Clinical Management of Sex Addiction

by Carnes, Patrick; Adams, Kenneth M.

• ISBN13: 9781583913611
• ISBN10: 1583913610
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-04
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

This is the first comprehensive volume of the clinical management of sex addiction. Collecting the work of 28 leaders in this emerging field, the editors provide a long-needed primary text about how to approach treatment with these challenging patients. The book serves as an excellent introduction for professional new to the field as well as serving as a useful reference tool. The contributors are literally the pioneers of one of the last frontiers of addiction medicine and sex therapy. With a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of the leaders in this emerging field. With a focus on special populations, it also becomes a handy problem-solving tool. Readable, concise, and filled with useful interventions, it is a key text for a problem clinicians must be able to identify. It is destined tobe a classic reference.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Section I: The Early Stages
The Sexual Addiction Assessment Process	3	(18)
Patrick J. Carnes
Marie Wilson
Intervention and the Sexually Addicted Patient	21	(10)
James Fearing
Breaking Through Defenses	31	(14)
Maureen Canning Fulton
Strategies for Assessment and Early Treatment With Sexually Addicted Families	45	(22)
Judith C. Heaton Matheny
Section II: Treatment and Therapy
Shame Reduction, Affect Regulation, and Sexual Boundary Development: Essential Building Blocks in Sexual Addiction Treatment	67	(22)
Kenneth M. Adams
Donald W. Robinson
Manifestations of Damaged Development of the Human Affectional Systems and Developmentally Based Psychotherapies	89	(12)
Mark F. Schwartz
Stephen Southern
Clinical Boundary Issues With Sexually Addicted Clients	101	(14)
Timothy M. Tays
Brenda Garrett
Ralph H. Earle
The Integration of Psychotherapy and 12-Step Programs in Sexual Addiction Treatment	115	(10)
Jan Parker
Diana Guest
Recovery for Couples	125	(12)
Mark R. Laaser
Disclosure of Extramarital Sexual Activities by Persons With Addictive or Compulsive Sexual Disorders: Results of a Study and Implications for Therapists	137	(26)
Jennifer P. Schneider
M. Deborah Corley
Art Therapy: Treating the Invisible Sex Addict	163	(20)
Marie Wilson
The Value of Group Psychotherapy for Sexual Addicts	183	(16)
Alyson Nerenberg
Psychopharmacologic Intervention in Addictive Sexual Behavior	199	(18)
John R. Sealy
Dual and Triple Diagnoses: Addictions, Mental Illness, and HIV Infection Guidelines for Outpatient Therapists	217	(22)
John R. Sealy
Section III: Special Populations
Sex on the Superhighway: Understanding and Treating Cybersex Addiction	239	(16)
David L. Delmonico
Females: The Forgotten Sexual Addicts	255	(16)
Marnie C. Ferree
Sexual Acting Out in Borderline Women: Impulsive Self-Destructiveness or Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity?	271	(14)
Shannae Rickards
Mark R. Laaser
Pastors and Sexual Addiction	285	(14)
Mark R. Laaser
Kenneth M. Adams
Sexually Addicted Health-Care Professionals	299	(18)
Richard R. Irons
The Homeless and Sex Addiction	317	(14)
Ken McGill
Treatment Concerns for Gay Male Sexual Addicts	331	(12)
Robert Weiss
Adolescent Sex and Love Addicts	343	(18)
Eric Griffin-Shelley
Classifying Problematic Sexual Behavior: A Working Model Revisited	361	(18)
David L. Delmonico
Elizabeth Griffin
Section IV: Clinical Practice and Resources
How to Build a Sex Addiction Practice	379	(8)
Martha Turner
Resources	387	(2)
Contributors	389	(4)
Permission Acknowledgments	393	(2)
Index	395