Experiencing the Freedom Life Can Offer After Porn Addiction
With Independence Day upon us, you may be thinking about the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. However, as you prepare to celebrate, you may be creating an excuse list, just in case you need to tend to your porn addiction. Imagine how freeing life could be if you didn’t have to worry about responding to […]
Can My Trauma Make It Hard To Know If My Partner Is Ready To Leave Treatment?
Are you trying to process your trauma while your spouse is working toward recovery? There's no doubt about it; discovering your partner has an addiction to pornography or sex is devasting. As a result, you can develop symptoms of trauma similar to those of PTSD. So, it's no wonder treatment, and recovery are vital to […]
Do Any of These Symptoms of Betrayal Trauma Surprise You?
It might be hard to understand betrayal trauma if you've never experienced it. In fact, it's usually very complex and can be difficult to treat on your own. However, understanding it better may bring about insight and clarity. Betrayal trauma occurs after there is a significant violation of trust within a close relationship. For example, […]
The Powerful Role of Self-Compassion in Sex Addiction Recovery
Sex addiction is complicated for a variety of reasons. Right out of the gate, some argue it's not an addiction. Why? Some believe society's role in defining acceptable or unacceptable sexual behaviors leads to the label of a sex addict. On the contrary, others think people may use the term based on morals and values […]
The PCRC Weekly Support Group
The PCRC Weekly Support Group by Jacob Stacy, LCSW, CSAT-C Clients transitioning from residential or out-patient sex addiction treatment need supportive bridges in their aftercare plan, to support each person landing back into life. Early recovery is uncharted territory for the addict, one frequently filled with many relapse triggers. Navigating recovery-life commonly increases anxiety, and […]
Working with Partner Betrayal Trauma
Working with Partner Betrayal Trauma by Dr. A.Todd Freestone, Psy.D., LCSW, CSAT In the most recent decade, spouses and partners of sex or porn addicts have benefitted by the shift to a targeted focus on their specific needs. The discovery of their loved ones’ addiction comes with shock, accompanied by a wave of secrets and lies […]
Adolescent girls and pornography
[av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Reid and Colleagues (2001) defined pornography as ‘materials that creates or elicits sexual feelings or thoughts, and contains explicit images or descriptions of sexual acts involving the genitals’. When a considerable time is spent on […]
How to Overcome Feelings of Shame and Unworthiness Through Mindfulness and Compassion?
You Are Enough Too many people have a profound sense of being insufficient or unworthy in some way–of being broken, flawed, or different from others. This feeling of shame or unworthiness can trap people in social, spiritual, physical and psychological disease. People feel not they made a mistake, but that they are the mistake, not […]