From The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction, Dr Thaddeus Birchard shares his clinical experience of using CBT-based activities in group therapy for compulsive sexual behaviours. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Modern Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has emerged since the publication of Cognitive Therapy of Depression (Beck et al., 1979). It combines behaviour therapy and cognitive […]
The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction Each chapter in this comprehensive reference guide is written by leading international experts in the field of sex addiction, compulsive sexual behaviours and out of control sexual behaviours. Complimentary and contrasting views both for and against the concept of sex addiction are included. Multiple chapters on sex addiction presentations, aetiology, […]
I’ve been discussing with my therapeutic colleagues whether virtual reality (VR) cybersex provides a medium for compulsive sexual behaviour akin to forms of online pornographic content. Or whether VR can, as has been done with nicotine and gambling, be used therapeutically with problematic sexual behaviours, (Park, et al. 2015). Since no academic literature yet exists on […]
A Paradigm Shift…Again? We are living in the time of a ‘paradigm shift’ when one all-embracing framework moves on towards another framework. During such times there can be considerable disagreement. This paradigm shift has largely emerged from advances in neuroscience. The term ‘addiction’ can now apply to repetitious behaviours as well as substances. Disagreement is […]
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