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  Professional, Accredited Counseling for Addictions       Office:   204-326-5120         
  Locations in Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba            Cell:       204-292-5058

Sex Addiction Therapy
Partner's Page
Is your partner a sex addict?

The following questions (from Dr. Doug Weiss) will help you determine if your partner is struggling with sexually addictive behaviors: 
  • Does your partner have "unaccounted for" money?
  • Does your partner have "unaccounted for" time? 
  • Does your partner have unexplainable moods?
  • Does your partner’s mood depend on whether or not he/she gets sex?
  • Does your partner have a lack of sexual activity with you?
  • Does your partner have a history of emotional, physical or sexual abuse or neglect?
  • Does your partner have a supply of pornography?
  • Are there many arguments over sex?
  • Is your partner unable to be emotionally intimate?
  • Does sex appear to not satisfy him/her (wants more right away or there never seems to be enough)?
  • Is there a lot of anger or erratic behavior when he/she is said "no" to sexually?
  • Do you feel alone during your sexual encounters?
  • Do you feel used, dirty or abandoned after sexual encounters?

The discovery that your partner is engaging in sexually addictive behaviors can be devastating.  There are feelings of betrayal, anger, confusion and hopelessness.  In his 20 years of experience in the sex addiction field, Dr. Weiss has discovered the following statistics about the partners of sex addicts:

  •   82% are experiencing depression.
  •   100% have experienced a reduced self-esteem.
  •   62% struggle with eating disorders.
  •   39% are sexually anorexic (withhold sex and intimacy).

Although devastating, the discovery of a partner's sex addiction can also be illuminating.  You arrive at a better understanding of your relationship problems and realize that many of your personal life circumstances may be the result of living with a sex addict. 

Have you ever heard these statements of denial from your partner:

    "I can't change.  It's just the way I am?"
    "All guys do this. I'm no different."
    "You have the problem, not me."
    "Oh I just looked at it once, it won't happen again."
    "I'm so sorry, it won't happen again.  I promise" (but it happens again).

As the partner of a sex addict, this is the insanity in which you find yourself immersed and you wonder how you got there.  It can end.  There is a way to deal with your situation and find mental and emotional relief.  Living In Freedom Therapy offers counseling to the partners of sex addicts.  Most often, the partners of sex addicts are the first to seek help in the chaos..    

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