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Navigating Youth  Beyond Pornography and Sexual Addiction

September 2012
In This Issue
The Facts about Teen Pornography Addiction
Star Guides
Breaking Free Workbook
workbook
This workbook is designed and written for youth who are struggling with an addiction to pornography and other sexual behaviors such as masturbation and sexual preoccupation.    
This is the text used in the Star Guides and Mending the Armor programs.

 The objectives of the workbook are as follows:

   
1. Assist youth in eliminating the use of pornography,masturbation and other unwanted sexual behaviors.   
 

2.
 
Provide youth with information and insights into the devastating consequences of addiction to sexual behaviors.
   
3. Assist youth in identifying the issues in their life that have led to the formation of a sexual addiction. 
   
 4. 
Provide youth with the opportunity to engage in a healthy dialogue about sexual issues with responsible adults in their life such as parents, church leaders and therapists.  

 
this workbook is available to youth and young adults who are working with a  therapist who is a network provider.

 


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This newsletter is intended to familiarize you with the rapidly emerging trend of teen pornography addiction and the treatment services available for youth and families impacted by this issue.
 
The Facts about Teen Pornography Addiction

 

Teen pornography addiction

 

93 % of boys and 62% of girls are exposed to internet pornography before the age of 18.

 

70% of boys have spent at least 30 consecutive minutes looking at on-line porn on at least one occasion.

 

35% of boys have done this on at least ten occasions.

 

83% of boys have seen group sex on the internet.

 

67% of children admit to clearing their internet history to hide their online activity.

 

79% of accidental exposures to internet porn among kids take place in the home.

 

56% of divorce cases involve one party having an obsessive interest in online porn. 

12% of websites on the internet are pornographic-Approximately 25 million websites.

 

2 of the top 100 websites on the internet are porn sites.

 

40 million Americans regularly visit pornographic websites.

 

2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic.

 

25% of search engine requests each day are pornography related-approximately 70 million per day.

 

Only 3% of pornographic websites require age verification.

 

The most popular day of the week for viewing pornography is Sunday.

 

10% of pornography users report being addicted.

 

The average age a child first sees internet pornography is 11.

 

70% of young men ages 18-24 visit pornographic websites on at least a monthly basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Star Guides

 

STAR Guides is an outpatient treatment program designed for youth and young adults striving to conquer pornography and sexual addiction.  When problems related to pornography addiction and other unwanted sexual behaviors arise, STAR Guides provides families with navigation through these challenges.

www.starguides.net

 

Star Guides for Youth is a program has been uniquely designed for teens combating pornography addiction and other compulsive sexual behaviors.  Youth who participate in the program come to more fully understand pornography addiction and its accompanying behaviors while being provided the opportunity to develop skills to eliminate the addiction from their lives. Youth gain awareness of the addiction cycle, the science of pornography addiction, the underlying emotional issues leading to addiction, thinking errors and most importantly, the program provides a strong focus on abstinence maintenance and the creation of a recovery plan for youth to use for maintaining long term abstinence after they have completed treatment.

The program occurs in a weekly youth treatment group and provides a safe and confidential environment wherein youth work on issues with support of other young people struggling with similar issues. Youth participate in treatment groups of no more than eight creating opportunities for trust and brotherhood to be established. Each group session is conducted under the guidance of a professional therapist trained in the area of pornography and sexual addiction. Youth track their abstinence and are accountable to their treatment group for it. Successful graduation from the program requires completion of the Breaking Free workbook and 90 days of abstinence from compulsive sexual behavior issues. Most youth complete the program in the range of three to six months. Youth are welcome to continue to attend even beyond completing program requirements.


 

Obtain a free copy of the Youth Pornography Addiction Screening Tool (YPAST)

 

YPAST The Youth Pornography Addiction Screening Tool (YPAST) is an initial screening assessment tool for adolescents ages 12 to18 with potential addiction to pornography.  It is being developed with adolescent clients in outpatient settings around the United States.  The YPAST provides a profile of responses that help to identify adolescents who are addicted to pornography.   Click here to download this tool! 


Are you interested in becoming a provider?

 

 Click here to find out about providing this program in your geographic area.