T.O.P.S. Treatment for Prostitution Solicitors: Reducing the demand of paying for sex, porn and prostitution

by Pennie J. Carnes M.A., LPC

Overview

The Treatment of Prostitution Solicitors (T.O.P.S.) Program is an innovative new treatment program for individuals who struggle with prostitution use and it is designed for use in group therapy.

This is a cutting-edge treatment program designed to reduce the demand for sex buying. Whether it is compulsive or addictive sexual behavior, or if it is problem-atic pornography use, the innovative tools in this comprehensive treatment pro-tocol can assist in eliminating these problematic behaviors.

The T.O.P.S. program contains a facilitator guide and a participant manual to make group therapy engaging and effective. You do not have to be someone who uses sex compulsively or who suffers with addictions to benefit from T.O.P.S. However, it is critical to your well-being (as someonewho has a history of hiring people to perform sexual favors, acts, or behaviors, or even to provide companionship) to better understand yourself and ultimately find the answers to why you thought paying for sex was a good option.

Spending time working with your therapist, being in a twelve-step program, and engaging with your therapy group for the T.O.P.S. program are the best ways to use the materials in this workbook—and enter a lifetime of change, a life we call recovery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732067325
Publisher:	Gentle Path Press
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pennie J. Carnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. She is an expert on the treatment of addiction, trauma and sexuality. Mrs. Carnes was a facilitator of a “John school program” and she has taken that expertise and mapped it out into the “TOPS” program, a comprehensive program for treating sex buyers. She is also the co-author of Shadows of the Cross: A Christian Companion to Facing the Shadows and has published numerous peer reviewed articles.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Before you begin… Paying for Sex: The Many Ways It Can Happen and What the Larger Picture Can Tell You xv

Chapter 1 Why Do You Pay for Sex? 1

Chapter 2 The Core of the Problem 9

Chapter 3 Creating Your Support System 23

Chapter 4 What Is an Addiction? What Is Compulsive Sexual Behavior? 37

Chapter 5 Courtship Gone Awry 57

Chapter 6 How Sex Can Affect Your Body 83

Chapter 7 Arousal Template 99

Chapter 8 Anger and Eroticized Rage 123

Chapter 9 Pornography: The Modern-Day Trap 141

Chapter 10 Attachment, Intimacy, Sex: How They Each Impact Your Life 159

Chapter 11 Change is Possible! 169

Chapter 12 Making Healthy Decisions 189

References 215

Appendix A Resource Guide 219

Appendix B The Twelve Steps 221

Appendix C Twelve Steps of Sex Addicts Anonymous 223

Appendix D Twelve Steps of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous 225

Appendix E Positive Feelings/Negative Feelings 227

Appendix F General group guidelines 229

Appendix G T.O.P.S. Program Group Rules 231

Appendix H Abstinence Agreement 233