The compulsive behaviors program at River Oaks Hospital offers services for a variety of dysfunctional, destructive behaviors, including sexual compulsion, addiction, paraphilia, addictive relationships, kleptomania, compulsive spending, embezzlement, gambling and self injury. The majority of clients copresent with other related issues such as substance abuse, eating disorders, depression and interpersonal difficulties. Treatment is based on systematic, cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. The model supports the belief that compulsions come from an identifiable source, operate in a predictable pattern and can be alleviated through a process of recovery. The Compulsive Behaviors Program protects patients from daily stressors and responsibilities in order to focus attention on the healing process.
Treatment can include inpatient, partial hospitalization and the impaired professionals program.
An impaired sense of self. Difficulty with leading a double life and feeling like an impostor Fundamental to treatment is an etiologic-based conceptualization of traumatic influences on the developing sexual and affectional systems. The results of trauma include developmental arrest, disinhibition of impulse control, maladaptive coping and problem-solving, affect dysregulation, and distorted survival strategies in response to life's stresses. Successful rehabilitation requires pharmacological, cognitive, affective and behavioral psychotherapy. Because a repetition of destructive behavioral patterning often occurs, treatment also draws upon cognitive-behavioral, relapse prevention, and 12 step approaches to maintain control over destructive process.