Op-ed: Anti-porn school program misrepresents science I am often asked about the science that exists in evidence that porn is not an addiction. Here is some information. Op-ed: Anti-porn school program misrepresents science | The Salt Lake Tribune | There is extensive evidence showing that the hypothesis that pornography use is [...]
Important Information National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality’s (NARTH), an antigay and reparative therapy organization started in 1992 by Joseph Nicolosi renamed their website and organization to distance themselves from the unethical use of therapy attempting to change someone from gay to straight. Their new website is therapeuticchoice.com, and [...]
FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE, SEX ADDICTION IS NOT REAL. Problematic sexual behavior, on the other hand, is very real and consumers need to be protected from sex addiction therapists who are not adequately trained in human sexuality. Founded in 1967, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) [...]
What if we thought of monogamy as a spectrum? By Zachary Zane During my exploratory college years, I was often confused about my sexuality. I knew I had loved women, but found myself, drunkenly, in the arms of various men. I wasn’t sure why I was doing it. Was I in [...]
AASECT Releases Historic Position Statement on Sex Addiction | Psychology Today On Nov 29, 2016, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists released a historic position statement about the sex addiction model. Click here to read more.
Talking Turkey: America’s election has led to a boomlet for therapists by E.B. | The Economist Around the country therapists say anxious conversations about politics have become inevitable. “I’ve never had an election like this,” says Joe Kort, a psychotherapist in Michigan. Some of his clients are apparently showing signs [...]
Guest Post: David Ley, PhD Talks About the Sexual Dependency Inventory Dr. David Ley wrote a book called, “The Myth of Sex Addiction”. His work attempts to hold the sex addiction industry to a high standard to back up their work. I post his recent article on my blog for [...]
Anthony Weiner Is Not a Sex Addict My article on Weiner not being a "sex addict" on Psychology Today was put at the top for essential read! https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/understanding-the-erotic-code/201609/anthony-weiner-is-not-sex-addict It was an important article for me to write because immediately people jump to that conclusion and over-pathologize what he did. It [...]
Did John Gottman really just slut shame America? Did John Gottman really just slut shame America? The high-profile and research-based marital therapist, John Gottman, recently wrote an open letter labeling porn a threat to couples' intimacy as a follow up to Time Magazine's cover story, “Porn and the Threat to [...]
Misandry: The Invisible Hatred of Men Misandry I have been noticing more and more microaggressions toward men, but I’ve found surprisingly little discussion of this trend. There is a word most people have never heard of: Misandry, meaning hatred of men. It corresponds to misogyny, hatred of women. By noticing [...]