Narcissism & Sexual Addiction
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Understanding narcissism as emotional survival in the context of sexual addiction.
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Narcissism & Sexual Addiction
- 1. What if Love Never Comes: Narcissism and Sex Addiction as Emotional Survival Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Executive Director The Sexual Recovery Institute www. sexualrecovery .com Managing Director Sexual Disorders Program Life Healing Center of Santa Fe www.life-healing.com
- 2. Sexual Addiction Cycle Ritual Fantasy Acting Out CONTROL RELEASE Numbing Shame/Blame/Guilt Despair Any strong emotion ... Generates and stimulates our dependency needs Fossum/Mason/Carnes/Weiss et al. SHAME
- 3. Feelings Sadness Joy Anger Needs Nurturing / Understanding Mirroring Echoing / Support Inform
- 13. At-A-Boy!
- 14. “ It is thus impossible for the grandiose person to cut the tragic link between admiration and love. In his compulsion to repeat he seeks insatiably for admiration, of which he never gets enough because admiration is not the same thing as love. It is only a substitute gratification for the primary needs for respect, understanding and being taken seriously” Alice Miller: The Drama of the Gifted Child
- 16. Beware the “Granola Narcissist” “ Granola Narcissist”
- 20. “ The Narcissistically cathected child has the chance to develop his intellectual capacities undisturbed, but not the world of his emotions and this will have far-reaching consequences for his well-being.” Alice Miller: The Drama of the Gifted Child
- 25. What if Love Never Comes? Narcissism and Addiction as Emotional Survival Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Executive Director The Sexual Recovery Institute Managing Director, Sexual Integrity Services The Life Healing Center of Santa Fe www.sexualrecovery.com
Editor's Notes
- Could Be Any Addiction Cycle
- Stories - to point out need for others
- Talk about ww2 cribs
- Talk about Jonny 1 and 2
- Talk about child and oatmeal
- Art Therapy Flowers Story
- From looking out of windows to looking at porn
- Think about running around a track - broken legs, healthy body.. Both can make it around. Metaphor
- Discuss that the therapeutic relationship is formed by the therapist acknowledging and confronting the defenses and adaptations that no longer work.
- To challenge and name the narcissistic defenses Define Sobriety Timing and Tools Vary from Client to Client Our ability to help is limited by the degree of Axis 2 pathology
- To challenge and name the narcissistic defenses Define Sobriety Timing and Tools Vary from Client to Client Our ability to help is limited by the degree of Axis 2 pathology