At first glance, the Internal Family Systems model can come as quite a shock. We’ve talked about the Self and how various parts exist within the Self. We’ve discussed how those different parts seek to be understood and known, and how they can change the course of our lives. But not every trauma victim gets [...]

A common question clients and their loved ones ask is ‘what causes sex addiction?’ While there’s no one single cause for this, there are a number of contributing factors we see in almost all cases. More often than not, clients will have previously suffered from one or more of the following: Mental illness Other addictions [...]

Sex addiction is a phenomenon we’re hearing about more and more these days. Of all the addictions, however, it’s the one that people struggle to understand and take seriously. When someone has a dependency on drugs or alcohol, nobody questions the legitimacy of this. As a society, we accept the existence of addictions to these substances [...]

Because sex is such a normal part of our lives, it can be difficult to understand what sex addiction is and picking up on the signs may be even more challenging. For most people, the sexual activities they carry out don’t cause a problem in their everyday lives. For someone with an addiction however, their [...]

When you see someone in the midst of an addiction, it’s so easy for an outsider to wonder why the person doesn’t just get help. It seems the obvious solution but sadly, addiction just isn’t that simple. Millions of people suffer from a dependency in Canada but only a small percentage will ever enter rehab. [...]