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What is a sex addict? One man's journey towards self-definition through twelve-step and psychodynamic treatment
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Oxman, Alan. What is a sex addict? One man's journey towards self-definition through twelve-step and psychodynamic treatment. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-qzcc-fy53

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TitleWhat is a sex addict? One man's journey towards self-definition through twelve-step and psychodynamic treatment
NameOxman, Alan (author); Rutgers University; School of Social Work
Date Created2017
Other Date2017-05 (degree)
SubjectSocial Work, Addiction treatment, Compulsive sexual behavior, Hypersexual behavior, Sex addiction, Sexual compulsivity, Sexual preoccupation, Twelve-step programs
Extent1 online resource (42 pages)
DescriptionThis case study describes a psychoanalytically oriented therapy with Drew, a patient who entered the therapy self-identifying as a "sex-addict" and struggling with aspects of the twelve-step paradigm espoused in the Sex Addicts Anonymous group he attended for the previous five years. I explore what effects and meanings the sex addict label had for Drew. Using our relationship as a gauge, I attend to the fluctuating emotions and meanings Drew attached to his intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Throughout, I explore the challenges and frustrations posed by a relational therapeutic stance, whereby I empathized with Drew in a "no-blame paradigm" (Cohn, 2014, p. 79), which, at times, became destabilized by Drew's inclination to self-pathologize his sexual activities and swallow whole the twelve-step "incurable disease" model of sexual addiction.
NoteDSW
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-qzcc-fy53
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Social Work DSW Case Studies Collection
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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