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Are all sexual interactions online unhealthy?
I wouldn’t think so. I would in fact envision that down the road a decade from now there would be more normalizing of this sort of interaction, particularly for individuals who live outside of larger communities, the larger cities and things like that. But right now it’s been sort of capitalized on by people that [...]
Can sex addicts be involved in loving relationships?
It’s my experience that true addicts, sex addicts, love addicts, do not have healthy — do not have the tools to have healthy, ongoing, ebb and flow relationships. They’re very rocky and their preoccupations are such that it’s difficult to manage the normal ebb and flow of a relationship. So they don’t seem to have [...]
Are addicts allowed to continue their behavior in cognitive-behavioral therapy?
In a cognitive-behavioral therapy framework or harm reduction framework, the idea is management of behavior, thoughts and of the way the addict interfaces with the world. Cognitive-behavioral therapy does not encourage total denial of the leaning or propensity. But, when the thought or the feeling arises, it is not encouraged that the addict should punt [...]
Are Women Engaged in Cyber Sex?
Women are as equally involved in cybersex as men, maybe even more. For a woman, it’s a very dangerous world to be involved in as a woman and to look for a mate, and health and diseases. And what about your body image? And what about being rejected? And things like that. I would imagine [...]
What is “cybersex”?
Cybersex is a very interesting sort of phenomenon. Cybersex is sort of a function of the Internet, a function of computers, and sort of things like that. But what it provides is a mechanism that has heretofore never been available. People can communicate and talk with other human beings and fantasize and to discuss sexual [...]
How are sex addicts affected by Internet pornography and cybersex?
The effect of internet pornography and cybersex on sex addicts is not necessarily negative, but it can be. It is like a lot of different things. The truth is that there is no real, physical, tangible intimacy. There is no real person to person or eye to eye contact. It is all vicarious and virtual. [...]
How does a cognitive behavioral therapist work with an addict?
Let’s take two examples here, one being pornography and one being gambling. How would we desensitize someone to these sort of stimuli? Let’s take the pornography first: let’s say every time a person sees pornography, there’s a sort of a “light bulb” that goes on inside and they fantasize about a woman or doing certain [...]