Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A05-1
My Chosen Change Goal — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind my chosen change goal and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah wants to stop viewing during work hours and review the goal later.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A goal may involve reducing use, changing context, or abstaining if freely chosen.
The idea
A goal may involve reducing use, changing context, or abstaining if freely chosen.
An ordinary example
Noah wants to stop viewing during work hours and review the goal later.
What this can look like
Define a specific voluntary goal, why it matters, and how to evaluate fit without moral scoring.
Check the fit
What would make this goal yours rather than imposed? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A chosen change goal and a clinical diagnosis are different questions. Address functioning, control, consent, values, and distress without assuming that sexual expression itself is pathological.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What would make this goal yours rather than imposed?
Conceptual background
AASECT Position on Sex Addiction — American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.