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Adolescent Sex and Love Addicts » Read Now
by Eric Griffin-Shelley. 176 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Of those which deal with sex and love addiction, this work is alone in that it examines adolescents as a specific population. The number of case histories presented in the text are a prominent feature. The work should be of interest to clinicians and clients both. The book addresses the case of...
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Of those which deal with sex and love addiction, this work is alone in that it examines adolescents as a specific population. The number of case histories presented in the text are a prominent feature. The work should be of interest to clinicians and clients both. The book addresses the case of adolescent sex and love addicts as was done with adolescent chemical dependents 20 years ago.
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Sex and Love: Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery » Read Now
by Eric Griffin-Shelley. 222 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The National Institute of Health has identified sexual addiction as a research priority. This volume provides a detailed definition of sex and love addiction as well as an explicit outline of treatment and recovery. It uniquely integrates sex and love in its formulation and presents a two level...
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The National Institute of Health has identified sexual addiction as a research priority. This volume provides a detailed definition of sex and love addiction as well as an explicit outline of treatment and recovery. It uniquely integrates sex and love in its formulation and presents a two level approach to recovery. This presentation provides in-depth examples and suggestions for change and supports the growing involvement of Twelve-Step programs in mental health. Professionals will find this volume an excellent resource in their clinical practice.
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Outpatient Treatment of Sex and Love Addicts » Read Now
by Eric Griffin-Shelley. 164 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This is the only book that addresses diagnostic, neurochemical, and treatment issues of sexual compulsivity in such depth. This work includes a description of an intensive outpatient therapy program designed to treat the sexually addicted patient. A three-and-one-half hour weekly program was...
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This is the only book that addresses diagnostic, neurochemical, and treatment issues of sexual compulsivity in such depth. This work includes a description of an intensive outpatient therapy program designed to treat the sexually addicted patient. A three-and-one-half hour weekly program was designed with the following elements: psychoeducational groups, same-sex group psychotherapy, and 12-Step meetings. In addition to lectures there are group and dyad/triad discussions, role playing, and psychodrama. This is followed by traditional group therapy, and then by a meeting of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) that is open to the public.
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Reinventing Perversion: Sex Addiction and Cultural Anxieties, in Journal of the History of Sexuality » Read Now
by Janice M. Irvine. 22 pgs.

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...Reinventing Perversion: Sex Addiction and Cultural Anxieties JANICE...understanding of the recent invention of sex addiction. First, sociological theorists...2 Patrick...
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Entrancing Relationships: Exploring the Hypnotic Framework of Addictive Relationships » Read Now
by Don J. Feeney. 238 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The central focus of this work is that partners entrance one another into enmeshed bonding through the euphoric idealization of "perfect love." This idealization is found to serve as a hypnotic allure which, by its sheer luster, blinds partners to its perilous powers of manifest magnetism. The...
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The central focus of this work is that partners entrance one another into enmeshed bonding through the euphoric idealization of "perfect love." This idealization is found to serve as a hypnotic allure which, by its sheer luster, blinds partners to its perilous powers of manifest magnetism. The stages of hypnotic entrancement are delineated, starting with fantasy fixation of perfect love and its eventual demise.
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Chemical Dependency and Compulsive Behaviors » Read Now
by Richard W. Esterly, William T. Neely. 108 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...pressures on them for intimacy. Sex and Romance Addiction Because sex and romance addictions 3 are the most frequent...3 The terms sex and love addiction and sex and...