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What is Sexual Anorexia? Persons suffering from Sexual Anorexia tend to avoid sex. There are different ways this problem can manifest itself. It can be as extreme as complete avoidance from any type of sexual pleasure including masturbation, or as subtle as limiting sexual expression to anonymous sexual encounters. Oftentimes, there is an underlying social phobia or extreme shyness. There could have been a devastating |
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rejection or trauma that resulted in subsequent avoidant behavior. There are many reasons why avoidant behaviors exist, but most often regardless of the original cause, there seems to be a resulting fear of intimacy that lies at the heart of the problem. Sometimes the risk of criticism and rejection is too great to bear, so the individual withdraws in self-imposed exile from the human race. Social skills may be |
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so impoverished that the person may have to be taught how to shop, cook, have a conversation with others, and other basic skills.
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keep to themselves, outside of a few consultation groups, conferences, and phone conversations with the patient’s psychiatrist. A more progressive approach is to take what works for the inpatient population and put it to use in an outpatient setting. A well-rounded outpatient team could include referrals to experts in anything from business to somatic dance |
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Many people pay a good amount of money on fancy rehabs (called “spas” in Europe), and can experience a large group of professionals all collaborate and collectively work together to help the patient. The result is that the patient is in something of an ‘’immersion' plan similar to language studies. On the other side of the rehab fence are those professionals in private practice. Most tend to |
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therapy, depending on the needs of the patient for their treatment program. As many fields are out of the therapist’s scope of practice, it makes sense to have a strong set of outside referrals for issues affecting the client. Just as treatment centers use yoga, dance, art, equine, and a myriad of other modalities, there is no reason to limit one’s private practice either. –K- |
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approach. Karen Horney, who was originally from Germany, pioneered a more equal approach to psychology in terms of gender than Freud did. Horney’s book focuses on the development of neurosis and how finding out what the core conflict of a person is in treatment is essential to
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explaining symptomatic behavior and to facilitate his/her recovery. She also points out that there is an idealized image that neurotics tend to adopt that clashes with how they see themselves at their core. Highly recommend reading.-K-
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Our Inner Conflicts Karen Horney This is one of Ms. Horney’s classics written for anyone interested in a detailed exploration on what was then termed as ‘’Neurosis”. It is written in such a logical, methodical, and patient style, that it is a shame that more writers don’t adopt such an |
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