Sex Offender Treatment

Can Sex Addiction be treated?

If you believe John Walsh, the answer is yes. In an interview with Larry King, Walsh admitted to being unfaithful to his wife on many occasions and suffering from SEX Addiction. He went on to say that he is completely cured of this affliction.

What do others say?

“The success rate for Recovery from SEX Addiction is similar to other addictions which is about 5%. The most important factor in a successful Recovery from SEX Addiction is the determination of the addict to get well. This determination requires a complete mind shift and a true commitment to a new life style. Many Sex Addicts claim to be in Recovery but continue to act out for years. Some even say that they have just resolved themselves to the fact that they will act out.” http://marriedtoasexaddict.com/recovery/

With the dismal results from other treatment programs it is no wonder we look at Sex Offender treatment as yet another failure, but is it? The following will answer that question.

“Barry Maletzky, MD and Kevin McGovern, Ph.D. of The Sexual Abuse Clinic of Portland Oregon followed about 5000 offenders treated in their clinic and similar clinics between 1973 and 1990 using behavior oriented methods. About 3700 of these were pedophiles -770 were exhibitionists. The remainder were referred for a variety of other paraphilias. Criteria for “success” included:

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