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Sexual Addiction: Women & the Internet

Sexual Addiction: Women & the Internet. Assessment, Treatment &Prevention Angela Herring Liberty University. What is Sexual Addiction? . Information about sexual addiction The internet and addiction Assessment Treatment Prevention Hope & Support. Sexual Addiction Defined.

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Sexual Addiction: Women & the Internet

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  1. Sexual Addiction:Women & the Internet Assessment, Treatment &Prevention Angela Herring Liberty University

  2. What is Sexual Addiction? • Information about sexual addiction • The internet and addiction • Assessment • Treatment • Prevention • Hope & Support

  3. Sexual Addiction Defined • “Sexual addiction is a persistent and escalating pattern or patterns of sexual behaviors acted out despite increasingly negative consequences to self or others” (The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, 2011).

  4. Consequences of Sexual Addiction • Emotional • Shame and guilt • Social • Distance from loved ones • Physical • Disease and distress • Legal • Imprisonment and/or fines • Financial • Money spent toward sex • Spiritual • Separation from God

  5. Out of Control Behaviors • Masturbation • Simultaneous or repeated sequential affairs • Pornography • Cyber sex/Phone sex • Multiple anonymous partners • Partner sexualization • Partner objectification • Strip clubs & adult bookstores • Sexual aversion • Prostitution • Unsafe sexual activity (The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, 2011)

  6. Behavior Patterns in Women • Excessive flirting, dancing, etc. • Wearing provocative clothing whenever possible • Changing her physical appearance to be seductive • Sexual advances to others in subordinate power positions • Sexual partners in high-risk locations • Multiple extramarital affairs • Disregard of appropriate sexual boundaries • Trading sex for drugs, power, money, help, or social access • Having sex with someone they just met at a bar, party or on the internet (forms of anonymous sex) • Compulsive masturbation • Exchanging sex of pain or pain for sex

  7. Women Sex Addicts & the Internet • Sexual fantasies & desires • Self-medicating • Emotional Problems • Interpersonal Problems • Relapse from sexual addiction • Unlocking hidden sexual feelings • Anonymity • Convenience • Escape • Online infidelity

  8. Warning Signs: Online Infidelity • Early warning signs of online infidelity include: • Change in sleep patterns • A demand for privacy • Other responsibilities ignored • Evidence of lying • Personality changes • Loss of interest in sex • Declining investment in the relationship

  9. Treatment & Prevention • 12-Step Programs • Support Groups • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy • Conjoint Therapy • Medications • Healthy Sex • Spiritual Support & Faith

  10. References • Giugliano, J.R., (2009). Sexual addiction: Diagnostic problems. International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, 7: 283-294. DOI 10.1007/s11469-009-9195-3 • Roller, C.G. (2004). Sex addiction and women: a nursing issue. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 15, 53-61. DOI: 10.1080/10884600490450263 • The Society for Advancement of Sexual Health. (2011). Sexual addiction. Retrieved from http://www.sash.net/en/articles/sexual-addiction.html • Weiss, R. (2011). Sex addiction: the basics. Psych Central. Retrieved from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/sex/2011/04/sex-addiction-the-basics/ • Young, K. S. (2008). Internet sex addiction: Risk factors, stages of development, and treatment. American Behavioral Scientist, 52(21). DOI: 10.1177/0002764208321339 • Young, K., Griffin-Shelley, W., Cooper, A., O’Mara, J., & Buchanan, J. (2000). Online infidelity: A new dimension in couple relationships with implications for evaluation and treatment. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 7: 59-74.

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