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Posts by category

• Category: Addiction Recovery
  • Help for Sex Addiction
  • Do You Need Sex Or Porn Addiction Therapy?
  • What Is An Addiction To Sex?
  • Sex Addiction Therapy?
  • What Is Sex Addiction?
  • Are You Looking For Sex And/Or Porn Addiction Help?
  • Porn addiction and mental health – pt4
  • Porn addiction and mental health – pt3
  • Not another blog on New Year’s resolutions
  • Porn addiction and sex addiction don’t have a Christmas break!
  • Porn addiction and mental health – pt2
  • Porn addiction and mental health – pt1
  • Changing core beliefs for addiction recovery
  • How shame fuels addiction
  • I can’t change
  • Beating porn addiction
  • Sex Addiction – a personal recovery story
  • Am I an addict?
  • How faulty core beliefs damage recovery from sex addiction
  • Porn addiction recovery and faulty core beliefs
  • Shame, Toxic Masculinity and Sex Addiction
  • “New Year, New Me” – New Year’s Resolutions, Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction
  • Christmas booze and sex addiction
  • The life changing nature of group work for sex addiction and porn addiction
  • What’s at the root of compulsive sexual behaviours, sex addiction and porn addiction
  • Emotional Reasoning – how it’s used in sex addiction, porn addiction and by partners of people with sex and porn addiction
  • Cognitive distortions and sex and porn addiction
  • Pornography use, moral incongruence and religiosity
  • New year, new you? Recovering from sex and porn addiction
  • Reducing shame to help recover from sex addiction
  • Breaking the cycle of sex addiction – part 3
  • Breaking the cycle of sex addiction – part 2
  • Breaking the cycle of sex addiction – part 1
  • Want to beat your sex addiction? Don’t walk alone
  • Masturbate or not masturbate? when recovering from sex addiction or porn addiction
  • Is your brain tricking you into having a treat?
  • What was I thinking?
  • Can I really stop my sexually compulsive behaviour?
  • Confessions of a group work sceptic
  • Rewarding our dog brain….in a healthy way
  • Relapse Prevention for sex addicts
  • Relapse prevention for sex addiction and porn addiction
  • How to beat sex addiction and porn addiction – Part 6
  • How to beat sex addiction and porn addiction – Part 5
  • How to beat sex addiction and porn addiction – Part 4
  • How to beat sex addiction and porn addiction – Part 3
  • How to beat sex addiction and porn addiction – Part 2
  • How to beat sex and porn addiction – Part 1
  • Routledge release latest book on sex and porn addiction
  • Finding help for sex and porn addiction
  • Sex Addiction Causes
  • Symptoms of Sex Addiction
  • Female sex addiction
  • What is ChemSex?
  • Is sex addiction a soul disease? (A Christian perspective)
  • The problem with sex addiction and celebrity: Part Two
  • ‘My partner is a sex addict – Should I stay or should I go?’
  • The problem with sex addiction and celebrity: Part One
  • “It’s not my fault. I’m a sex addict!” Is sex addiction real or just an excuse?
  • How healthy core beliefs affect recovery
  • How does sex addiction start? Part 3
  • How does sex addiction start? Part 2
  • How does sex addiction start? Part 1
  • Porn Addiction and Erectile Dysfunction
  • The Rising Problem of Porn for Young Adults
  • Understanding Relapse
  • We need to talk about sex addiction
  • Our Responsibility To Protect Children From Porn
  • Is sex addiction the same as a high sex drive?
  • The Stigma of Sex Addiction
• Category: Couples & Relationships
  • Sex addiction and relationships – surviving celebrations and anniversaries
  • The impact of lockdown on couples living with sex addiction and porn addiction in their relationship
  • Maintaining recovery in a changing world
  • It is the season to be merry…..Couples guide on surviving the festive period following the discovery of sex addiction in their relationship
  • Tips on how to improve communication….
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : rebuilding intimacy part 2
  • ​Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : rebuilding intimacy part 1
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : rebuilding trust
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : do I stay or leave?
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : Analysing the strength of your relationship
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : Understanding the importance of disclosure
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : Navigating your path through recovery
  • Sex Addiction : a guide for couples : Introduction
  • Rebuilding Trust
  • Addiction is selfish… But so is recovery
• Category: News & Research
  • Russell Brand and Sex Addiction
  • Young People and Porn
  • How many people have sex addiction? 
  • Does sex addiction treatment work?
  • Welcome to the Laurel Centre
  • Young People and Porn
• Category: Partners
  • Cognitive Distortions & Partners
  • Partner testimony : part 2
  • Partner Testimony : part 1
  • The partner’s journey through sex addiction : Rebuilding your life together
  • The partner’s journey through sex addiction : Do I stay, or do I go?
  • The partner’s journey through sex addiction : Rebuilding your life
  • The partner’s journey through sex addiction : Self-care
  • The partner’s journey through sex addiction : discovery
  • New Year’s Resolution: Breaking free of sex addiction and porn addiction
  • Mind, body and soul betrayal : part 3
  • Mind, body and soul betrayal : part 2
  • Mind, body and soul betrayal : part 1
  • Help for Partners of Sex Addicts
  • Why does sex addiction hurt partners so much?
• Category: Uncategorized
  • How does recovery from addiction resemble the Christian conversion experience?

Testimonials

• The intensive programme was a life affirming
• The recovery course allowed me to understand my addiction
• Aftercare group is one of the most important things
• For the first time I can understand the genesis of my behaviours
• The best training I have ever been to. Thank
• The diploma in sex addiction counselling is an excellent learning
• The Diploma course, which I must say, was one of the best courses
• I arrived at the course scared, scared of myself, my own cynicism,
• This has been one of the most difficult, enlightening,
• I have found the course to be the most enlightening experience of my life
• I started the course full of trepidation and feeling alone with my problem.
• Overall, the course has helped me make confident decisions about my future
• I have left the course with a new set of friends, with a daily support
• The course was intensive, but armed with me greater understanding
• To meet people in the same position as you,
• Thank you Paula for an amazing course in an area
• In May 2014, CENAPS Denmark had the pleasure of hosting the 4 day course
• Paula and Nick tailored the program to our needs and they were very flexible.
• I have found the course extremely informative and helpful
• Paula Hall is a fantastic speaker, she charmed and educated the audience
• Thank you for delivering last Saturday's study day here at Praxis.
• I thought the training was marvellous and I learnt a lot.
• I found Paula's training to be fascinating, comprehensive and very pragmatic
• The course turned out to be profoundly moving and life changing. 

In the press items

• Is female Viagra a pill to thrill – or just a new headache for weary
• Online porn boom: Liberating minds or damaging brains?
• Addicted to porn
• The anatomy of a marriage
• Medic: there’s no such thing as porn addiction
• Scientists probe ‘sex addict‘ brains
• Why teenagers’ obsession with porn is creating a generation of 20 year old virgins
• Weekend Women’s Hour: Listener Week
• My addiction to porn and escorts cost me thousands
• I sexualise every man I set my eyes on
• Extremism & Dating Sites
• Sex addiction: A compulsion that hurts partners in a way no other addiction can
• My sex addiction tires my boyfriend out – and it’s ruined my career
• Half of children have viewed porn online
• How internet porn affects your romantic life
• How viewing Porn damages the sex lives of young men
• Porn is ruining our love lives and making old men of our teenagers
• The strange case of Anthony Weiner: is sex addiction real?

Courses

• NEW REVISED - Working with Couples and Sex & Porn Addiction 2-Day Masterclass Leamington Spa
• Couples Recovery Weekend
• New Revised - Sex Addiction or Sexual Compulsivity? - Leamington Spa
• New Revised - Sex Addiction or Sexual Compulsivity? - London
• Online Recovery Course
• Understanding Partner’s Needs & Rebuilding Trust - Online
• The Kick Start Workshop
• NEW REVISED - Working with Couples and Sex & Porn Addiction 2- Day Masterclass ONLINE
• NEW REVISED - Sex Addiction or Sexual Compulsivity? - ONLINE
• Diploma in Working with Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder and Sex Addiction (CPCAB Accredited Level 5)
• Couples Recovery Weekend
• Partner Workshop
• Women's Recovery Workshop
• 8 Week Online Porn Recovery Course
• NEW REVISED CPD Day - Working with Couples and Sex & Porn Addiction - LEAMINGTON SPA
• Workshop for Partners
• The London Intensive Recovery Course
• 6 Day Residential Recovery Course
• Support Programme for Partners - London
• 4 Day Residential Partner Support Group
• CPD Day - Working with Partners - LEAMINGTON SPA
• CPD Day - Working with Partners - LONDON
• Christian Intensive Recovery Course
• Chemsex Recovery Course
• CPD Day - Understanding Sex & Porn Addiction for Christian Counsellors and Pastoral Carers
• Introductory Certificate in Sex Addiction Counselling
• Tailor Made Training Packages

Team Members

• Lilian
• Claire
• Jo
• Michael
• Vivienne
• Joanne
• Sharon
• Saidat
• Emma
• Natalia Smogulecka
• Charlie Mansel-Pleydell
• Tanja Gluckstadt
• Karoliina Vuohtoniemi
• Siobhan
• Julie
• Simon
• Jillian
• Dr Paula Hall
• Nova Vida Recovery
• Nick
• Cecily
• John
• Gabriel
• Doug
• Nederlands Centrum voor Seksverslaving
• Lighthouse Arabia
• Peter
• Christine
• Anita
• Ian

Published Articles

• Thematic Analysis of Groupwork
• The Moral Maze of Sex & Porn Addiction
• Which comes first? Sex or Drugs?
• Porn Stole My Sex Life
• Group work for Sex Addiction
• Effectiveness of Hall Recovery Course - June 2020
• Biopsychosocial View of Sex Addiction by Paula Hall, Sexual & Relationship Therapy, September 2011
• Talking point by Paula Hall, Therapy Today, September 2011
• Paula Hall Sex Addiction in the UK by Paula Hall, Addiction Today, January 2013
• A New Classification Model of Sex Addiction by Paula Hall, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, November 2013
• Sex Addiction – Moral excuse or Clinical Reality - by Paula Hall, Therapy Today, November 2013
• Sex Addiction – An Extraordinarily Contentious Problem by Paula Hall, Sexual & Relationship Therapy, December 2013
• Let’s Talk About Sex - by Paula Hall, Intervene, Issue 151, Autumn 2014
• What’s Wrong with Porn - by Paula Hall, The Psychotherapist, Issue 60, Summer 2015