Therapy Today Journo Requests

Case Studies & Therapists on Problematic Porn Use - Therapy Today

#JournoRequest Have you ever suffered from what you felt to be “problematic” or “compulsive” use of online p*rn? Have you looked at material that made you feel uncomfortable, or used online p*rn to a degree that felt like it was having negative effects on you? Maybe it felt like an “addiction”? Or maybe this happened to a partner of yours? Have you sought help via therapy, apps, online forums, groups, or other support services? What was the experience like? Was it useful, or not? I’d love to speak to you completely in confidence for a piece I’m writing for the official British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Therapy Today magazine. You can remain totally anonymous. I’m really interested in hearing from people from different cultural and religious backgrounds, and of different s*xual identities. I also have space for: - A BACP-accredited therapist who can talk about managing one's disgust reflex when hearing clients' s*xual stories, and the difficulties this can present ethically. - An accredited therapist who does NOT specialise in problematic p*rn use, but is seeing it come up more frequently in sessions, who can talk about how they handle this beyond referring on a to specialist service, and how tricky it can be. - Any therapy professionals working with people who have criminally offended and whose crimes involve p*rnography.  - An accredited relationship therapist who can discuss what happens when a partner or spouse perceives their lover to be using p*rn in a problematic or objectionable way. Thank you. [email redacted]

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