| Elizabeth Corsale, MFT
License # MFC36769 I work with individuals, partners and couples dealing with a wide range of sexually impulsive and addictive behaviors such as:
Prostitution
Sex Clubs
Affairs
Pornography
Internet pornography
Chats and hook-ups
Exhibitionism
Infidelity issue
Compulsive masturbation
Compulsive sexuality fantasy
Impulse disorders and addictions are the very human response to repeated exposure (sometimes a singular traumatic incident) to overwhelming internal and/or external stress. These stressors can be natural disasters or man made such as violence, abuse, neglect or undiagnosed debilitating mood disorders such as anxiety or depression. When an individual is psychologically and emotionally overwhelmed they reach for things such as sex, gambling, alcohol, food, drugs in an attempt to manage or soothe their moods and psychological states. These attempts are short lived and rarely work, ultimately creating additional problems such as isolation, deception, loss of relationships, secrets, work related problems, money problems and physical heath issues.
I work with patients to help them stop the self-defeating behaviors, accept responsibility and accountability, create a relapse prevention plan and repair relationships. Repairing relationships starts first with the relationship to the injured self and the identification of the underlying problems and unmet needs that the addictive behaviors have obscured.
Recovery from sexual addiction requires compassion and a willingness to look inside one-self with honesty in order to understand the meaning the addiction has had in your life.
I work to create a non-judgmental, non-shaming and safe environment so the patient can begin to trust in themselves and fully accept their problems, free to move beyond the secrets into a meaningful, and fulfilling life.
All inquiries are confidential.
Elizabeth Corsale, M.A. has worked with sex addicts and their families for many years. In addition she works with individuals with a variety of impulsive and addictive disorders including kleptomania, gambling addiction, alcohol and chemical dependency. She has extensive training and clinical experience with trauma and it's relationship to sexual addiction and other addictive disorders. Her clinical experience includes working with individuals, couples, children and families. She is experienced in working with culturally diverse populations. Her work with sexual addiction is theoretically based in contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory.
Her clients have been able to:
Stop acting out in their sexual addiction;
Identify high -risk situations that trigger the impulse to act out sexually and develop strategies for overcoming them;
Restore, repair and gain stability and intimacy in family and personal life;
Repair job related problems or revise career plans that have been neglected due to sexual addiction;
Explore and understand the roots of their sexual addiction;
Begin to have deeper and more meaningful relationships with themselves and others based on a more authentic expression of the self.
All phone calls are confidential and will be returned within 24 hours.
E-mail ecorsale@comcast.net
Office Phone (415)-267-6965
Office Locations
1738 Union Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94123
Also on the website: www.shopliftersrecovery.com |
