Relationships can be extremely rewarding and fulfilling, however, sometimes they present challenges we don’t feel prepared to overcome. In these occasions, many people don’t seek help from a therapist because they have wrong preconceived notions about couple’s therapy. We thought that gathering the most common misconceptions we have come across through years of experience in […]
Timothy D. Stein, MA and Patrick Carnes, PhD. present us with their summary of the chapter 4.4 Sex Addiction, the Twelve Steps, and Therapy of the Routledge International Handbook of Sex Addiction. Rex had consistently avoided 12 step meetings. When he reluctantly walked into the room for the first time, he found a room of […]
I take the view that the mind comes equipped with many profound and ingenious resources which are partly the endowment of evolution, whilst also referencing metaphysical realities that pass beyond our current understanding. These latter may always elude our primate cognitive capacities, and therefore I do not believe that what we cannot now understand must […]
Compulsive Sexual Behaviours – How often is it presenting in your therapy room? We hear from therapists around the country that even though it might not be the presenting problem, compulsive sexual behaviours are being disclosed in therapy. It isn’t just the person feeling the compulsion, but more partners coming forward looking for support after […]
In my work as a sex addiction counselor, I am a big believer in individualized attention for both the addict, and the partner. Both have some serious issues they need to work through, and I believe they should both be given the time and space to do that. When a couple begins seeking treatment […]
Announcement of Workshop: Friday, 16 March, 2018, London Andy Cole, ATSAC Qualified Member, business psychologist and executive coach, delivers this dynamic workshop on the impact of stress in triggering addictive patterns of behaviour. Andy’s interdisciplinary expertise and approach in psychology, coaching, and addiction provides therapists, coaches, mentors, and psychologists with tools relevant to all. Gain additional […]
In our experience, clients with compulsive sexual behaviours and their partners benefit immensely in therapy from even the simplest art therapy techniques. Francesca Hall, an integrative Arts Psychotherapist trained at the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education, and developer of the many of the tools used in our Men’s Group at Dr Thaddeus Birchard & […]
By Ralph Earle (PhD, ABPP) and Rick Isenberg (MD, CSAT) In the human experience, sexual expression takes a myriad of forms, limited only by the bounds of imagination. As the field of human sexuality progresses, more and more sexual behaviours have been catalogued and acknowledged as normal variants. As myriad as the range of sexual […]
Female Sex & Love Addiction (FSLA) While the term sex addiction (SA) has a decidedly male ring to it, female sex and love addiction (FSLA) echoes a romantic component seen as essentially feminine. Deprived of early parental mirroring and care, both SAs and FSLAs ache to be seen and loved. But unlike their male counterparts, […]
Dr Thaddeus Birchard & Associates is now accepting members into their group programmes to support both clients and their partners struggling with sex addiction and sexually compulsive behaviours. All groups are facilitated by a specialist therapist whose practice is focussed on working with the unique issues this experience brings. Women’s (Partners) Group: commencing 5 February, every […]