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December 11, 2014

UPDATE: After School App

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

Friends Using Smart Phone While Leaning Against Wall

According to the Techcrunch blog (http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/11/after-school-app-again-pulled-by-apple-after-more-school-shooting-threats/) the controversial app, After School was taken off of the app store sometime yesterday. It is unknown at this time if the app will return to the marketplace. This second removal comes after yet another round of issues including several youth using the app to make anonymous threats of […]

December 10, 2014

First Person Sex in GTA 5: Perspective from a Sex Addiction Therapist

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Mental Health, Sexual Offending and Prevention 0

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.

December 8, 2014

Don’t Expect Applause: Buddhist Slogans for Recovery

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

My last blog post shared the Buddhist lojong slogan, “Don’t bring things to a painful point”. Today I want to share another slogan written about in a Shambhala Sun article that I feel also really applies to recovery. As a reminder, this article focused on using these slogans in our work life. However, we can […]

December 5, 2014

New Anonymous App, After School: Cyberbullying Concern

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

I have not written about new apps for teens lately, as there have not been any new apps that have come to my attention that warrant too much concern. Today, via the blog techcrunch.com, I learned about the new anonymous social networking app targeted at teens called After School. Unlike its predecessor, Yik Yak, whose […]

December 4, 2014

Buddhist Slogans for Recovery

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

After a full day of client sessions, I decided to eat dinner before my ride home. I had just picked up the January edition of Shambhala Sun (http://www.lionsroar.com/) and read an article that fit right in with what many of my clients were talking about today. In this article, Lodro Rinzler (http://lodrorinzler.com/) discusses five slogans […]

October 27, 2014

What do kids worry about online?

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

Most research that I review is written by adults from a very adult perspective. The research topics are based on adult concerns regarding the effects of cyber bullying, sexting and internet pornography on kids, which makes sense because the scientists who are conducting this research are no longer kids. However, it stands to reason that […]

October 16, 2014

Infidelity goes Mainstream: Invalidating Partners’ Pain

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Sexuality 0

Up until not that long ago, the only people who knew about websites such as Ashley Madison or Adult Friend Finder, were either people who were using the sites, their partners (if they were caught) or those of us working in the sex addiction field. That all changed this week with the airing of several […]

September 25, 2014

Cultivating a Growth Mindset in Recovery

Dr. Jennifer Weeks Addiction Recovery 0

“And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed him, & loved myself” Khalil Gibran A client shared this quote by Khalil Gibran in session this week. It has become the sentiment or ideal that has permeated many of the sessions this week, both group and individual. My clients struggle with many things in their […]

September 15, 2014

How to reduce your child’s chances of sexting: Lessons from Research

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

Recently I wrote about a research study that suggested that we look at sexting in a new framework. Not as a legal issue but as part of the new “normal” teen emancipation. Not only did this study provide data to support this theory, it also brought forth some suggestions for reducing sexting in teens based […]

September 10, 2014

Why Teens Sext: Social Emancipation through Messaging

Dr. Jennifer Weeks The New Age of Sex Education 0

Sexting is in the news nearly every day. We hear about adults getting arrested for sexting minors or minors getting in trouble for sexting each other. I have even seen news articles where parents turn their own children into the authorities when they find out they have been engaging in sexting. Our world (or at […]

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