In this episode, sexual and relationship psychotherapist Paula Hall takes us into an exploration of sex and porn addiction. Paula helps us understand the difference between a high sex drive and true addiction and what's required for healing.
Paula encourages a healthy exploration of sex for young adults and she leaves us with brilliant advice on how to approach someone you love who is showing signs of addiction to sex or pornography and how to navigate signs of sex addiction in your relationship.
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0:00 Intro
0:40 Sex and Porn Addiction
5:00 Porn and Relationships
8:14 The Chemistry of Sex Addiction
9:51 High Sex Drive vs. Addiction
13:28 Signs of Struggle
16:24 Shame vs. Guilt
17:54 Healthy Exploration of Sex
22:13 Confronting An Escalation
27:30 Values vs. Growth Edges
34:10 Behavioral Change
36:23 Is Healing Possible?
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Dr Paula Hall is a senior accredited Sexual & Relationship Psychotherapist with 30 years experience, 18 of which have been specialising in sex and porn addiction. She is Clinical Director of the Laurel Centre (https://thelaurelcentre.co.uk) who provide online individual and group therapy around the world for people struggling with compulsive sexual behaviours and also support for partners. She is also founder of Pivotal Recovery (https://PivotalRecovery.org) , a not-for-profit organisation that provides affordable, anonymous, accessible self-help through their podcast based Pivotal Recovery Course. Dr Hall is also author of Understanding & Treating Sex & Pornography Addiction (Routledge 2018), Sex Addiction - The Partner's Perspective (2016) and Sex Addiction – A Guide for Couples (Routledge 2019) and regularly contributes to the media on all things sex and porn related.
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