Psychoanalysis and Addiction

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, discusses a case illustration of an angry impacted partner from the book, who exhibits splitting defenses, dichotomizing self and others. Daniels also references the work of analyst Vamik Volkan, drawing attention to the analytic treatment of a female sex addict.

In this episode, Graeme introduces Joe Farley, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, and talks about sex addiction, personality disorder, psychoanalysis, with some extra comments about how infidelity fits (or doesn't?) a sex addiction paradigm in 2022.

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, expands commentary on how confidentiality is managed in a sex addiction treatment episode, and then introduces an important feature of psychoanalytic method, the stance of abstinence and/or therapeutic neutrality, which may not be quite what you think it is.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapist Graeme Daniels, co-author of the book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction, published by Rowman & Littlefield, reiterates some analytic concepts that are relevant to sex addiction treatment, seeks to demystify the psychoanalytic model by offering a few illustrations

Psychoanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels talks about sex addiction/problem sexual behaviors via the lens of psychoanalysis, drawing from his and Joe Farley's book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction. In this episode, he speaks of the ways male sex addicts are treated differently than female sex addicts, starting with the curious discrepancy between rates of men versus women being treated for the condition.

Psychoanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels talks about sex addiction/problem sexual behaviors via the lens of psychoanalytic theory, drawing from the book he co-authored, Getting Real About Sex Addiction. In this episode, he interweaves an ongoing discussion of intrapsychic splitting with theories of developmental trauma, with applications for both acting out individuals and their impacted partners. Much reference in this podcast to the theories of Freudian analyst and trauma treatment pioneer, Sandor Ferenczi.

Psychoanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, talks further about the analytic concept/defense of splitting, offering an illustration of craving states split from reflective states of regret, plus splitting in the form of rigid thinking, false states of certainty; he further speaks of gaslighting as a concept that actually yields a contrary ethos, and addresses the matters of sex addiction specialties (CSATS), sexual abuse reporting requirements, and so-called "no secrets" policies in sex addiction treatment.

This next episode wades into areas of ethics, sexual and gender politics, employing the psychoanalytic concepts of splitting and projection. Psychanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels discusses these ideas in the context of his and Joe Farley's book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction.

1/2 hour episode featuring psychotherapist and author Graeme Daniels talking about his co-authored book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction, and discussing the relevance of psychoanalytic theory to the field of sex addiction.

1/2 hour episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, introduces some basics about sex addiction and psychoanalysis, giving the listener a fuller didactic introduction to the involved discussions that will follow in this series.