Jenner Bishop

Marriage & Family Therapist MFC 43846

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JBAdmin January 1, 2017

Nature, Nurture or Both?

familyhistorysexaddictIOP_225pxlsWe talk a lot in treatment about compulsive behaviors functioning as self-soothing mechanisms. In the 5-Day Intensive Outpatient Program, we often construct a genogram of each participant’s family history. Invariably, someone will say “Yeah, whatever. I don’t want to waste time blaming my parents for my being a sex addict.”

It’s always tough at this juncture. As clinicians, we want clients to accept responsibility for choices made. Yet we also want to present some explanations (not justifications and not excuses!) for how these coping mechanisms might have come into being: What emotionally dysregulating material is present, and how does sexually compulsive behavior obliterate those intolerable feelings?

Recent findings in epigenetics are fascinating to those of us working in the addiction field. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Neuroscience, Professionals, Sex Addiction, Sex Addiction in the News

JBAdmin February 16, 2015

AB1775: Affected Client Speaks Out

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Here’s an example of why AB1775 is a terrible and ill-conceived law. If you’re not worried about the erosion of client confidentiality, then you’re not paying attention.

To Whom It May Concern,

I am the client directly affected by AB1775. I’m terrified to write this letter, but hope maybe I can express the grave mistake and consequences of AB1775.

I was born in the early 1980s and hit my pre-teen years when the Internet was becoming a sensation. Before the internet, I discovered porn like most others at that time: through magazines hidden under my father’s bed and garbled cable-tv channels. For whatever reason—biological, environmental or both—I developed a compulsive need to view pornography as a means of soothing my unpleasant feelings.

Around 11 or 12 years old, when the new computer came home, it took almost no time for my brother and I to discover Internet chat rooms where people exchanged pornography. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Porn, Pornography, Sex Addiction, Sex Addiction in the News

ABOUT JENNER BISHOP, MFT

Hello. I've relocated to the East Bay from Los Angeles, where I studied and practiced with some of the country's leading experts in sex addiction treatment. Here you can find out more →

WHAT IS FOUNDRY CLINICAL GROUP?

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Jenner Bishop is Foundry's Clinical Director. We are sex addiction specialists treating sex, love, and relationship problems in Oakland and Los Angeles. Read more about Foundry →

5-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS

RESUMING SUMMER 2021 (OAKLAND)
In-Person, Maximum 4 participants

5-Day IOPs for Sex and Love Addiction

OAKLAND: Wed 08/11 – Sun 08/15
**3 spaces available**

OAKLAND: Wed 09/15 – Sun 09/19
**2 spaces available**

OAKLAND: Wed 10/06 – Sun 10/10
**4 spaces available**

OAKLAND: Wed 10/27 – Sun 10/31
**4 spaces available**

OAKLAND: Wed 11/17 – Sun 11/21
**3 spaces available**

OAKLAND: Wed 12/08 – Sun 12/12
**4 spaces available**

For more information: 510-463-4051
or info@foundryclinicalgroup.com

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THE SIGNS OF SEX ADDICTION?

  • Do you engage in sexual behavior when you have other obligations (work, school, domestic, or social?)
  • Do you engage in sexual behaviors to a greater extent, or over a longer period of time, than you intended?  
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