Center for Healthy Sex (310) 843-9902 http://www.centerforhealthysex.com LIKE our Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/CenterForHealthySex Center for Healthy Sex presents a lecture by Ethlie Ann Vare: "Love Addict: Sex, Romance and Fantasy - A Toxic Trio" "The Sex Experts" is a monthly webinar series for sex therapists and specialists to present educational and informational material for the general public. Webinar Description: You might be a love addict if… * You check his (or her) Facebook page before you check your own. * You leave a second (or third, or fourth) voice mail message before the first message is returned, just in case (a) he didn't hear it properly; (b) he's shy and needs encouragement: (c) maybe you dialed wrong: (d) maybe you forgot to leave a callback number; (e) maybe he called and you missed it; or.... * You changed your route home to pass your love object's house. Extra points for parking outside the house and waiting. * You have checked your lover's e-mail, their text messages... or their underwear. * Your Life List of sex partners is in the three figures. (For rock stars and professional athletes, make that four figures). * You really believe you can save that [stripper, biker, serial philanderer, suicide survivor, alcoholic] with the depth and the purity of your love. Ethlie Ann Vare has a pet name for her lifelong tendency to fall for unavailable men... or dangerous men... or any man in the vicinity. She calls it "Affection Deficit Disorder," a quirk which manifested in, among other things, too much sex with too many men and heartaches by the number. It was only after she worked her way through a few marriages and a nasty cocaine habit that she identified her core problem: sex and love addiction. Eventually successful in her own recovery, she decided to help others identify and better understand what is truly a debilitating disease. The result was LOVE ADDICT: SEX, ROMANCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS (HCI Books, 2011), a look at the topic from both the personal and the clinical perspectives, told with humor and compassion. Love addiction, it turns out, isn't like cocaine addiction at all. It's exactly the same thing. Award-winning author, journalist, and screenwriter Ethlie Ann Vare has survived four marriages, drug addiction, jail, and network television. The wit behind the hot humor blog Affection Deficit Disorder, Ethlie started out as a rock-n-roll disc jockey, became known as an expert on pop culture and excelled as a syndicated newspaper columnist. Her books range from biographies of superstars (Stevie Nicks, Ozzy Osbourne, Legend: Frank Sinatra and the American Dream) to adventures in distant galaxies (Andromeda: The Broken Places). She is a featured speaker on campuses nationwide on the topic of women who have made history (Mothers of Invention, Patently Female).. Most recently she has been writing for TV shows from the ridiculous (Beastmaster) to the sublime (CSI). Center for Healthy Sex (CHS) is a community therapy center in Los Angeles that specializes in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, sexual anorexia, porn addiction, sex addiction, and love addiction. Clients participate in the diverse programs, online courses and social services offered at Center for Healthy Sex - ranging from weekly support groups, couples sex therapy, and the 11-day Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) to online classes, free lectures and podcasts. Center for Healthy Sex was co-founded by Alexandra Katehakis, MFT, CST-S, CSAT-S, and Douglas Evans in 2005. Their stated mission is to offer men, women, and couples a safe place to receive professional psychotherapy to resolve shame, guilt, deception, or other barriers to healthy eroticism. Please call (310) 843-9902 for a free phone consultation or visit http://centerforhealthysex.com

• published: 04 Jan 2015
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