New Classification Model for Sex Addiction

• NCJ Number: 244645
• Journal: Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Dated: October-December 2013 Pages: 279-291
• Author(s): Paula Hall
• Date Published: December 2013
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article presents the Opportunity, Attachment, and Trauma (OAT) model.

Abstract

In this article the author offers a classification model for sex addiction that takes into consideration the context of increasing sexual liberation and access to sexual stimuli. Moving beyond the traditional model of attachment, the Opportunity, Attachment, and Trauma (OAT) model provides therapists with a tool to consider treatment approaches that might more accurately reflect a client's history and personal experience and reduces the risk of seeking pathology where none exists. The OAT model can also help partners to better understand addiction and provide therapists with alternative ways of considering codependency. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.