Most men who search for sex addiction rehab in California are at a breaking point. Something has been discovered, a marriage is in trouble, or the behavior has simply gone on long enough that willpower is plainly not going to fix it. The first image that comes to mind is a residential program:...
Somewhere in nearly every sex-offense case file there is a number – a Static-99R score, and increasingly in child sexual abuse material (CSAM) cases, a CPORT score. Attorneys argue over these numbers, judges rely on them, and probation reports repeat them. But in our experience, the scor...
In California, probation in a felony sex-offense case is not simply argued for – in most cases it cannot lawfully be granted until specific evaluations are in front of the court. Two Penal Code sections do most of the work: section 288.1 and section 1203.067
If a court, a probation officer, or a defense attorney has told you that you – or your client – needs a psychosexual evaluation, the first honest question is usually: what actually happens in one? The term sounds ominous, and most of what turns up online is either vague or...
It may be the single most important question I am asked – sometimes by the man sitting across from me, sometimes by a worried partner: “Can someone actually recover from this?” Behind it is real fear, because so many people have already tried to stop on their own and...
One of the first questions men ask me when they finally sit down to talk about compulsive sexual behavior is some version of: “Am I the only one dealing with this?” The shame that surrounds these struggles can make it feel that way. So let me answer the question directly &...
If you are working to recover from compulsive sexual behavior, a relapse can feel like proof that nothing has changed. It is not. Relapse is a common part of the recovery process – the National Institute on Drug Abuse puts relapse rates for drug addiction at 40 to 60 percent – and ...
Paraphilic means relating to a paraphilia: an intense and persistent sexual interest in something other than sexual activity with a consenting adult partner. A paraphilic disorder is a paraphilia that causes the person significant distress or impairment, or whose satisfaction has harmed someon...
Almost every man who searches the phrase "compulsive masturbation" has already had the same private moment: the realization that the pattern has been going on longer, or more often, or with more emotional weight than he is comfortable with. He is not looking for permission. He is looking for a...
If you have searched for help with compulsive sexual behavior in the last several years, you have probably seen the same condition called by at least three different names: sex addiction, hypersexuality, and more recently compulsive sexual behavior disorder. The term...