Welcome to our blog page. Here you will find a range of short articles about sex and pornography addiction and its impact on partners – and also on society. We aim to write at least two blogs a month. Some will be extracts from books written by Paula Hall, some are about news items that have recently been in the press. We also like to write about some of the controversies in sex and porn addiction as we’re aware of what a huge impact they can have on people struggling with this problem and also those of us that work in the field. Please do have a browse and if you find something that interests you, please do feel free to share with friends on social media as, or if, appropriate.
Porn & Sex Addiction Therapy Blog
October 2026
Why does he still lie even when he’s in recovery?
Will he ever stop lying? This is a question we frequently hear from partners of people in recovery from sex or porn addiction – or CSBD if that’s your preferred term. For some partners, the continued lying makes them question...
September 2026
We Don’t Call Social Media an Addiction – So Why Is Porn Different?
A few weeks ago, Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle lawsuits brought by 48 US states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that encouraged addictive use among children and contributed to harms...
August 2026
When Recovery Becomes Your Entire Identity
Recovery can begin at a point when life has narrowed. For some people, problematic sexual behaviours have gradually taken up more and more emotional space, leaving little room for the relationships, interests and values that once mattered. For others, recovery...
July 2026
Why Do I Keep Checking My Partner’s Phone? Understanding Betrayal Trauma
One of the questions we hear from partners after discovering a loved one's problematic sexual behaviour is: "Will I ever stop feeling the need to check?" Checking might mean looking through a phone, searching browser histories, monitoring bank statements, checking...
June 2026
Evidence-Based Practice: A Useful Term or an Overused Buzzword?
Few terms carry as much weight in contemporary psychotherapy as evidence-based practice. It appears on training courses, clinic websites and treatment programmes, often as a shorthand for quality, credibility and professionalism. (Indeed, we use it often at the Laurel Centre!)...
May 2026
The Pros and Cons of 12-Step for CSBD, Sex and Porn Addiction
For decades, 12-step programmes like Alcoholics Anonymous have been some of the most recognisable and widely used recovery models in the world. Millions of people credit them with saving their lives and for many, the 12-step model offers community, accountability,...
