Dr. Jennifer Weeks

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April 28, 2014

Pornography and Sexual Experiences in High School Students

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

A research study recently published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics studied several aspects of sexuality among high school students. The Swedish researchers looked at the following in teens: the use of pornography, sexual experiences, sexual abuse and perceptions of sexuality and pornography. The majority of scientific studies that have been conducted on […]

April 22, 2014

Tech Savvy Parenting: Kik

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

When I want to know what the latest trends are in technology, I end up asking an adolescent. We adults inevitably are some of the last to know what is going on in the world of apps and social media. As kids are moving away from social networking sites like Facebook, they are moving […]

April 19, 2014

Tech Savvy Parenting: Facebook’s Friend Locator

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com) ran a small article about the new App coming to Facebook that uses geolocating technology to allow users to be notified when they are near friends. This service will slowly be rolled out in the United States on Thursday. According to recent news articles about the app, it has to […]

March 5, 2014

Updates from IITAP – Helping Couples Heal

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery, Sexual Offending and Prevention, Sexuality 1

Updates from IITAP Working with Betrayal in Couples Every year a portion of the 1800 Certified Sex Addiction Therapists gather outside Phoenix, Arizona for the annual conference. This February was the 9th annual conference. Though I have been a CSAT since 2009, this was my first trip to the conference. As such, I thought I […]

January 29, 2014

Sexual Abuse – Societal Double Standard

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Sexuality 0

Last week there were two high profile cases in the area newspapers involving sexual abuse. One was about a male psychiatrist who is accused of sexually assaulting several female clients, some of which were underage. The second was about a female high school teacher who was accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a […]

January 13, 2014

Sex Addiction and Shame

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery, Sexual Offending and Prevention, Sexuality 0

Last night one of my long term recovery groups began the first week of Brene Brown’s Connections Curriculum; a 23-minute video of Brene discussing Shame, Empathy, and Vulnerability. We have used her Shame Resilience workin our program for years. Yet, I never cease to be amazed at the reactions to the initial video.

April 8, 2013

Love Addiction: What’s Love Got to Do WIth It?

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

Thursday April 4, 2013 was the first day of the USJT 1st Annual Sex and Love Addiction conference in Brooklyn, New York. I decided to attend for several reasons. First it was close and second, I was curious to see what was on the agenda given this was not a conference aimed at Certified Sex […]

March 4, 2013

Drug Use and Mental Health in the United States

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Mental Health 0

I had another plan for my second blog post but was alerted to the publication of the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health findings by a client. I found this a timely publication to comment on as, in private practice, I am faced this week with trying to find a way […]

January 21, 2013

Hypersexuality and the DSM

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

Many people are becoming accustomed to hearing about sex addiction or seeing something about sex addiction in the news. Political scandals and movies such as Shame can make it seem like sex addiction is something new. The truth is those who work in the field have been battling to create legitimacy for sex addiction in […]

January 18, 2013

Why Blog about Sex Addiction?

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

Starting a blog has long been on my list of things to do since opening my private practice three years ago. The general busyness that comes with running a business has prevented me from doing so until now. However, that is not the only reason why it has taken me several years to get to […]

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