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CRAZY FOR YOU

Kelly Cohen

Breaking the Spell of Sex and Love Addiction

A psychologist and bestselling author redefines love and sex addiction as a spectrum disorder, and offers a new approach for healing.
Even though sex and love are some of the most universal, sought-after experiences we have, many of us lack the tools and understanding to approach them in a healthy way. Without knowing it, many people struggling with sex and love actually fall somewhere on the spectrum of sex and love addiction (SLA). Love and sex addiction is still wildly misunderstood. It's shrouded in secrecy and shame, and many counselors lack the training to address it - leaving people who need help without resources.

Yet SLA isn't a binary of you are or you aren't, rather, it's a spectrum. Kerry Cohen knows this all too well as both a therapist and someone who identifies on the SLA spectrum. Based on research and Cohen's own clinical experience, Crazy for You dives into SLA and provides an inclusive framework for understanding relationships, along with practical exercises and advice for self-assessment, discovery, and healing:
- Part one explains the sex and love addiction spectrum, helping readers determine where they fall on it and how they got there
- Part two introduces strategies for breaking the spell of sex and love addiction, like behavior modifications and self-awareness techniques
- Part three teaches readers how to navigate healthy, safe, and fulfilling relationships

Kerry Cohen is a doctor of clinical psychology and works as a licensed therapist in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of the memoirs Loose Girl, Seeing Ezra, and GirlTrouble. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post, and she has been a guest on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Her story was also featured on WE Network as part of the documentary The Secret Lives of Women.
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Published 2021-09-21 by Hachette Go

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Kerry Cohen joined AM Northwest to discuss CRAZY FOR YOU and how her own clinical experiences have helped her realize and define the sex and love addiction spectrum.

Jeremie and Bryde chat with Kerry about codependency, process addiction, and self-actualization with regards to sex. Read more...

Bitch Media interviewed Kerry Cohen about how she writes about sex and love addiction in her latest book, CRAZY FOR YOU. "I would love everybody to get to that relationship to sex and love, where it can be more honest and less riddled with [the] these expectations that have been put on all of us. And maybe, you know, I suppose that would be how the culture around it would change a little more." Read more...

Shondaland interviewed Kerry Cohen about the sex and love addiction spectrum she talks about in her book, CRAZY FOR YOU: "The first step is educating yourself. There are so many confusing aspects of sex and love addiction, with probably the most confusing being clarity about what qualifies as sex and love addiction, and what are standard behaviors and beliefs that come from living in a culture that encourages misguided ideas about love and relationships." Read more...

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Sex and love addiction is one of the most challenging addictive habits: it promises us love but leaves us broken hearted and alone. Kerry Cohen offers a compassionate, comprehensive approach to healing.

CRAZY FOR YOU made it onto Bitch Media's 11 Books Feminists Should Read in September. Read more...

in an essay featured on Salon, Kerry Cohen discusses the evolution of her relationship to her ex-husband. Read more...

Kerry Cohen, author of CRAZY FOR YOU, was quoted in a New York Times article about love addiction: "It's important to educate yourself about how love addiction works for you, to understand the layers and nuances of how it plays out in your life." Read more...

My guest this week is Kerry Cohen, a psychologist and licensed therapist, specializing in sex and relationships. She is a prolific writer and we talk about her latest book, "Crazy For You: Breaking the Spell of Sex and Love Addiction." We define what sex and love addiction is and is not; why this addiction is unique for women; Breaking the Spell; the essential process of self-awareness; emotional wounds; and The Four Foundations of continued self-growth. Read more...

Crazy for You encourages all readers to consider our own relationships??even the happy ones - more mindfully and to move towards self?healing amidst a flawed world.

...This text is well written, easy to read, and comprehensive in its coverage of sex and love addiction. It also identifies many useful time-honored techniques to successfully modify the behavior. While some readers might benefit from using a therapist to help with recovery, reading this text would be an excellent start. Read more...

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