Outpatient Treatment of Sex and Love Addicts - Eric Griffin-Shelley

Outpatient Treatment of Sex and Love Addicts

Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
1993
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-94316-5 (ISBN)
68,55 inkl. MwSt
This work includes a description of an intensive outpatient therapy programme that is designed to treat the sexually addicted patient. It contains psycho-educational groups, same-sex group psychotherapy and 12-step meetings, covering such issues as shame, depression and cross addiction.
Many treatment programs and professional training efforts have been developed in the past five years for sexual compulsiveness and love dependencies. This work includes a description of an intensive outpatient therapy program that is designed to treat the sexually addicted patient. Initially, these patients had been treated with individual psychotherapy and attendance at Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meetings. While this approach seemed to work for some, many needed a more intensive therapeutic intervention to help them identify and maintain bottom line behaviors and to begin the recovery process from this difficult addiction.



A program was designed with the following elements: psychoeducational groups, same-sex group psychotherapy, and 12-Step meetings. Some of these educational sessions have covered: adult sexuality, self-esteem, communication skills, shame, depression, cross addictions, healthy relationships, the addiction cycle, and so on. In addition to lectures there are group and dyad/triad discussions, role playing, and psychodrama. This is followed by traditional group therapy, although groups are limited to the same sex. At the end of the intensive evening program, there is a meeting of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) that is open to the public. This is the only book that addresses diagnostic, neurochemical, and treatment issues of sexual compulsivity in such depth.

ERIC GRIFFIN-SHELLEY is Attending Psychologist at Charter Fairmount Institute, Philadelphia, and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy. He is the author of Sex and Love: Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery (Praeger, 1991).

Introduction Sex and Love Addiction: Definition and Overview A Diagnostic Proposal with Neurochemical Underpinnings Using Individual and Group Therapy in Recovery Group Process Issues in Men's Groups Women's Issues in Addiction Recovery Integrating Sex Therapy and Addiction Recovery The Cultural Context of Sex and Love Addiction Recovery Conclusions Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.1.1993
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-275-94316-X / 027594316X
ISBN-13 978-0-275-94316-5 / 9780275943165
Zustand Neuware
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