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Addressing Sexual Intimacy in Therapy
Claire (not her real name), was a young vibrant woman in her mid thirties : Kathy, I just don’t know why I’m here. I feel anxious all the time. I’m not sleeping well. I’m exhausted. All my energy goes toward work and the baby. There is nothing left for my husband. When we are intimate, I have never been satisfied. A tear rolled down her cheek as she wrestled with her work blouse to unsnap her nursing bra. She positioned her crying baby to her breast, settled into my couch, and sighed. As Claire nestled in with her baby, she revealed her demanding job schedule, the anxiety of being pulled…
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Sexual Addiction: A Multi-Factoral Approach
By Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC In order to discuss sexual addiction we must first define our terms. We can reasonably define an addiction as obsessive or intrusive thoughts or cravings, which produce a compulsion to act in a way that is unwanted, undesirable, or harmful either to the individual or others. In terms of sexual addiction, I think we can reasonably cast that net broadly enough to include any unwanted, damaging, or maladaptive sexual behaviors that the individual experiences themselves as being powerless to control. Karnes (1983) defined sexual addiction as pathological relationship with a mood altering experience. There again in most respects, I think that could apply to…
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Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC | Executive Director and CEO
Darrell Provinse earned his degrees from Washington University and Webster University in St. Louis, MO. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri and a National Certified Counselor. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Specialists in Group Work, and the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. He is also the Executive Director and CEO of Agape Christian Counseling Services. As a therapist, Darrell is certified in Gestalt Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and extensively trained in Logotherapy and in Family Systems. Additionally, he is trained and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). He works…
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