Does your spouse view pornography? Do you think he is addicted? In this week’s episode, I interview Dr. Cameron Staley, a clinical psychologist who has researched pornography addiction. Learn what he has to say about why your spouse looks at pornography and how you can best support them.
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Dr. Cameron Staley is a clinical psychologist who is passionate about providing counseling, teaching courses for the psychology department, and supervising counselors and psychologists in training at Idaho State University. He has presented his research on pornography at the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) along with peer-reviewed publications in the journals of Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, and Archives of Sexual Behavior. Cameron completed his psychology internship at Brigham Young University’s Counseling and Psychological Services where he first learned Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an effective treatment for unwanted pornography viewing.
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In his TEDx talk, Changing the Narrative Around the Addiction Story, Cameron shares details from his research and counseling experience regarding helpful ways to talk about sexuality and how to effectively reduce unwanted pornography viewing through mindfulness. In order to help even more individuals who are struggling with pornography, he developed an online self-directed program called LifeAfterPornography based on the same ACT principles he uses in his counseling work and the same approach proven effective in research to reduce unwanted pornography viewing in adults.Â
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Yes, I have anxiety about it, having being addicted to it for over four decades and only last year finally being able to overcome it. It is a behavioral addiction, not just a simple habit that’s easy to break. I’ve worked with a saintly LDS CSAT therapist to overcome it. God bless her. Pornography addiction is too powerful. What my life could have been had it not been clouded in shame.
I’m better now, but pornography is bad stuff.
Viewing ‘sexual imagery’ vs pornography…I think he is trying to sugarcoat pornography with this word. Porn is really bad stuff. So to hear a PHd describe it as such..just leaves me a little unsettled.
This points to your own anxiety about this issue, not what he said.