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Some clients seek out specialist treatment for sex or porn addiction. Others bring their compulsive sexual behaviour into general therapy. Psychotherapist Dr Paula Hall, founder of the UK’s largest sex and porn addiction therapy service, has created a not-for-profit app that clients and non-specialist clinicians can incorporate into their ongoing work as an accessible resource – using CBT, ACT and psychodynamic strategies to address both unwanted behaviours and underlying causes.

How should we proceed when clients bring sexually related issues to therapy? What conditions should we be aware of, and which related services and specialist therapists might we refer to? In the second part of her blog series, psychosexual therapist, supervisor and author Cate Campbell discusses the assessment and referral process, including knowledge of the ‘sexual dysfunctions’ described in the DSM – and the importance of ascertaining our client’s own hopes for therapy.