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What Does Your Brain on Porn Really Look Like?

October 17, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Are you someone who struggles with being addicted to internet porn?  If you are, you’ve probably noticed some changes in yourself when you’re using it compared to when you’re not.  With the help of a very interesting book, I can shed some light on the topic and possibly help you with what may be porn addiction.

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In Sex Addiction Therapy Tags Addicted

5 Signs You're at the Crossroads of Depression and Grief

October 9, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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If you’ve ever had a major loss, you probably know how sad or upset someone can be after such an experience.  When these losses aren’t dealt with in a healthy manner, they can lead to major depressive episodes and become serious mental illness.  Getting help can then be the difference between life and death, and who you seek out can make all the difference in the world.

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In Depression Therapy, Grief Counseling Tags depression

Read my blog post for the Practice of the Practice website from August on how to know when to discuss sex with clients

October 8, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

https://www.practiceofthepractice.com/how-to-know-when-to-discuss-sex-with-clients/

Read my latest blog post for the Practice of the Practice website on Preventing Retraumatization!

October 6, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

https://www.practiceofthepractice.com/three-things-you-can-do-to-prevent-retraumatization/

Shocked? It's No Surprise

September 19, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Have you ever had something happen to you and said “I can’t believe that just happened!”  If you have, then you’ve experienced the feeling of shock. It can be a negative or a positive feeling, but it can keep you from getting over events unless you’ve dealt with it in a constructive way.


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In Trauma Therapy Tags shock

Three Reasons Why Serial Monogamy Could Be Bad For You

September 11, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Are you someone who goes from relationship to relationship without any significant breaks in between?  Do you feel a sense of desperation after breaking up with someone to find another partner? If you answered yes to either one or both of these questions, you may be someone who practices serial monogamy.  And if you do, it can have some serious implications for your mental health and well-being.

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In Sex Addiction Therapy Tags serial monogamy

See my latest article for the Texas Tribune on red flag gun laws

September 11, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

https://www.tribtalk.org/2018/09/11/why-we-need-red-flag-gun-laws-in-texas/

The 5 T's of Trauma

August 30, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Are you someone who wonders how bad things have gotten in your life?  You know some really bad things have happened to you, but don’t know if others have suffered as much as you?  All the same, you may wonder what to do about the trauma you have experienced in your life. If these questions sound like they apply to you, then you need to know about the 5 T’s of Trauma.

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In Trauma Therapy Tags trauma, PTSD

5 Things You Can Do For Coping With Grief

August 16, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Have you suffered from a major loss in recent past?  Maybe it wasn’t so recent, but maybe you’ve just put off dealing with it for a while and been unsure what you could do about it?  If so, I have some suggestions that will help you get through it.

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In Grief Counseling Tags coping with grief

The Pleasure Principle

August 2, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Have you ever wondered why people who talk about sexual health never seem to address the issue of pleasure.  They may talk about meaning and purpose, and maybe even fulfillment; but little attention is given to sex feeling good.  This is because they leave out the sexual health principle of mutual pleasure.

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In Sex Addiction Therapy Tags the pleasure principle

Check out my latest blog for the Practice of the Practice website!

July 19, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

Bumping Into Ego-States In Working With Trauma

There's Nothing Complicated About Grief

July 13, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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You may have heard the term complicated grief and wondered if this applies to you or any loss you’ve experienced.  If you’ve spent years grieving the loss of someone or something and still feel you ‘haven’t gotten over it,’ you could be experiencing complicated grief.  That doesn’t mean it has to be a complicated process, however.

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In Grief Counseling Tags Complicated Grief

See my Letter to the Editor in the Austin American Statesman!

July 4, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

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Protection from an STI is Just the Start

July 2, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Have you ever gotten an STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) or had to deal with an unplanned pregnancy?  If so, you might have been unaware of the key sexual health principle of protection from STI’s.


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In Sex Addiction Therapy Tags STI

See my post on Self-Care for Clinicians on Practice of the Practice website!

June 29, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer

https://www.practiceofthepractice.com/six-steps-to-self-care/

Tags self-care, avoiding burnout, support, therapy

Don't Be Your Own Voodoo Doll: Fight Self-Loathing

June 23, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Do you find yourself getting into spells of self-loathing emotional pain that make you want to hurt yourself or think about it all the time?  If so, you could be at risk suicide and have untreated depression or bipolar disorder. If that’s the case, I have some suggestions that I hope you will take to heart.

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In Depression Therapy Tags self-loathing

Trauma First Aid...and Then Some

June 7, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Have you recently experienced a traumatic event and wondered ‘What the heck am I supposed to do about this?’  You’ve probably been so shocked or stunned that you have trouble even thinking at all. A recent experience of mine has prompted me to come up with some steps anybody can hopefully take to minimize the emotional fallout of the event and help you to regain functional status.

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In Trauma Therapy Tags trauma

Addiction and Trauma: Dealing with the Two-Headed Monster

May 4, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Are you someone who suffered trauma in your early years and wound up developing an addiction afterwards?  If this is what’s happened to you, you’ve found one way of coping with your problems; but have wound up with another problem of equal or greater size in doing so.  It’s alot like dealing with a two-headed monster. If one of them doesn’t get you, the other will.


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In Trauma Therapy Tags trauma

4 Things You Can Do To Deal With Trauma

April 25, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Trauma is something that happens to people that comes to totally dominate people’s lives because of events that are so jarring that they tend to create a railroad effect for other negative things that happen in someone’s life. There are 4 things you can do if you’ve been affected by these events to lessen or neutralize the effects of trauma:

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In Trauma Therapy Tags trauma

What's Non-Exploitation Got to Do With It?

April 5, 2018 Scott Kampschaefer
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Ever hear that old Tina Turner song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” and think about some previous relationship?  There’s a similar phrase that can be set to the same music that I used as the title to this week’s post. As far as relationships are concerned non-exploitation has everything to do with relationships that have anything to do with sexual health.  If you’ve ever struggled with an abusive relationship you were in, you’ve also struggled with the sexual health principle of non-exploitation.

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In Sex Addiction Therapy Tags Relationships
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