Sexual Addiction and Healing

Approved for use by:

ITTI The International Trauma Training Institute

Behavioral Crossroads Recovery uses evidence-based tools for our participants in Sexual Addiction and Healing for individuals and those involved in justice related programming. These are co-occurring tracts for individuals with substance use or mental health disorders. The program is both individual therapy and self-study. Our program follows the 12-week SAMHSA model. Our curriculum explores Sexual Addiction and Healing and offers a summary of core concepts and tools for completing challenges. The concepts and skills presented in Sexual Addiction and Healing are best learned by practice and review. This 12-week individual tract will help you develop the skills that are necessary to combat issues and lessen the challenges of Sexual Addiction and start the Healing process.

The purpose of the Sexual Addiction and Healing is for offenders and individuals to develop and carry out their own relapse prevention plan. These sessions will create a safe environment where offenders who have sexually assaulted acknowledge their offenses and cycle of offending; reduce denial; work toward taking full responsibility; recognizing impact on victims and victim empathy; recognizing impact of their own victimization; plan for regaining trust of family members and friends; identification of current maintenance behaviors; and work toward carrying out their own relapse prevention plan.

Other issues, such as healthy attitudes toward sexuality, substance abuse, anger management, effective social skills, work habits, personal adjustment, couple issues, children’s protection agency, and the legal system is addressed depending on the individuals’ needs.

We focus the individual’s treatment plan for all offenders on the identification of an individual offense cycle and development of a personalized relapse prevention plan. The idea of this plan is rooted in the belief that offenders could continue to experience the urge to offend sexually. The philosophy is that treatment helps offenders in managing their urges but not necessarily is a cure or removal of the urge to offend sexually.

We develop the personalized relapse prevention plan and discussion of the offender’s sexual offense cycle. This incorporates an examination of the progression from the initial urge through the steps that culminate in the sexual offense. We help the offender in understanding his own individualized offense cycle and identifying his specific pre-offense thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We identify the progressive and self-reinforcing nature of the pre-offense components to help the offender in recognizing that the offense is not a spontaneous event, but the product of a generally predictable series of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. As well, we identify their current maintenance behaviors that make them more vulnerable to re-offend.

The personalized relapse prevention plan takes each step of the offense cycle and generates options, diversions or alternate behaviors that interrupt the offense cycle. All activities carried out in the individual treatment relate directly or indirectly to interrupting the offense cycle and strengthening the prevention plan.

We develop the personalized relapse prevention plan orally and in writing. We frequently modify it as we gain new insights. We also work the plan in consultation with the Parole Probation Officer and between the associates; share between individual therapists working with the particular parolee; and may be shared, where appropriate, with volunteer workers, victim(s), parents, siblings, spouse, and other significant collateral. We stress the importance of the offenders sharing his relapse prevention plan with people who support his treatment and can help him carrying out his plan. We expect the parolee to identify these people.

Individual Treatment

For Addicts: Involves meeting one-on-one with a therapist where issues and concerns related to out of control sexual behaviors are explored. Treatment modalities include:

  • Addiction
  • Trauma
  • Cognitive-behavioral

Central to your therapy will be to address.

  • Cycle of addiction,
  • Distorted thinking
  • Relapse prevention
  • Triggers
  • Consequences that impede healthy decision-making.
  • Underlying causes
  • Prior traumas and losses (often rooted in early primary relationships are explored throughout the therapy experience.)

 

For Partners of Addicts: Involves meeting one-on-one with a therapist to address acute crisis concerns following the discovery/disclosure of chronic sexual infidelity by your partner. Treatment modalities include:

  • Addiction
  • Trauma
  • Cognitive-behavioral.

Primary focus of therapy is addressing non-negotiables for immediate safety concerns, self-care, and development of a support system where exploration and validation of your experiences can occur. Once crisis from addiction is resolved, ongoing treatment centers on maladaptive coping skills, also referred to as codependency, that interfere with self-care and healthy interpersonal relationships. Underlying causes, prior traumas, and losses often rooted in early primary relationships are explored throughout the therapy experience.

Sex Offender and Impaired Professionals Group

The purpose of this group is to help you stop and prevent your sexual offending/professional sexual misconduct. An intense and structured cognitive behavioral-relapse prevention group focuses on:

  • Accepting responsibility for sex offending/professional sexual misconduct
  • Understanding the relapse process
  • Changing harmful behaviors
  • Understanding childhood
  • Family
  • Past abuse and neglect experiences
  • Developing victim empathy
  • Relationship and communication skills.

 

Behavioral Crossroads Recovery, LLC

609-645-2500 Option 2

205 West Parkway Drive, Suite 2

Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

www.behavioralcrossroads.com/SAH