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Originally Posted by lit fuse
You say these people she has as clients are all there because of sexual problems. The article never states that it is for sexual problems. The only people that see this as sexual are seeing it because they want to. If you have ever been to a nudist colony every ones naked and not walking around aroused and oggling everybody. To state everything she does as wrong and unethical just because it's different is narrow minded. Unless you are there, how do you know it's all about sexual arousal. You keep saying it's all about sexual arousal when you don't know. If someone gets aroused everytime they see someone naked then they have a problem. It's like in the M&M commercial the guy is giggling because he thinks the M&M is naked, which is childish at best. He was the only one that saw her naked. It's all in the mind of the individual, if you have a dirty mind then you will see sex in everything.
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Actually, SHE HERSELF says it is all about sexual arousal and male desire on her website. I am taking her at her word.
This is the FIRST sentence on her website:
"Naked Therapy is an experience that combines elements from positive and person-centered talk therapy, experiential therapy, and creative play therapy, with the added component of the client and/or therapist getting naked to facilitate more honest and unique insights
through the experience of arousal."
Then she goes on to say: "in Naked Therapy the patient and therapist also
engage in arousal-enhancing conversations and activities."
"Naked Therapy is different for every patient because
it is based on the patient’s arousal, which is always personal and unique."
Then, she explains the kinds of (primarily sexual/relational) problems that have brought her clients to Naked therapy:
"different patients seek Naked Therapy for different reasons. Some are single and they’re trying to get better at meeting someone significant. Some are married and they’re looking for someone new to talk to. Some are having
sexual or relationship problems and want help working through them. Some
lack confidence around the opposite sex and need to practice and improve in that area. Some have unresolved issues from childhood that are keeping them from realizing their full potential. Some are frustrated and simply need to vent. Some are dealing with
pornography addiction and want to overcome that. Some merely want to express themselves and engage in thoughtful conversation with someone who listens. Some are just curious. And some are interested in
taking a long, fascinating journey through their arousal."
Then she lists some (again, sexual) goals that she helps her clients work on:
"- Achieving a more satisfying sex life
- Improving intimate relationships
- Understanding and resolving feelings about porn use
- Seeing positively and harnessing the power of masturbation"
I find it problematic that she helps her clients who have porn addictions resolve their FEELINGS about their excessive porn use, rather than explore what has led to the addiction or try to reduce the behavior. She talks more about this later on-- about how the FEELINGS of guilt are the problem, not the addiction. After all, isn't watching her undress feeding their addiction? I should probably also mention that I have no problem with porn itself-- I have a problem when it (or anything) becomes an uncontrollable addiction that interferes with one's ability to function in daily life. And I have a problem with "therapists" enabling clients' maladaptive behaviors.
Finally, her homepage has a 5-paragraph section under the bolded heading:
What’s So Important About Arousal?
http://sarahwhitetherapy.com/naked-therapy
Feel free to read it in its entirety.
Perhaps this post is a bit of quote-overkill, but I wanted to make it clear that my comments were in fact well-founded, and based on the Naked Therapist's own words.