Psychoanalysis and Addiction

in this episode, Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, are joined by recovery specialist Haven Jo Beck to discuss addiction, the history of the 12-step movement as influenced (or not) by psychoanalysis, plus the bridge between 12-step recovery and in-depth psychotherapy.

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, revisits the roots of sex addiction matters, this time sketching and commenting upon feminist theories from psychoanalysis that are popular both within sex addiction treatment and across psychotherapeutic models

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, discusses etiological, psychoanalytic theories that relate to sex addiction, contrasting the ideas of attachment theory, Freudian psychoanalysis, and modern psychoanalytic thinkers like Jean LaPlanche.

In this episode, Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, discuss treatment of Narcissism in the context of sex addiction: as a legitimate point of clinical concern, and also as a weaponized, dubiously applied label.

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, profiles the uses of the group format in the treatment of sex addiction, the influence of the 12 step movement with respect to group psychology, and discusses psychoanalytic theory relating to group psychology, drawing upon the writings of Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Bion

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, and guest Don Mathews discuss a controversial California law pertaining to child abuse reporting that has significantly impacted the treatment of sex addiction over the last decade.

Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, reprises a presentation about psychoanalysis, sex addiction, and the classic black comedy, Dr. Strangelove, featuring impersonations, commentary, film and musical clips. Based on a 2021 presentation entitled "Dr. Strangelove in the 21st century, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the virus" (click on link) at the "Creativity and Madness" conference

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, shares a short story vignette about a male sex addict in a typical "triggering" situation, prefacing the creative illustration with an exposition of two important Freudian concepts: repetition compulsion and death instinct.

In this episode, Graeme and guests Joe Farley and Don Mathews discuss sex addiction assessments as they are impacted by monogamistic versus polyamorous values systems, as well as psychoanalytic conceptions; plus, a reading of portions from the book Getting Real About Sex Addiction.

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, discusses addiction from the POV of a psychoanalytic theory of thinking. Addicts don't like to think, or they fear thinking, is the idea. Daniels also speaks of how sex addicts dichotomize their own sexuality and that of objects, referencing Freud's famous Madonna Whore complex.