{"product_id":"routledge-international-handbook-of-sexual-addiction-9781138193208","title":"Routledge International Handbook of Sexual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of sexual addiction has gained increasing recognition in the academic and healthcare communities since the 1990s. It has also captured the attention of the media, where there has been much debate over whether it can truly be described as an addiction. What is certain is that many people struggle with out of control sexual behaviour, which takes over their lives and has harmful consequences for their relationships, careers and finances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRoutledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction\u003c\/em\u003e brings together a comprehensive range of perspectives on sexual addiction from a worldwide selection of scholars and therapists. It sets out to define sexual addiction and to study its causes from a range of different psychological perspectives. A series of presentations of sexual addiction are outlined, including internet sexual addiction and the relationship between paraphilias and sex addiction. The handbook considers both individual and group treatment str\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This handbook is essential reading for anyone working academically or clinically in the field of sexuality. It is heavyweight in terms of its authorship and its scope and approach to the issues of out of control sexual behaviour, covering behavioural, psychological, social, and neurological contributory processes. It presents a balance of the arguments for and against the concept of sexual addiction and discusses varying treatment options. As such, it should also be required reading for all therapeutic students as they formulate their own ways of working with this ubiquitous clinical presentation.\" - Dr Glyn Hudson Allez, Forensic Psychosexual Therapist, Fellow of CORST, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This handbook is essential reading for anyone working academically or clinically in the field of sexuality. It is heavyweight in terms of its authorship and its scope and approach to the issues of out of control sexual behaviour, covering behavioural, psychological, social, and neurological contributory processes. It presents a balance of the arguments for and against the concept of sexual addiction and discusses varying treatment options. As such, it should also be required reading for all therapeutic students as they formulate their own ways of working with this ubiquitous clinical presentation.\" - Dr Glyn Hudson Allez, Forensic Psychosexual Therapist, Fellow of COSRT, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEX ADDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction - \u003ci\u003eJoanna Benfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2 Whither Sexual Addiction? An Overview - \u003ci\u003eStephen Southern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.3 Sexual Addiction: Terminology, Definitions and Conceptualization - \u003ci\u003eGerard A. Schaefer and Christoph J. Ahlers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.4 A BioPsychoSocial Approach to Sex Addiction - \u003ci\u003ePaula Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 2: PRESENTATIONS OF SEX ADDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1 Overview of Presentations of Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eRalph Earle and Rick Isenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2 Sexual Addiction in the Digital Age - \u003ci\u003eDavid Delmonico, Heather Putney and Elizabeth J. Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3 The Relationship between Pornography and Hypersexual Behaviour - \u003ci\u003ePhilippe Bensimon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4 Sexual Addiction and Paraphilias - \u003ci\u003eGerard A. Schaefer and Christoph J. Ahlers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.5 The Role of Sexual Fantasies in Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eRichard Newbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 3: THE AETIOLOGY OF SEX ADDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1 The Aetiology and Differential Diagnosis of Sex Addiction: An Overview - \u003ci\u003eKen Adams and Todd Love \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2 The Neuroscience of Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eFrederick Toates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3 Written in the Scars: Sex Addiction as an Attachment Disorder - \u003ci\u003eJohn Beveridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4 The Role of Shame in Sexual Addiction: a Review of Empirical Research - \u003ci\u003eManpreet K. Dhuffar and Mark D. Griffiths \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.5 Existential Perspectives on Working with Sex Addiction - \u003ci\u003eAlex Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 4: THE TREATMENT OF SEX ADDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eJoshua B. Grubbs, Joshua N. Hook, Brandon J. Griffin, J. Kim Penberthy and Shane W. Kraus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.2 The Importance of Group Psychotherapy for Sex and Love Addiction Recovery - \u003ci\u003eEric Griffin-Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.3 Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Compulsive Sexual Behaviour - \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Birchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4 Sex Addiction, the 12 Steps and Therapy - \u003ci\u003eTimothy D. Stein and Patrick Carnes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.5 The Process of Couples’ Therapy for Sex and Porn Addiction- \u003ci\u003eGeorge Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.6 Mentalization-based Therapy for Sex Addiction - \u003ci\u003eMichael Berry and Austin Lam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.7 Applying Positive Psychology to Sex Addiction - \u003ci\u003eJolanta Burke and Eoin Stephens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.8 Using Creative Therapies to Help Facilitate Neuroplastic Brain Changes in Sexually Compulsive Clients - \u003ci\u003eMatthew Hedelius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.9 A Role for Mindfulness Meditation in Treating Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eKishore Chandiramani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.10 Creativity and Healing: Art Therapy with Sex Addicts - \u003ci\u003eMarie Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.11 Incorporating Pharmacological Treatment Strategies - \u003ci\u003eFlorence Thibaut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.12 When Addictions Merge: Assessing and Treating the Relationship between Addictions - \u003ci\u003eRobert Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 5: SEX ADDICTION IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1 Sexual Compulsivity and Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) - \u003ci\u003eMichael P. Chaney and Carol Burns-Wortham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.2 Sex Addiction and Adolescents - \u003ci\u003eMaria Watters and Todd Spaulding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.3 The Female Face of Sexual Addiction - \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Katehakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.4 Working with Female Partners: Interventions from 10 Years of Partners’ Groups in the UK - \u003ci\u003eJoy Rosendale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.5 Navigating the Minefield of Facilitated Disclosure: Strategies, Techniques and Potential Pitfalls - \u003ci\u003eStefanie Carnes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.6 Sexual Addiction and Sex Offenders - \u003ci\u003eAndrew Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.7 Sex Addiction and Professional Sexual Misconduct - \u003ci\u003eCharles Samenow and Jennifer P. Schneider \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.8 Compulsive Sexual Behaviour and Religious Practice - \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Birchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.9 Protestant Clergy Sexual Misconduct - \u003ci\u003eJohn Thoburn, Jyssica Seebeck and Sadie Teal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECTION 6: ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSES ON SEX ADDICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.1 Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviour – A Sexual Health Problem - \u003ci\u003eMichael A. Vigorito and Douglas Braun-Harvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.2 What’s Wrong with Sex Addiction? - \u003ci\u003eHelen Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3 Sex Addiction: An Iatrogenic and Moral Concept - \u003ci\u003eDavid J. 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