Mentalization-based therapy for sexual addiction: foundations for a clinical model

Autor:	Michael D. Berry, Philip D. Berry
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Sexual addiction Psychotherapist Modalities media_common.quotation_subject Cognition medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Feeling Mentalization medicine Mentalization-based treatment Hypersexuality medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 29:245-260
ISSN:	1468-1749 1468-1994
Popis:	Sexual addiction is an important clinical consideration for sex therapists. Particularly in light of the wide range of theories about the etiological course, and divergent views about the clinical usefulness of formal diagnostic categories, treatment models that can be applied integratively, across settings and therapy modalities, are warranted. In this paper, mentalization-based therapy is identified as a broadly applicable, research-based psychotherapeutic model for application in the treatment of sexual addiction. In our model of mentalization-based therapy for sexual addiction (MBT-SA) we hold that out-of-control sexual behaviour may often be a maladaptive psychological strategy to defend the individual against difficult or problematic thoughts and feelings. It is assumed that the client's cognitive and affective experiences will be unique, and the client's symptomatology will be multifactorial. MBT, which can be used conjunctively alongside other therapeutic modes and techniques, provides a means for...
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