Kort's Korner
MARCH, 2010
Dr. Joe Kort & Associates, PC
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Greetings!

Welcome all the new subscribers this month to Kort's Korner. I hope you enjoy my newsletters. I always welcome feedback and input for future mailings.
 
This past month I have had a number of opportunities to educate the public on sexual addiction. First was the Detroit Free Press and last week I was interviewed as an expert on channel 7 news locally in Detroit as well as invited to blog for the New York Times.  
 
Also there is still room for those who wish to enter a new group starting in my practice for men struggling with sexual issues. Click HERE for more information.
 
Warmly,
Joe Kort, PhD
 
 
 
Watch Dr. Joe on television in the news on Sexual Addiction 
 
 
 
I was the featured expert on a local news station Channel 7 on sexual addiction. If you wish to watch the clip you can access my youtube page HERE
 
 
Watch ALL of Joe's youtube videos by clicking HERE
 
 

New York Times

 Ask the Experts: Sex Addiction 
What do you want to know about sex addiction?
 
 Ask Dr. Joe Kort and others HERE
 

This week, a panel of experts on sex addiction join the Consults blog to answer readers' questions about sex addiction. Joining us are:

Drew Pinsky, M.D., better known as "Dr. Drew," is board certified in internal and addiction medicine; his TV shows include "Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew." drdrew.com

Mavis Humes Baird is a certified sex addiction therapist and certified multiple addictions therapist who treats sex addiction along with related family and trauma issues. recoverysense.com.

Joe Kort, Ph.D., is a certified sexual addiction therapist and a doctor of sexology who specializes in gay affirmative psychotherapy, sex therapy and sexual identity. joekort.com

Maureen Canning is an expert in the field of sexual compulsivity and sexual trauma and clinical consultant for The Meadows sexual compulsivity program. themeadows.org

Bart Mandell is a certified sex addiction therapist and licensed clinical social worker who specializes in sexual compulsion and sexual addiction.

Do you have a question about sex addicts or sex addiction? Post your questions HERE

 
 

New York Times 

When Is It Sex Addiction?
 
 
Dr. Joe Kort responds in the New York Times:
 
What's the difference between someone who is simply greedy, opportunistic and hedonistic, because he or she has unlimited access...versus someone with a sexual addiction? Is there a distinction between people who indulge because they can, and people who can't control the impulse to have sex? Wesley, N.Y.C.
 
READ DR. JOE'S RESPONSE HERE
 

New York Times

Is Sex Addiction an Excuse?

Dr. Joe Kort responds in the New York Times:
 

Question:

Men who play with fire must know they might get burnt.

I can remember seeing a businesswoman who was having fantastic sex with her accountant.

She knew the accountant's wife and family and was feeling guilty about having sex with him, fearing she could be breaking up a family if found out - what should she do, I was asked.

I asked her how she would feel if she found out her husband was having sex with another woman? This was a hypothetical question - as the businesswoman had dumped her male mate some years previously.

She said she would be angry and give him the one-two heave-ho.

I asked, if her husband was having sex with another woman, would she be treated like she was the center of his universe?

She replied, no, he would be making excuses to get out of the house to be away having sex.

I asked, If you were the wife, and your husband played up with another or other women and you were devastated when you found out and you gave him the flick, that would then allow you to find someone else that actually would love you, someone that didn't want to stray - do you think that might be of benefit to you?

Don't you think the man knows that there is a chance of being found out? And yet he is prepared to take that chance. What sort of a husband is he to his wife. What sort of a father is he to his children?

I believe that Alan Kent has hit the nail on the head. He played with fire - he got burnt. The sex addiction claim is to save face and release all personal responsibility for his actions.

Money creates power. Power creates the ability to become corrupt and go against our societies beliefs of fidelity and allows men to do the things that most men only dream about in their fantasies.

It would be interesting to find out how many other women Tiger Woods has had sex with before he became famous and could afford to pay for all his sex.

If he did not have all that money or all that fame, how most women might have reacted to his advances might be an entirely different ball game.bb, Sydney Australia

READ Dr. Joe's resonse HERE
 

New York Times

Can You Be Addicted to Your Wife?

Dr. Joe Kort responds in the New York Times:

Is My Husband Addicted to Me?

 Is it possible to be a sex addict, but addicted to just one person? I think my husband is a sex addict, but I am certain he doesn't look for it outside of our marriage and I have convinced him that pornography only fuels his fire so I believe he stays away from it. I cannot undress or dress in front of him that he doesn't get aroused nor can he touch me in a non-sexual way, it always must lead to sex. I hate this. He uses the excuse that it's because I'm such a hot wife, and I'm 50, ugh! I'm sick of it and wonder if he actually could be a sex addict? R. West, Portland, Ore.
 
Read Dr. Joe's Response HERE
 
 
 
Upcoming Trainings
2010
 
Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
 
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March 25-28, 2010
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D.C.

1. Treatment Issues with Gay & Lesbian Couples

2. What's So Bad about Porn? Helping Couples in Conflict about the Use of Pornography
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MaleSurvivor's Twelfth International Conference
 
New York City on March 18 - 21, 2010. 
Conference is "Healing and Hope for Male Survivors." 
LOCATION: John Jay College of Criminal Justice

1. Straight Guise: Treating Sexually Abused Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex With Men

2. Mommy Nearest: Mother-Son Incest and Its Impact on Adult Males   

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE

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Sex Addiction, Is it Real?
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Other Joe Kort Audios of past Teleclasses:


Why does THAT arouse me?
Learn the hidden meanings behind what turns you on.
Fee: $15.00 Click here to purchase the audio. You will then receive the password to the page for download in an email.

Sex with the City:
 
An overview audio presentation on what sexual addiction is and what to do about it.
Click here

WHEN SEX INTERFERES WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP
 
Fee: $25.00 Click here to purchase the audio. You will then receive the password to the page for download in an email.
Joe's Books
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If you are interested in purchasing any of these books you can click on any one of them above or go to  my website and purchase autographed copies from me personally.