Help for the Porn-Addicted ChristianArticlesBy The RanchMay 30, 2017Why would Christians need help for porn addiction? On the surface, it would seem this issue, affecting untold numbers of men and women, wouldn’t even be a concern for those who are biblically called to live a life of sexual purity. Yet the statistics paint a very different picture. Unfortunately, when it comes to porn… Details
African American Veterans Hit Hard by PTSDArticlesBy The RanchMay 26, 2017Post-traumatic stress disorder is sadly common among veterans, and the problem is especially acute in the African American veteran population. Studies breaking down the incidence of PTSD by race and ethnicity are still rare among those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Vietnam-era generation has been studied extensively, and this work has confirmed… Details
What Do I Do When My Joy Is Gone?Articles, From Our Experts>MississippiBy The RanchMay 25, 2017By Chuck Robinson MA, LADC/MH, CSAT, National Director of Christian Programming and Outreach My mom used to say, “You can get glad in the same britches you got mad in.” My loss of joy usually comes from me allowing an external circumstance to affect my mood. Somehow, some way, something in this world, as I see… Details
Are You in Love With a Borderline Personality?ArticlesBy The RanchMay 25, 2017Understanding love addiction is tricky. It isn’t easy to recognize in yourself because it seems like you are in love with love or deeply in love with your partner, and what’s wrong with that? Love addiction is an unhealthy obsession with love that can cause negative consequences in various aspects of your life. One way… Details
Uncommon Therapies to Get You Out of a RutArticlesBy The RanchMay 24, 2017Do you ever feel like you’re not making progress in therapy? Maybe you return with the same concerns every few weeks and can’t seem to move past them. Perhaps you feel uninspired by your therapist or are tired of talking things over all the time. This “therapy rut” is a frustrating place to be. You… Details
How Love Addiction Keeps You From Finding True LoveArticlesBy The RanchMay 22, 2017 Love addiction is a tricky thing. You can convince yourself that you just love love. But if your love of love, romance, dating and a bad partner start to interfere with your life, you have to admit that you have a problem. Perhaps the saddest thing about having a love addiction is that it… Details
Efforts to Avoid Porn Can Actually Promote Cybersex AddictionArticlesBy The RanchMay 19, 2017Recent evidence from a team of German scientists indicates that purposeful attempts to avoid pornographic material on the Internet can potentially promote the onset of cybersex addiction, just like a tendency to actively seek out pornographic material. People with cybersex addiction have a form of behavioral addiction centered on the use of modern Internet technology… Details
PTSD and Personal Trauma Taught Me How to Help OthersArticles, From Our Experts>TennesseeBy The RanchMay 18, 2017By Timothy L. Hook, LMSW, CSAT-C, Primary Therapist at The Ranch Trauma and PTSD can devastate individuals. It also pulls families apart. I know this all too well, not just as a counselor at The Ranch, but as someone who’s been exposed to it through childhood trauma and military deployments. You’d think that 14 deployments… Details
6 Transformational Lessons of Addiction TherapyArticles>Addiction Treatment, From Our Experts>TennesseeBy The RanchMay 17, 2017By Alisha Irby, MS, Primary Therapist, Men’s Co-Occurring Disorders Program at the Ranch Sometimes people do not succeed on the first try for sobriety — or the seventh — and then, one day, timing or circumstances bring a new opportunity to truly begin the journey of a lifetime of recovery. As you travel down this… Details
Deception and Control Dominate Signs of Sex AddictionArticlesBy The RanchMay 16, 2017For people with sex addiction, sex comes to overshadow all other aspects of their lives. And yet, simply having a lot of sex is not the most significant or most reliable sign of sex addiction. Instead, it’s the things that go along with frequent sexual activity that suggest sex has gone from being a healthy… Details
