Joe Winn, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Therapist, introduces the topic of sexual addiction and compulsivity in this 8-minute video. He discusses 4 different models – addiction, compulsivity, hyper-sexuality, and the sex-disaster industry – by identifying the key thinkers, providing brief overviews, and noting the positives and negatives of these constructs. He completes this clip with a brief word on intervention by asking three important questions about sexual behavior.
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The four key thinkers of each model (with a relevant website for each) are as follows:
Patrick Carnes, Addiction or disease model
http://www.sexhelp.com/
Eli Coleman, Impulsivity and compulsivity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Coleman
Martin Kafka, Hyper-sexuality
http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/about/bios/detail.php?username=mkafka
Marty Klein, Sex disaster industry
http://www.sexed.org/
Thanks for tackling this topic. I’d love to see videos on dealing with one’s sexual compulsivity while in a relationship, and on the other hand – how to cope with developing a serious relationship with someone who is struggling with sexual compulsivity.