ABSTRACT
Nobody would actually choose a pattern of sexual behaviour that would cause a multitude of problems, whether it is acting out in saunas, having sex in public venues, using the services of sex workers or endless nights looking at internet pornography. In working with sex addicts, almost the first thing to do is to take a history. The first half of the session is given to the general history and the second half to the sexual and relationship history. The single largest and most important factor in the development of the sexually compulsive man is the characteristics of the parents. Sexual addiction and all addictions are set up in disconnectedness and the imposition on the child of a sense of not measuring up, of being wrong or somehow being a disappointment to the mother or father.
