{"id":206,"date":"2025-04-22T18:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-04-27T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:53:52","slug":"problematic-sexual-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/?page_id=206","title":{"rendered":"Problematic Sexual Behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-1536x768.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-2048x1024.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/upstaterecoverycenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Phoenix-1-600x300.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">The World Health Organization has officially recognized a diagnosis of Compulsive Sexual Behavior (6C92). As defined by WHO, Compulsive Sexual Behavior is characterized by a persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>Symptom may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"font-family:Georgia;font-size:1px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font\">\n<li>Repetitive sexual activities becoming a central focus of the person\u2019s life to the point of neglecting health and personal care or other interests, activities and responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">Numerous unsuccessful efforts to significantly reduce repetitive sexual behavior; and,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">continued repetitive sexual behavior despite adverse consequences or deriving little or no satisfaction from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">The pattern of failure to control intense, sexual impulses or urges and resulting repetitive sexual behavior is manifested over an extended period of time (e.g., 6 months or more), and causes marked distress or significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">Distress that is entirely related to moral judgments and disapproval about sexual impulses, urges, or behaviors is not sufficient to meet this requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">REGARDLESS of whether your behavior would meet the aforementioned criteria, it can still be problematic. If you are concerned about your own sexual behaviors, take the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/new.recoveryzone.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST)<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;or contact one of the therapists at Upstate Recovery Center LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL ADDICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">It is not the job of a sex addiction therapist to determine what is sexually healthy for you. Certified Sex Addiction Therapists do not impose moral, cultural, or religious values on someone else\u2019s sexuality. We provide client-centered and evidence-based treatment based on the medical model of addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-georgia-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.25\">The medical model of addiction is respectful and supportive of religious beliefs (the moral model). We want our clients to engage in behaviors that are healthy, safe and legal. We work collaboratively with our clients to determine a recovery plan which is unique to each client. Recovery is not a \u201cone size fits all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization has officially recognized a diagnosis of Compulsive Sexual Behavior (6C92). As defined by WHO, Compulsive Sexual Behavior is characterized by a persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior. 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