Sexual Health
Sexual health work without shame or minimization.
Sexual behavior can become a place where people cope with loneliness, trauma, stress, anger, boredom, rejection, or shame. Treatment helps clients understand the function of the behavior, reduce secrecy and harm, and build healthier sexual and relational integrity.
Concerns that may bring someone in
- Sex addiction or compulsive sexual behavior
- Pornography or cybersex concerns
- Repeated secrecy, lying, or betrayal patterns
- Escalating sexual behavior or loss of control
- Sexual shame, avoidance, or fear of intimacy
- Difficulty integrating sexuality, values, attachment, and relationship
Assessment and treatment planning
A clinical psychosexual assessment may help clarify sexual behavior patterns, risk and protective factors, attachment and trauma influences, recovery needs, and the appropriate treatment plan. When legal involvement exists, the forensic BAS pathway may be more appropriate.
Learn about RIS psychosexual assessmentSexual health is not the same as sexual secrecy
Sexual health involves honesty, consent, responsibility, self-regulation, relational integrity, and the ability to experience sexuality without using it to escape or harm. This work can be done individually, with partners, and in coordination with other recovery supports when appropriate.