Overcome Porn Addiction & Reclaim Life
Pornography Addiction | Behavioural Addictions | Outpatient Therapy Online
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CATCH Recovery London offers online therapy for porn addiction as an effective alternative to traditional inpatient rehab. Our flexible, confidential, and evidence-based online program supports people who wish to address their relationship with porn but, for whatever reason, can’t attend a residential rehabilitation centre.
Do I Need Help? Signs and Symptoms of Porn Addiction
Porn addiction, also known as “porn compulsivity”, is a form of sex addiction. It is defined as an excessive compulsion to view pornographic material to the point that it negatively impacts your life and day-to-day functioning.
Warning Signs of Pornography Addiction
Many people watch porn regularly, but that doesn’t mean they have a porn addiction. It’s when your use of porn negatively changes the way you behave and feel that it may be time to think about getting help.
The warning signs of porn addiction are generally related to how a person thinks, feels, and acts.
Behavioural symptoms:
- Viewing pornographic material excessively
- Prioritizing spending time accessing, downloading, and viewing porn over all other activities and responsibilities
- Lying about the nature and extent of your porn use
- Getting defensive or angry when confronted about your porn use
- Your approach to sex with your partner(s) changes significantly (e.g. aggressive, dominant, emotionless)
- Using the internet to arrange anonymous or paid-for sexual encounters, whether they are in person or via video chat.
Psychological symptoms:
- Feeling unable to stop viewing porn even when it causes negative consequences
- Having intense cravings to view pornography
- Feeling distressed, irritable or angry when you are not able to view porn
- Needing to access progressively extreme forms of porn to satisfy your sexual needs
- Feeling that you have to watch porn to improve your mood or relieve stress
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Am I a Porn Addict?
If you can relate to some of the signs and symptoms above, you may be addicted to porn. However, you may find this challenging to acknowledge. You’re not alone. In addiction treatment, we call this “denial”, and it’s one of the main hallmarks of addiction.
Porn Compulsivity and Denial
Denial is a powerful coping mechanism. It allows you to delay facing the truth about having an addiction. You are likely to be in denial if you do any of the following:
- Keep ignoring the problems that your use of porn causes you
- Minimize the issue when people express concerns about you or your relationship with porn
- Blame other people for problems that are caused by your compulsion to view porn.
Sound familiar?
If the answer is “Yes” or even “Maybe”, you have just taken a huge step in recognizing that porn compulsivity may be a problem for you.
Self-Diagnosing Porn Addiction
Sometimes we are more able to recognize that we have an illness or problem of any nature if we can get some sort of confirmation before asking for support. Regarding porn addiction, various online tools are available to help you conclude whether or not you need professional help.
If you search online for “Porn addiction test” or “Am I addicted to pornography?” you will find a host of websites inviting you to complete various questionnaires. These are all based on the medical screening tools that a professional would complete with you as a first step to assessing your support needs.
You can take the quiz below to help you decide if you need to speak to a professional about your relationship with porn.
When to Seek Help for Porn Addiction
Now is the best time to get help for your porn addiction, even if you believe you are still in control. Any type of addiction or compulsion will likely have progressively negative consequences if left untreated. Porn addiction commonly results in low self-esteem, the breakdown of relationships, and career and financial problems.
At CATCH Recovery, we recognise how challenging it can be to identify as an addict and ask for help. We’re here to make the recovery process less daunting for you. Please feel free to contact our friendly team for a relaxed chat.
What Is Online Therapy? Can It Help Me With My Porn Problem?
Online therapy for porn compulsivity, also called “online rehab”, is an effective alternative to in-person treatments. It offers the same level of quality and care, but you can access the programme without physically attending a clinic.
At CATCH Recovery, we will collaborate with you to create a bespoke online therapy programme that works around your needs and schedule. Our porn addiction treatment programme is delivered by an expert team of addiction therapists who specialise in a variety of recovery techniques.
In traditional residential rehab programmes, the physical environment of the rehabilitation centre is designed to support recovery. In the absence of this aspect of treatment, the CATCH Recovery team will tailor its approach to:
- Help you find your recovery
- Provide a high degree of personal attention
- Educate you on the nature of porn compulsivity
- Help you to build a life free from the compulsion to view porn.
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How Does Online Therapy Differ from Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment?
As experienced addiction professionals, we know that structure is an effective tool for addiction recovery. It helps you overcome the psychological aspects of addiction, avoid relapse, and maintain a stable life after rehab. Both inpatient and outpatient treatment programs provide structure but in different ways. Which type of program you decide to attend will depend on your individual needs.
Inpatient Treatment for Porn Addiction
Inpatient treatment involves staying at a residential treatment centre for the duration of your rehabilitation program. It is the recommended line of treatment if you need intensive support.
Inpatient treatment can last anywhere from 30-90 days. During this time, you will participate in a range of therapies such as individual counselling, group work, 12-Step meetings and holistic treatments like acupuncture or yoga.
If you think you may need the additional structure that inpatient treatment provides, talk to us about our sister clinics – Castle Craig and Smaremore Castle.
Outpatient Treatment for Porn Abuse
Outpatient treatment involves a tailored programme of individual counselling and support groups. You may attend weekly or several times per week depending on your needs. This flexible approach to the structure may suit you if you:
- Are unable to commit to a residential stay in rehab due to financial restraints or personal or professional commitments
- Have a strong support network
- Don’t require the round-the-clock care that inpatient options provide.
At CATCH Recovery, online therapy for porn addiction is part of our outpatient offering.
Is Online Therapy for Porn Addiction Effective?
We are all spending increasing amounts of time online, whether for recreational, administrative, or professional purposes. The COVID pandemic has also made us far more comfortable operating online. So for many, the growth in online support has made therapy more accessible and practical.
Online therapy has shown to be just as effective and, in some cases, more so than in-person programmes. Of course, there are many ways to define “success”. For us, the desired outcomes of our treatment programme for you are:
- Completing the CATCH Recovery online rehab
- Finding and maintaining your recovery
- Continuing to abstain from viewing porn as part of a continuing care plan.
Whatever your background, age, religion, gender, and sexual identification, if you have porn compulsivity, online therapy for porn addiction can help you. Our continuing care programme and 12-Step meetings of Sex Addicts Anonymous can aid with relapse prevention.
A Note About Commitment
It is important to recognise that what you get from online therapy is tied to what you put into it. No addiction treatment programme can be effective without your full participation and commitment to finding and protecting your abstinence on an ongoing basis. We will do all we can to help you maintain your commitment at every stage of your recovery.
When is Online Rehab for Porn Addiction Appropriate?
At CATCH Recovery, we want everyone to receive the care they need for porn addiction. We are committed to creating treatment plans that facilitate this, whether that’s on an inpatient, outpatient or online basis.
Online rehab for porn addiction is appropriate if you would like to find freedom from the illness of addiction but cannot commit to in-person treatment. Perhaps you live outside the UK, have work or family responsibilities that you cannot put down, or maybe residential rehab is unaffordable.
Whatever your reason for exploring online support options, we are here to help. You are welcome to contact us and speak to a member of our team who can tell you more about online rehab at CATCH Recovery.
What are the Pros and Cons of Online Therapy?
The benefits and disadvantages of online therapy for porn addiction will be personal to you and your circumstances.
The positives of receiving treatment for pornography addiction online include:
- Your programme is accessible from home or work, and wherever you are in the world (depending on time zones)
- It is more affordable than inpatient rehab
- You will benefit from access to leading addiction experts based in London, wherever you are in the UK or beyond
- The treatment programme is confidential, secure, intensive, and an effective way to recover from porn addiction without the need for group work.
However, inpatient treatment might better meet your recovery needs if life is becoming increasingly unmanageable and you are struggling to cope. Attending a residential rehab provides you with a safe environment in which you are protected from the demands and triggers of everyday life and kept safe while you find your recovery.
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What Happens in Online Rehab?
Our online therapy program for porn compulsivity comprises ten one-to-one therapy sessions. We deliver the sessions twice a week for five weeks or once a week for ten weeks, depending on what suits you. Sessions can be scheduled to work around your routine and commitments.
We will work with you to create an individualized treatment plan which is likely to include:
- Therapies that target the specific causes of porn compulsivity and help prevent relapse
- A clinically proven, intensive treatment that produces lasting results
- Learning to cope more effectively with life’s ups and downs
- Quality care from our therapeutic team, including a thorough clinical assessment to ensure that appropriate diagnoses are made and that your treatment is focused
- A chance to build a healthy and open relationship with the therapy team based on trust
- An introduction to 12-Step recovery.
Our therapists work with different therapeutic modalities, such as trauma-based therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). They also speak a multitude of different languages, including English, French, Spanish, and Russian.
During a CATCH Recovery assessment, we will evaluate your pornography viewing habits to create a personal programme of care and match you with a therapist who we think is best placed to help you recover.
CATCH Recovery’s Addiction Treatment Model
CATCH Recovery follows the 12-Step philosophy – an abstinence-based approach to recovery, helping clients to find freedom from addictions, manage emotions and maintain abstinence. Clients are encouraged to attend 12-Step meetings as part of their treatment to build a community of supportive individuals with direct experience of struggling with addiction and finding freedom. This provides individuals with a support network on leaving treatment and hope for a future free from addiction.
The 12-Step treatment model is one of the most successful and recognised treatment approaches for drug and alcohol addiction in northern Europe, North America, and many other parts of the world.