At The Meadows we would offer the sex addicts a celibacy contract. The ones who stuck with it often struggled with sleeplessness, headaches, nausea... I think Pat Carnes lists 15 regularly reported symptoms of sex addiction withdrawl. Carnes, by the way, is the Michael Jordan of sex addiction. For clients who think they might be sex addicts, you might consider referring them to "Out of the Shadows." For clinicians and/or clients who want more detailed information on diagnosis and treatment, "Don't call it Love" is excellent, though a little dated nowadays, and his newest project - I think it's called facing the shadow? - walks through 18 stages of recovery or something like that? His work is thorough and pretty impressive. For success I've found it needs to be coupled with 12-step work as all sex addiction is essentially about loneliness and dichotomizing the personality.
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