Are You A Sex Addict?

Another informative article by N. Jay Tow, LMHC, Board Certified Sexologist   There is a great deal of confusion about what actually is a sex addiction.   People believe that if a person has a great deal of sex they are addicted to it.  I have known couples who have sex daily and have been for [...]

List Of 3 Major Eating Disorders and How To Treat Them

Eating disorders are unhealthy beliefs and behaviors surrounding the issues of weight, shape and food intake. They may cause serious damage both to the physical as well as the mental well being of a person and affects both men and women as well as children. Eating disorders can be accompanied by depression, substance abuse and [...]

How to Turn Bad Habits into Good Ones

Habits can become problems if they are bad habits that you want to break. Similarly, we may wish for something to become a habit like learning the fingering for a new chord on a guitar. We may wish to reinforce this and be able to do it without thinking. To learn something so well that [...]

Failure isn’t fatal!

Some of histories greatest success stories began due to failure. Thomas Edison put the classic spin on the topic when he said “I have not failed many thousand times creating the light bulb, I simply found thousands of ways it would not work. We tend to look at failure as the end but as long [...]

H.O.W To Recover

How does someone recover? The self-help approach starts with the premise of H.O.W. Honesty, Open mindedness, and Willingness. What exactly does that mean? Honesty is required. To become actively involved in your recovery you must be honest. Starting with being honest with your-self. You are not seeking recovery from addiction (other than a food addiction) [...]