"I just need to pray more." This is what many Christians struggling with sex addictions think is the key to overcoming their problem. It's also the advice they hear from many well-meaning advisers. The trouble is, praying more almost never makes a sex addiction go away. This leads to greater distress, guilt, shameful thoughts, and twisted feelings about God. 

Heather Seguin and Roy discuss this and some of the most common patterns they see in Christians with sex addictions. 

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According to Patrick Carnes, there are close to 200 different identified behaviors that are associated with sex addiction, categorized into 10 types. In this episode, I will discuss these 10 types. You will hopefully gain some insight into what you are doing. After all, if we don't know what we are doing, it's that much harder to do something about it!

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Sex addiction is often a result of many years of trying to deal with emotional and relational pain. Andy Park and I discuss the effective pain treatment called EMDR when working with sex addicts.

Andy is a licensed marriage and family therapist, as well as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, practicing in Southern California. Andy's website is www.andyparkmft.com

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Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Tony Ramynke and I discuss the link between sex addiction and loneliness. We feel it has something to do with attachment. Of course, this does not describe every person with a sex addiction, but we find this to be true of the majority of sufferers. What a horrible feeling it is to be lonely. Constantly.

Tony and I have found that the addict can find amazing new ways to attach through the therapeutic relationship and through the power of groups.

Tony practices in Newport Beach, CA. Here's his website: www.yourtherapistanthony.com

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Chris Williams and I discuss how one's past pains and traumas affect our sex addictions, and how sex addiction itself is a traumatic event. Sex addiction is the escape from pain that causes even greater pain. Chris talks about how a line in the movie We Bought a Zoo resonated with him, that it only takes 20 seconds of insane courage to get on the road to recovery.

Chris is the founder and Chief Guidance Officer of Renovari Counseling in Southern California. He is also a co-host on the New Life Live radio show.

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There are different criteria associated with a sex addiction. I will discuss how many of these criteria one would have to meet in order to qualify for a sex addiction.

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A few thoughts on how my history with sex addiction got started.

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