Posts tagged with: sex addiction

Sexual Sadism DSM 5 TR Confusing

Sexual Sadism DSM 5 TR:  What counts as “sexual behavior involving suffering” Sexual Sadism DSM 5TR –As I interpret it the DSM-5TR Sadism Disorder narrative permits evaluators to infer that sexual arousal from suffering is present where there is a...

Adolescence and The Law – Current Challenges

Adolescence and The Law – Current Challenges Offices are in Dallas Preston Hollow/Medical City Texas. (214) 431-2032 The new issue of the Association for Psychological Science’s journal *Current Directions in Psychological Science* is a special issue devoted to “The Teenage...

Juvenile Sex Offenders

There is little question that sexual arousal in children is a powerful predictor of sexual recidivism among adult abusers (Hanson & Bussiere, 1998; Hanson & Morton-Bourgon, 2004). However, the clarity appears to end there for risk classification purposes. Arousal to...

Teaching Empathy

Persons engaged in addictive and defiant behavior tend to treat parents, family, and others as objects. Many of my teen and adult clients struggle with understanding how others might feel in various situations. The main issue is that my clients...

Pornography Addiction Treatment: First Steps From A Christian Perspective

Make no mistake: pornography is a destroyer. It will destroy your ability to be rightly and redemptively related to your spouse, to your children, to yourself, and to God himself. Moreover, overcoming pornography addiction will not happen by accident. Here...