Clinical Management of Sex Addiction

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Patrick Carnes, Kenneth M. Adams
Psychology Press, 2002 - Psychology - 403 pages
This is the first comprehensive volume of the clinical management of sex addiction. Collecting the work of 28 leaders in this emerging field, the editors provide a long-needed primary text about how to approach treatment with these challenging patients. The book serves as an excellent introduction for professionals new to the field as well as serving as a useful reference tool. The contributors are literally the pioneers of one of the last frontiers of addiction medicine and sex therapy.

With a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of the leaders in this emerging field. With a focus on special populations, it also becomes a handy problem-solving tool. Readable, concise, and filled with useful interventions, it is a key text for a problem clinicians must be able to identify. It is destined to be a classic reference.
 

Contents

The Sexual Addiction Assessment Process
3
Intervention and the Sexually Addicted Patient
21
Breaking Through Defenses
31
Strategies for Assessment and Early Treatment With Sexually
45
Shame Reduction Affect Regulation and Sexual Boundary
67
Manifestations of Damaged Development of the Human
89
Clinical Boundary Issues With Sexually Addicted Clients
101
The Integration of Psychotherapy and 12Step Programs
115
Addictions Mental Illness
217
Understanding and Treating
239
The Forgotten Sexual Addicts
255
Impulsive
271
Pastors and Sexual Addiction
285
Sexually Addicted HealthCare Professionals
299
The Homeless and Sex Addiction
317
Treatment Concerns for Gay Male Sexual Addicts
331

Recovery for Couples
125
Disclosure of Extramarital Sexual Activities by Persons
137
Treating the Invisible Sex Addict
163
The Value of Group Psychotherapy for Sexual Addicts
183
Psychopharmacologic Intervention in Addictive Sexual Behavior
199
Adolescent Sex and Love Addicts
343
How to Build a Sex Addiction Practice
379
Resources
387
Permission Acknowledgments
393
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