Clinical Management of Sex AddictionPatrick Carnes, Kenneth M. Adams 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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