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...compulsive behavior. There are many types of sex addicts, including so-called sexual anorexics who avoid physical intimacy with their partner and seek it out in fantasies or with others. Despite the shortage of statistics, researchers agree that the vast majority of sex addicts - over 90% - are men. Rob Weiss, founder and executive director of the Sexual Recovery Institute in Southern California, estimates that up to 5% of Americans deal with some form of sex addiction, though he says there is no real way to know. (See more about Tiger Woods...
...first step in treatment of sexual addiction is a full evaluation of a patient's history and any past trauma. "All the men I've worked with - and I've worked with thousands of them over the years - have some profound experience of abuse and/or neglect in childhood," says Weiss. Without addressing the underlying sexual, physical or emotional trauma that usually leads to addiction, there is little hope of ending...
...thing as hiring a prostitute? Or that he or she could spend most of the day surfing the Internet for pornography and that no one would find out? These questions are not meant to shame a patient, but to force him or her to understand what really happened. As Weiss puts it, "We may not stop the behavior, but we're going to ruin it for you." (See TIME's sex covers...
...feel that Spencers’s got a lot of talent and he just has to bring it out,” Weiss said. “We feel he can go with anybody. Hopefully with this last win he can get some momentum, because we need him to step...
...These tournaments are purely individual,” Weiss said. “With the way our qualification system works, one big win could solidify a spot at nationals. Steven beating [Patterson] made the weekend a success just for that...