wholesaler. He has been in recovery for both sex and drug addiction for more than a year—entering therapy after his...
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Blogs

Illuminating the Darker Sides of Sex in the #MeToo Era

Features Sex Addicts Should Look for in Protective Software Products

Twelve-Step Sexual Recovery Groups Q&A

What Causes Sexual Addiction?

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Shame, and Sexual Addiction

Are You a Victim (or a Perpetrator) of Covert Incest?

Maryland Will Soon Be 11th State to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy on Minors

Female Sexual Addiction Can Be More Difficult to Diagnose and Treat

Sex Addiction: Understanding “Triggers”

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