by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Gaming addiction, Safeguardyouth, sexting, Social Media Addiction, social media influence, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen gaming addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth, Uncategorized, Video Game Influence, Virtual addiction, what parents should know
Addiction to the internet, video game addiction and cell phone addiction have become an ever increasing part of our fast paced, technology centered culture. Unfortunately many teens and young adults are drawn in by an obsession with violent video games, pornography or...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth, Uncategorized, what parents should know
Are there programs for teen pornography addictions? Treatment programs for teen sexual compulsive behaviors such as porn or masturbation addiction are designed to help the youth overcome compulsions that are very similar to drug and alcohol addictions. However,...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy
The term “sex offender” carries a strong, negative connotation and is a label that is nearly impossible to erase once it is placed on an individual. Certainly we can all agree there are those in our society who deserve this label because of their atrocious offenses...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth
The controversy surrounding the appropriateness of masturbation is a long-disputed topic among treatment professionals who work with youth struggling with compulsive sexual behavior problems. Some professionals, particularly those who work in the arena of sexual...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth
We have discovered that our teen son has been viewing internet pornography on his I-phone and on our home computer. It appears that this has been a pattern over the past several months. We need to know how to deal with this. Upon confronting him, a big argument ensued...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Cybersex, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth
The ways that today’s youth encounter problems pertaining to their internet behavior and sexuality continue to grow. An increasingly common problem facing teens includes cyberbullying in the form of “revenge porn”. “Revenge porn” as many are now referring to it, is...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, OCD, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Teen Addiction, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth
We are periodically asked by those not familiar with the array of problems that can accompany a pornography addiction, if wilderness therapy is a bit too drastic of an intervention for an addicted teen. Our answer is quite simply “No!”. While we are not going to make...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth, what parents should know
A common dynamic observed in families who seek treatment for porn addiction involves the parents being gravely concerned about the teen’s continued pattern of porn use, while the teen denies, minimizes or trivializes the problem refusing to discuss the issue....
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Strengthen Teens, Teen gaming addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy
Sexual abuse is a topic that is uncomfortable for most people and as a result, conversations tend to be avoided resulting in a lack of accurate information. Offenders of sexual abuse can be both teens and adults and victims of sexual abuse are often children. Sexual...
by starguideswil1 | Jul 5, 2023 | Healing through trauma, Porn Addiction, Porn/sex addiction, Teen Addiction, Teen Mental Health, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth
Most parents do not venture to entertain the thought that sexual abuse could occur between their children and the truth is that most families do not experience sexual abuse in the family. A survey of eight hundred college students reported by David Finkelhor in...
