Sex Addiction Overview 5 19 2016
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for 59 a https 3A 2F 2Fwww allceus com 2F a Specialty Certificate tracks starting at 89 a https 3A 2F 2Fwww allceus com 2F a certificate-tracks Live Webinars 5 hour a https 3A 2F 2Fwww allceus com 2F a live-interactive-webinars Patreon a https 3A 2F 2Fwww patreon com 2FCounselorToolbox a Pinterest drsnipes Unlimited CEUs 59 Earn CEUs for this class or get a certificate as a Sex and Pornography Addiction Recovery Coach at AllCEUs a https 3A 2F 2Fwww allceus com 2F a member cart index search q sex AllCEUs was created in 2006 to provide affordable accessible high-quality multimedia training to addiction and mental health counselors AllCEUs has more than 700 hours of available continuing education and has provided training to over 100 000 counselors 1 Sex Addiction Treatment An Introduction Instructor Dr Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD LPC-MHSP NCC Executive Director AllCEUs 2 Define Sex Addiction Discuss Similarities and Differences Between Drug Addiction and Sex Addiction Explore Interventions for Sex Addiction 3 A person activity or substance used to escape from negative feelings physical or emotional despite experiencing negative consequences 4 Similar to Other Addictions Dopamine surge High Cravings Triggers Conditioned Stimuli Brain changes Worse with younger age May start as recreational Relationship Financial Emotional Problems 5 Differs from other addictions Biologically driven urge Eat Sleep Procreate Survive Coolidge Effect Cannot abstain forever Socially sanctioned 6 Needing more of the same substance to get the same high Tolerance Dopamine system self-regulating Coolidge Effect In response to worsening problems 7 Using more or for longer than intended Online porn sites dating apps Novelty Unsuccessful efforts to cut down Biologically driven urge for stimulation as well as procreation 8 Spending significant time and or resources i e money thinking about preparing for acquiring using and or recovering from use 9 Continued use despite negative consequences in one or more areas of life due to the addiction Relationship Financial Work Emotional Anxiety Motivation Depression 10 Driven by survival mechanisms Reduce pain emotional physical Safety Eliminate threats Food water Maintained by positive and negative reinforcement 11 Give your brain a rest from the rush Take care of yourself to allow your brain to recover Sleep Nutrition Exercise Consider pharmacological interventions Identify other things that make you or used to make you happy Find activities to occupy your time 12 Identify and eliminate or recondition things that trigger your cravings People places things including TV shows emotions times of day Engage in competing behaviors Identify the function of your behavior and develop alternatives 13 Only allow yourself to experience sexual pleasure with a single other person in a monogamous relationship Understand that during the rewire there may be a period when you cannot get aroused Procreation is genetically programmed once your brain recovers arousal will be possible again 14 Address loss of motivation through Goal setting Decisional balance exercises Rewards Remember that as the dopamine system recovers motivation will return 15 Live in the present instead of the past future Observing Awareness External and Internal Vulnerabilities and Assets Describing Accept without judgment Act with Awareness Purposeful Action 16 Cope with crisis situations urges in healthier less self-destructive ways Examples Urge Surfing Alternate activities Less problematic ice Active Distraction Do 15 17 Manage and tolerate your emotions Accept that sometimes your can't change them or reduce their intensity Learn what makes your negative emotions worse Get support See the silver lining 18 Maintain healthy relationships Act assertively Take good care of yourself Don t forget about karma
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