Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Palmer, MA
Browse Sexual Addiction therapists and Porn Addiction therapists in Palmer, Massachusetts. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Sex/Porn Addiction
Ross W. Hackerson
Life Coach, Life Coach
A definite Behavioral addiction! My modality of choice is Image Transformation Therapy and the EMDR Feeling State focus model. I find this model creates actual behavioral and motivational change. This is in the same ballpark as Co-Dependency, hoarding, pornography: it's in the fantasies and the feelings that we find what you are searching for that we have to disconnect you from.
51 Years Experience
In-Person Near Palmer, MA
Sex/Porn Addiction
The Florida Center for Healthy Sexuality
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, CST, CSAT
Trained as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist helps exploration of Sex and Porn Addiction and/or Compulsivity behaviors. Exploring underlying unconscious conflicts, attachment patterns and emotional wounds that drive these compulsive behaviors suggest that this behavior may serve as a coping mechanism for unmet emotional needs, unresolved childhood experiences or internalized shame. By bringing the unconscious motivations to awareness through therapeutic exploration of thoughts, feelings and relational patterns, individuals can better understand the root cause of these behaviors and develop healthier coping strategies.
15 Years Experience
Online in Palmer, MA
Sex/Porn Addiction
Allen Shamon
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I help individuals explore the triggers and underlying factors contributing to their sex addiction. This may involve examining psychological, emotional, relational, and environmental factors that drive compulsive sexual behaviors, such as unresolved trauma, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, intimacy issues, or maladaptive coping mechanisms. Through insight-oriented therapy, I support individuals in identifying and addressing the root causes of their addiction.
6 Years Experience
Online in Palmer, MA (Online Only)
Sex/Porn Addiction
Dr. L A McCrae
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCADC, FOT, CCTP, CCTSA
We address Sexual Addiction with clinical depth and a fundamental rejection of shame-based religious or carceral models. As an addictions specialist, I help you understand the behavioral cycles you've used to survive, while building new pathways for intimacy and self-regulation. We focus on the "why" behind the behavior to help you reclaim your sexual and emotional agency.
7 Years Experience
Online in Palmer, MA
Sex/Porn Addiction
Aria Fraser
Hypnotherapist, Certified Rapid Transformational Therapist
The word 'addiction' for these may be debatable because they are not a substance, but they still have a strong neurological response that feels impossible to break on one's own. With addiction/ compulsion to sex, it's often really about connection to other people and finding/ seeking approval, trying to find one's self-worth by sexually connecting to others along with the need for the body's chemically produced 'high'. With porn compulsion it's typically the same but needing the 'high' created from porn, to deal with negative emotions. It also has roots in a person trying to feel accepted/ acceptable, based on an addict's deep-seated belief that most do not accept themselves. Sex and porn addicts have become dependent on the natural chemical high that the brain and body create, using it to move toward pleasure and move away from pain, to numb other underlying emotions, or to feel like they are enough. They must ask themselves, "What am I trying to numb or avoid or fulfill with the addiction?" Rapid Transformational Therapy can help change the core negative beliefs that a person has unconsciously formed about themselves because of their past experiences, and as they get identified and addressed, they can be interrupted and removed. New, healthy, empowering beliefs of being/ feeling enough, they are in control, they have or can create real and healthy connections with people etc, are put in their place, resulting in the elimination of the underlying need for the addiction at the subconscious level. Alongside the therapy is taking a look at the lifestyle and social connections of the individual, and providing support and implementing strategies to find new healthy habits and meaningful activities to replace the need and the urges for the dopamine/ chemical spike. It will involve trading an immediate high for less immediate gratification, and learning to handle stresses and emotions that may be triggers, but in doing so will prove to be much more worthwhile and helpful. Compassionate ongoing support after the recommended 3 session(s) will be available, along with the check-ins.
0 Years Experience
Online in Palmer, MA (Online Only)
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Palmer, MA Statistics
Sex and Porn Addiction therapists in Palmer, MA average 15 years of experience and charge around $279 per session. 93% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (36%), Psychodynamic Therapy (36%), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (29%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$279
Accept insurance
14%
Offer sliding scale
29%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Male |
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| 27% |
Female |
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| 7% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 57% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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| 7% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 36% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 36% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 29% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 29% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 29% | Hypnotherapy |
| 21% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 21% | Biopsychosocial Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 64% | Senior |
| 43% | Young Adult |
| 21% | Teen |
| 14% | Children |
Client Focus
| 71% | Men |
| 43% | LGBTQ+ |
| 43% | Military / Veterans |
| 36% | Christian |
| 36% | Women |