SUBS 608 Quiz 2 Liberty
- Sealy suggests that psychotropic medications were indicated for sexual addicts identified as highly avoidant of any anxiety or other uncomfortable feeling state.
- Central to the issue of sexual addiction is the inability of the individual to adequately bond and attach in intimate relationships.
- It has been hypothesized that the sexually addictive/compulsive borderline is an example of the abused child grown up and identifying with the aggressor.
- The term nonparaphilic sexual behavior has been used to identify conventional, normative sexual behavior taken to the extreme
- It has been suggested that female addicts must discover their identity and worth apart from a relationship, some suggesting 6 months to a year of abstinence from all romantic relationships.
- According to Yalom, corrective recapitulation of the primary family group members experience transference relationships in group.
- Shame reduction and boundary setting depend on the ability to recognize, identify, and process strong emotional experiences.
- Individual therapy is the most commonly used treatment modality in many residential inpatient treatment programs for sexual compulsivity.
- Shame, guilt and affect dysregulation are the three key barriers that prevent addicts from breaking the compulsive cycle of sexual addiction.
- Guilt drives the addictive system of sex addict.
- Universality refers to the client’s faith that treatment can and will be effective.
- The child’s first relationship molds the individual’s capacities to enter into all emotional relaionships
- Sealy suggests that psychotropic medications were indicated for sexual addicts identified as highly impulsive individuals with poor boundaries.
- According to Bowlby, if an individual has confidence that the early attachment figure will be available, he or she will be more prone to chronic fear.
- Teaching borderlines appropriate ways to regulate their emotions is a crucial part of the treatment process.
- Group therapy allows for more complete healing of core shame than individual treatment alone.
- Harlow suggested that proceptive behaviors are important variables to successful primate mating patterns because of their increased capacities derived from a relatively larger cerebral cortex than lower mammal groups.
- Sexual fantasies are useful to the clinician as they often indicate a connection to past trauma.
- The ultimate treatment goal for sex addicts is mastering the experience of bonding and attaching in enduring and trusting intimate connections with others.
- The core dynamics of sexual addiction and the root causes are the same for men and women