Sex Addiction Treatment in Australia just got a real shot in the Arm!

One of my esteemed colleagues, Cara Crossan has a new website. I consider her one if the worlds best therapists and Australia best Sex Addiction authority. 

Joining her in is Michael Rooney as an intern Psychotherapist. 

 I had the pleasure of working with Cara when she was hired by South Pacific Hospital as an addiction specialist . She bought a level of expertise to the impatient treatment of sex addiction to the Hospital that the work that continues there to this day. Since then she has been an influence and a friend, a fellow journey woman on this road of the healing spirit. Grateful forever I will be for the regular inspiration.

In a time when Sex Addiction is deeply impacting many generations of families, men and women alike, as well as creating dilemmas for young people like we have never seen before, this service being offered by Cara and Michael could not come at a better time for Australia. 

Contact them for support and enquiry, and blessings my friends for the healing you will bring to many .

http://www.crossaddictions.com 

Cruise Control:Robert Weiss-Book Review

Robert Weiss is a prolific voice in the global education on Sex Addiction, its perils and the pathways out of hell. 

Cruise Control speaks both to addicts, and is essential for practitioners. It's focus is the unique challenges that Gay men can find in the addictive process , and the treatment pathways. 

When I first started in my career as a therapist, I knew that you had to have more than just your own experience. Roberts book is a clear example of this. Some clients find their landscape so challenging that if you do not know the personal aspects to their experience not only will therapy be ineffective but potentially harmful. 

Robert explains clearly the different nature of relationships, sexual expression and co-occurring addictions within this community that would help addicts identify and inform therapists deeply.

The book covers the impact of cultural changes and depending on the generation and age of the client you are treating, a radically different inner world will need to be empathised with. 

An example of this was some of the testimonies shared by men from the beginning of the HIV epidemic, pre- modern treatment and preventions advances. The incredible

loss of peers and loved ones brings a depth of grief that if you were not aware as a clinician, you would be doing your clients a disservice.

Cruise Control will leave your more confident as a health professional, whether you are a doctor identifying the addiction in a health check up , an inpatient service needing to make sure you  program caters for GLBTG communities authentic and individual treatment needs or a Psychologist offering  therapeutic interventions.

Certified Sex Addiction Treatment Module One Training

This was truly a privilege to be trained by IITAP and Dr Kenneth Adams . Dr Patrick Carnes resources for recovery have been tools that I have been using for over 25 years. His current batch though are masterful. Whether it be sex addiction or other addictions , the recovery starter kit, facing the Shadow/Heartbreak/ Addiction and the Recovery Zone workbooks simply give you a pathway to freedom. If you want to know more please contact me.