Pornography Counselling & Problem Sexual Behaviours
Are you controlling your sexual behaviours, or are they controlling you? We can support you to change unwanted sexual behaviours.
Unwanted Sexual Behaviours; Sexual behaviours can lead to reduced mental and physical well being. We can support you to make the changes you want,
Porn Counselling; Viewing porn changes the pathways in your brain and can lead to unhealthy behaviours. Porn is not a drug in the usual sense but its effects mimic dependencies and compulsions. If you are unhappy with your relationship with porn then you may have a harmful relationship with pornography.
Side effects of unwanted sexual behaviours and problem pornography use include:
Relationship problems
Shame & guilt
Anxiety and/or depression
Inability to have a sexual relationship with a real person
Erectile disfunction
Low sex drive
Compulsive behaviour
Dangerous sexual behaviours
Legal charges
Multiple adverse effects on other areas of life
Infidelity
Intimacy Counselling can help you and is an experienced provider of porn reduction services, with a proven success rate.
Symptoms of Problem Porn Use
The most common signs of problem porn use are:
You feel shame and/or guilt over your porn use
Obsessively thinking about porn
Focusing unhealthy amounts of time and energy towards porn
Feeling unable to stop using porn
Lying to yourself and/or others about porn use
Other signs of problem porn use can include
using porn to escape daily life
self-medicating stress/anxiety/depression with porn use
lacking self-love and a sense of meaning
porn is robbing you of your ability to function as a responsible adult
porn is preventing you seeking out real life relationships
porn is making it harder for you to maintain a honest and/or intimate relationship with your partner
porn is effecting your ability to function sexually with a partner
you are constantly focussed on sexual connections with new partners
you are choosing porn use over connecting with your partner
finding yourself having more mood swings
getting anxious or down when you cannot use porn
using porn for longer periods and seeking out more extreme pornography over time
porn is effecting you physically, psychologically, and/or mentally
porn is effecting your intimate and/or social relationships
porn use has caused issues with friends
porn use has caused issues with your work and/or financial situation
porn is causing you to act in ways that go against your morals
porn has caused you to act illegally
Intimacy Counselling has a high success rate and proven record of working with those suffering from porn issues. We believe in tailoring our services to individual concerns and views, providing non-judgemental assessments and a supportive goal based environment. Intimacy Counselling offers both individual counselling and a Porn Recovery Program.
Please get in touch if you would like any further information.