4/10/2017
Sex Addiction: Family, Co‐
addiction and their Belief System
ADRS 3329: Relationships and Recovery
Role of the Family
• Family system regulated by rules and roles
• homeostasis
• Everyone needs own recovery
• Delusions in the family:
• “It’s not my problem”
• “There is no problem”
• Generational transference
Child Development
• Self image‐ how children perceive themselves
• Bad, unworthy
• Relationships‐ how children perceive their relationships with others
• Particularly hurt by abandonment
• Needs‐ how children perceive their own needs
• Lost, lonely, unprotected
• Sexuality‐ how children perceive their own sexual feelings and needs
• Problematic when used for comforting
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Sex Addiction: Family, Co‐
addiction and their Belief System
ADRS 3329: Relationships and Recovery
Role of the Family
• Family system regulated by rules and roles
• homeostasis
• Everyone needs own recovery
• Delusions in the family:
• “It’s not my problem”
• “There is no problem”
• Generational transference
Child Development
• Self image‐ how children perceive themselves
• Bad, unworthy
• Relationships‐ how children perceive their relationships with others
• Particularly hurt by abandonment
• Needs‐ how children perceive their own needs
• Lost, lonely, unprotected
• Sexuality‐ how children perceive their own sexual feelings and needs
• Problematic when used for comforting
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