Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A20-1
Reviewing Sexual Wellbeing Goals — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind reviewing sexual wellbeing goals and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah notices improved sleep but ongoing guilt and wants help understanding both.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Review can consider agency, functioning, relationships, and values without a universal frequency target.
The idea
Review can consider agency, functioning, relationships, and values without a universal frequency target.
An ordinary example
Noah notices improved sleep but ongoing guilt and wants help understanding both.
What this can look like
Compare a chosen goal with actual experiences and decide what to retain, revise, or discuss with a qualified clinician.
Check the fit
Which part of the goal or support plan needs revision? 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?
- Which part of the goal or support plan needs revision?
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.