The term “gateway drug” has been around for several decades. Generally, we have thought about…
Without question, our world is in crisis. We’re in the midst of a pandemic with…
Let’s look at an illustration of how porn addiction and denial tend to interact. Alfonso…
By Robert Weiss, PhD, LCSW Believe it or not, denial is a much-needed survival mechanism…
Written by Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW, CSAT OK, you’ve admitted that you’re an addict. You’ve…
As Chief Clinical Officer of Seeking Integrity Treatment Centers, I am often asked (by both…
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In a previous post to this site on healing an addiction-damaged relationship, I wrote about rigorous honesty (why we need it and what it looks like) and the difference between active and passive truth-telling. In that post, the focus was on repairing relationship trust with a betrayed spouse or partner. This post is on the
For a long time, sexually addicted/compulsive people did not have an official diagnosis delineating the criteria for diagnosing and treating their disorder. Nor could they get insurance companies to directly fund much-needed treatment for this debilitating issue. This did not by any stretch of the imagination mean that sexual addiction/compulsivity did not exist, because
Sexually addictive behaviors are typically triggered by one of two things: a strong desire to escape an uncomfortable feeling, or a strong reminder of the pleasure experienced through sexual fantasy and activity. Either type of trigger will induce, in sex addicts, the craving to act out sexually. It is important to note that addiction