How to do Primary Prevention and More
My reading this morning was about: moving the US toward primary prevention of child sexual abuse; child predators on TikTok and my first YouTube troll comments.
Mental Health
Who Uses OnlyFans Anyway?
Who uses OnlyFans? When the COVID pandemic hit and lockdown ensued, those who make their living in the sex work industry were abruptly unemployed.
Why did Google Remove Covenant Eyes?
Maybe you’ve noticed that Google removed the popular “accountability” apps Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You from its Play store last week.
Pornography Use and Erectile Dysfunction
What is the science behind pornography induced erectile dysfunction? Learn more from this new study in the JMIR Health and Surveillance Journal.
What is Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder?
Those of us who treat problematic or compulsive sexual behavior still hear from colleagues that they do not believe that sex addiction is real.
Are Kids Learning About Sex from Porn?
Therapists, myself included, are worried about kids being exposed to pornography at an early age or are learning about sex from porn.
Sex Addiction Research
One of the unfortunate, but predictable, outcomes of the horrific Georgia shooting at the massage parlors is the rash of news articles talking about how Sex Addiction isn’t real. Most of what people are saying tends to focus on the lack of inclusion in the DSM-V and how sex addiction can be confused with moral […]
Pornography Problem: Erotic Conflict or Addiction?
How do we, as therapists, determine whether a pornography problem is erotic conflict or an addiction? A discussion on the nuances.
First Person Sex in GTA 5: Perspective from a Sex Addiction Therapist
For more than a week, I’ve been considering whether to write about the new feature of first person sex with a prostitute in Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5). I feel that seeing this through the lens of a therapist that works with child pornography offenders allows me unique insight.
Drug Use and Mental Health in the United States
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 […]
