http://littlefishaudio.wistia.com/medias/1n7tcb8a7c?embedType=seo&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 There’s a school of therapists that believe that sex addiction actually doesn’t exist. Can you speak to that a little bit? Charlene: I can. You know it’s kind of difficult for me sometimes because I am on, like I said, I’m a certified sex therapist through AASECT and I’m also a sex addiction …
https://littlefishaudio.wistia.com/medias/0iwfrs43cc?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Speaker 1: What modality do you use to treat couples? Speaker 2: I love working with couples. I love just the dynamic in the room, and I use a lot of the techniques from Imago therapy. I myself went with my husband to an Imago training, and it absolutely changed our relationship, so I …
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Tell me a little bit about sex addiction. Charlene: I think sex addiction goes under-reported. Probably the primary reason is because of all of the shame and the taboo that’s attached to it and I think by far a lot of individuals suffer silently from sex addiction. We have to remember that with sex addiction …
https://littlefishaudio.wistia.com/medias/alkjscuqmt?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 I use EMDR when treating the trauma in the sex addicts. EMDR was founded by Shapiro. Basically it is reprocessing. Desensitizing, reprocessing, installing healthier cognitions, healthier ways of thinking. The way that I describe it is that we react to things in our everyday life and sometimes we have no clue why we react. …
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https://vimeo.com/404874766Charlene, how has the internet played a part in sex addiction across the country?Charlene: That’s been a boom. It’s all about instant gratification. It’s about more, more, more, quicker, quicker, quicker. When we think about how it’s progressed, at the beginning magazines. You’d have to go, get dressed, get in your car, drive over to …
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Charlene Lewis describes what she has found most effective in treating sex addicts. What modality do you follow for treatment of sex addiction? Charlene: I was trained under Patrick Carnes. I’m a certified sex addiction therapist. The way that I treat the sex addicts is very task-oriented, very behavioral. I was trained under Patrick Carnes. …
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What rationalizations are used by the sex addict to justify continuing to act out on their addiction…..? What is the most common rationalization that you hear from sex addicts? Charlene: Two different categories. If they are in a committed relationship, that their partner wasn’t giving them enough sex or enough attention. If they’re not …
Trauma Why are partners of sex addicts treated as trauma victims? Charlene: The reason they’re treated as trauma victims is because they have undergone an extreme amount of stress in their relationships, usually by the time that they come and seek help. There’s a lot of lying. There’s a lot of deceit that goes on, …
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Sex therapist Charlene Lewis describes the progressive nature of sex addiction. Is sex addiction progressive? If so, how so? Absolutely. For a sex addict, it may start off innocently. It may start off peer pressure, just natural experimenting, and like with the other addictions, there’s a natural progression. There’s early stages, middle stages, late stages. …
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/404876992 How do secrecy and shame play into sex addiction as opposed to other addictions? Charlene: Well I think sex has been such a taboo subject and we’ve been taught that sex is a very private matter and I think a lot of times people confuse privacy with secrecy. It’s something that is very isolating. …