Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A16-1
Support without Policing — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind support without policing and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah wants encouragement but not password demands or repeated interrogation.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Support works best with clear permission and limits.
The idea
Support works best with clear permission and limits.
An ordinary example
Noah wants encouragement but not password demands or repeated interrogation.
What this can look like
Design an optional support agreement that specifies wanted check-ins, privacy, and the right to renegotiate.
Check the fit
What distinguishes support from control in this arrangement? 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 distinguishes support from control in this arrangement?
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.