Dr. Mark Ackerman provides expert evaluation & treatment for sex addiction and compulsive sexual behavior difficulties at his Atlanta, GA office.
Sex addiction has become a common and extremely troublesome behavior and often impacts relationships in a very negative fashion. My approach to treating this difficulty goes beyond the simple "12 step model" often used for other addictions, and addresses such underlying trigger factors as low self-esteem, depression, trauma, maladaptive stress responses, loneliness and feelings of sexual inadequacy, family of origin dysfunction, impulse control difficulties, troubled relationships, and drug and alcohol use. I have worked with many individuals suffering the consequences of sexual addiction and helped them to overcome it and achieve significant insight, change and improvement in the quality of their lives. Treatment often includes:
- Overcoming internet pornography
- impulse control management
- setting of boundaries
- behavioral contracts
- understanding family of origin conflicts
- recognizing and overcoming past trauma experiences
- changing the way you think
- coping skills training and healthy stress control
- fantasy re-direction
- values clarification
- relationship counseling
Please visit my website at ClinicalForensicPsychsvs.com to learn more or call my office at 770-396-2206 or contact through e-mail at: [email protected] .
Mark D. Ackerman, Ph.D. in a licensed psychologist in the states of Georgia and Florida and offers both virtual and in-office evaluation and treatment appointments.