Treatment for sexual addiction at Santé Center for Healing begins with a comprehensive assessment that identifies individual patient needs. This assessment results in a treatment plan specifically tailored to the patient and his or her circumstances. Additionally, our approach identifies other addictive disorders, which are present in the majority of our patients. It is our experience that these co-occurring addictions, as well as other mental health problems, are best addressed simultaneously.
While treatment is strictly voluntary, it is not uncommon for patients to enter treatment with more external pressure than internal motivation. Our staff utilizes stage of change theory and motivational interviewing to meet and work with clients where they currently are in this process.
Patients treated for sexual addiction will participate in:
- Formulation of an abstinence contract
- Psycho-educational sessions specifically focused on sexual issues
- Gender specific groups
- Sex-addiction-specific therapy groups
- Sex-addiction-specific 12-step meetings
- Specific skill building e.g., acquiring empathy, asking for help, impulse control, etc.
- Relapse prevention
Some of the treatment modalities utilized include:
- Individual counseling (with both a counselor and psychiatrist)
- Group therapy
- Medication management
- EMDR, Psychodrama and other PTSD reducing therapies
- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
- Yoga
- Art Therapy
- Neurobiofeedback
