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The current cost of the group is $40 for each 1:45 hour session.

By this time the young man has acquired a healthy fear of the power of Satan...

silentkid wrote:
Using fear as a motivator in any therapy environment is counterproductive. What a sad, sad joke.

SatanWasSetUp wrote:A quick glance at the website suggests that the best way to stop masturbation is to carry a sword with you at all times.

Greg, a 17-year-old graduate of the program, said he struggles with chronic depression, and "I was humbled to the point where I decided that I would never be able to get rid of my addiction."

"I tried this one last thing, and if that didn't work, I would just end my life."

Malan asked not to be quoted directly, but cited a paper -- "Sexual Behavior-Modification Groups and the Need for Comprehensive Care for Compulsive Sexual Behavior" -- he presented at The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, Basic Lecture Series in San Francisco.

In the paper, Malan wrote that compulsive sexual behavior, the term preferred by clinical sexologists, is a complex issue with many possible causes.

Although an addiction approach that treats the situation through behavior modification might be good for treating people whose problems are mostly psychological, that approach can be damaging for others, Malan wrote.

For example, people with high hormone levels may find simple abstinence through willpower or therapy alone difficult and some may "become deeply depressed, develop internalized shame, lose healthy sexual functioning, and even become suicidal when only abstinence training is attempted to deal with their condition," he wrote.

Malan wrote that regulating compulsive sexual behavior is highly individual and using one approach for all causes could be psychologically damaging and require corrective treatment later.

Some people believe they have a sex addiction when they may have a values conflict, Malan said, and people should get a diagnosis from a professional certified in human sexuality health care.

So the whole family can fight their battles together.

Two construction workers were working the high beams. One was on the third floor, one on the first. The guy on the third floor needed a handsaw, but with all the construction noise, the other guy couldn't hear him. So the guy on the third floor decided to use hand signals. He pointed to his eye for "I," he pointed to his knee for "need," then moved his hands back and forth for "handsaw." The guy on the first floor dropped his pants and started masturbating. The guy on the third floor ran down to the first floor and said, "What the hell are you doing? All I wanted was a handsaw!" The guy on the first floor said, "I just wanted to tell you I was coming."

Some people believe they have a sex addiction when they may have a values conflict, Malan said, and people should get a diagnosis from a professional certified in human sexuality health care.