Sex / Pornography Addiction Support Group
Sexual addiction, also sometimes called sexual compulsion, is a form of psychological addiction to sexual intercourse and other sexual behavior.
A friend of a friend is looking for treatment in the midwest. I don't have the exact state, just know the search includes midwest area. She is wondering if anyone knows about programs or treatment centers for women who are addicted to sex because of intense sexual abuse then profound sexual promiscuity.
Thanks so much for any ideas and i will pass them on!
Thanks so much for any ideas and i will pass them on!
Sex Help
www.sexhelp.com/
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
www.sash.net/
Sexual Recovery Institute
www.sexualrecovery.com
Now, having said this, I need to point out that I know little to nothing about most of these programs, so I can't say if the majority of them are any good or not. However, there are six programs that I do know about, and I can say without a doubt that these are all first rate programs that really know what they are doing when it comes to sexual addiction:
Pine Grove Behavioral Center
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
www.pinegrovetreatment.com/
(888)-574-4673
(Program is under the direction of Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D.)
The Meadows
Wickenburg, Arizona
www.themeadows.org/
(800)-632-3697
(Program is under the direction of Pia Mellody, R.N.)
Sierra Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
www.sierratucson.com
(877)-445-4058
(Program is under the direction of Patricia L. Ryding, Psy.D.)
Del Amo Hospital
Torrance, California
ww.delamotreatment.com/
(800)-824-4936
(Program is under the direction of John Sealy, M.D.)
Sante' Center for Healing
Argyle, Texas (just outside Dallas)
www.santecentner.com
(800)-258-4250
(Program is under the direction of Deborah Corley, Ph.D.)
River Oaks Hospital
New Orleans, Louisiana
kim.epperson@uhsinc.com
(800)-366-1740
(Program is under the direction of Daniel Glaser, M.S.W.)
There is another program that might also be helpful, but the individual in question would need to have some type of an eating disorder, in addition to the sexual compulsivity, to be admitted to this treatment center. (They mainly treat eating disorders but realize that other problems such as drugs, alcohol, sexual addiction, etc. can also be present in survivors of sexual abuse). They treat survivors of incest, sexual abuse/sexual assault by non-family members, and ritualistic abuse. This program is called Castlewood Treatment Center (www.castlewoodtc.com/) and it is located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. The program directors, Mark Schwartz, Sc.D. and his wife, Lori Galperin, M.S.W. are among the top five or six therapists in the country when it comes to treating sexual trauma. If this individual will try Googling their names, she can see how many professional papers these two have written over the years (there have been hundreds of them). These folks have taught classes on sexual trauma at Harvard Medical School, Tulane University, and Johns Hopkins University. I honestly don't think there's anyone who can top these two. So that might be another possible resource for this lady to consider.
That's about all I can offer you in the way of treatment centers. I hope something here proves helpful. If you, or this lady, have any questions, or if I may be of any further service, please feel free to contact me again. I'll be happy to help in any way I can.