Psychoanalysis and Addiction

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , shares a short story that illustrates conflict avoidance, inhibition, plus fantasies of disinhibition and redemption via a symbol of romance and apology, in the context of a group experience.  Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)... L...

No tik tok video with someone reading off symptoms from a diagnostic standards manual. Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discuss Schizoid personality disorder and/or type in the context of recent podcasts about Narcissism and Borderline Personality disorder, trace the history of psychoanalytic theory relating to Schizoid personality, and relate the phenom...

Teasingly curious title, maybe? Graeme Daniels reads a few passages from his and Joe Farley's book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction , contextualizes its content, both in terms of sex addiction treatment and psychoanalytic theory, but also with respect to current events Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)......

Right up there with the question, is this a thing? In this episode, Graeme Daniels, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and co-author of the book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction , takes a brief swipe at this topical question/issue, observing nuances from previous discussions on this subject, most notably how notions of "sickness and health" as it pertains to the disease concept of addiction...

No, not a cheesy "how to spot and deal with a borderline" show. Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and co-authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discuss the controversial diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), comparing it to Narcissistic Personality Disorder, reviewing its history in the field of psychoanalysis, tracing its theoretical eti...

Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses the undercurrents of hate, and in particular gendered hate, that exist within sex addiction, and with the human mind in general, as a product of our primitive capacity for splitting defenses Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)... Listen on:...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses recently historical criteria for assessing sex addiction, citing proposed diagnostic categories, and separates that consideration from the observation of discovery and betrayal phenomenon, which so often serve as that which leverages a therapeutic intervention Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understa...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , re-visits the treatment of impacted partners, discusses controversies around victim-blaming, revisits the matter of denied experiences, revisited memories, the theory of Apres Coup, plus additional comment about the case illustration of Anne. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is be...

Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses this well-known 12-step recovery slogan in the context of a psychoanalytic treatment, a would-be couples therapy episode that will address sexually acting out, seen through a psychoanalytic lens. This poses the question, what happens if a patient says, "should I tell my partner why I'm seeking treatment?" Lead...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, recounts a case illustration of an impacted partner of sex addiction, taken from his and Joe Farley's book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction . Daniels speaks to the trauma, both recent and historical, that manifests in the patient's life, distorting relationships yet playing out live in the treatment process. Leadership Les...

Welcome to season two and the year 2023! Graeme Daniels, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and co-author of the book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction , reviews all the principles, facts, and theories discussed in season 1 relating to sex addiction treatment and psychoanalysis, and previews how these areas will be expanded upon in season 2 . Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great...

in this episode, Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , are joined by recovery specialist Haven Jo Beck to discuss addiction, the history of the 12-step movement as influenced (or not) by psychoanalysis, plus the bridge between 12-step recovery and in-depth psychotherapy. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than try...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , revisits the roots of sex addiction matters, this time sketching and commenting upon feminist theories from psychoanalysis that are popular both within sex addiction treatment and across psychotherapeutic models Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and un...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses etiological, psychoanalytic theories that relate to sex addiction, contrasting the ideas of attachment theory, Freudian psychoanalysis, and modern psychoanalytic thinkers like Jean LaPlanche. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley, authors of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discuss treatment of Narcissism in the context of sex addiction: as a legitimate point of clinical concern, and also as a weaponized, dubiously applied label. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)... Listen on: Apple Podca...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , profiles the uses of the group format in the treatment of sex addiction, the influence of the 12 step movement with respect to group psychology, and discusses psychoanalytic theory relating to group psychology, drawing upon the writings of Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Bion Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understa...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , and guest Don Mathews discuss a controversial California law pertaining to child abuse reporting that has significantly impacted the treatment of sex addiction over the last decade. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)... Listen on: A...

Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , reprises a presentation about psychoanalysis, sex addiction, and the classic black comedy, Dr. Strangelove, featuring impersonations, commentary, film and musical clips. Based on a 2021 presentation entitled "Dr. Strangelove in the 21st century, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the virus"  (click on link) at the &q...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , shares a short story vignette about a male sex addict in a typical "triggering" situation, prefacing the creative illustration with an exposition of two important Freudian concepts: repetition compulsion and death instinct. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than...

In this episode, Graeme and guests Joe Farley and Don Mathews discuss sex addiction assessments as they are impacted by monogamistic versus polyamorous values systems, as well as psychoanalytic conceptions; plus, a reading of portions from the book Getting Real About Sex Addiction . Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses addiction from the POV of a psychoanalytic theory of thinking. Addicts don't like to think, or they fear thinking, is the idea. Daniels also speaks of how sex addicts dichotomize their own sexuality and that of objects, referencing Freud's famous Madonna Whore complex. Leadership Lessons From The G...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , discusses a case illustration of an angry impacted partner from the book, who exhibits splitting defenses, dichotomizing self and others. Daniels also references the work of analyst Vamik Volkan, drawing attention to the analytic treatment of a female sex addict. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding g...

In this episode, Graeme introduces Joe Farley, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , and talks about sex addiction, personality disorder, psychoanalysis, with some extra comments about how infidelity fits (or doesn't?) a sex addiction paradigm in 2022. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet)... Listen...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction , expands commentary on how confidentiality is managed in a sex addiction treatment episode, and then introduces an important feature of psychoanalytic method, the stance of abstinence and/or therapeutic neutrality, which may not be quite what you think it is. Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great...

Psychoanalytic psychotherapist Graeme Daniels, co-author of the book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction , published by Rowman & Littlefield, reiterates some analytic concepts that are relevant to sex addiction treatment, seeks to demystify the psychoanalytic model by offering a few illustrations Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding great literature is better than trying to read...