New Book Always Turned On Boldly Addresses Sex Addiction

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The just released Always Turned On: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age (Gentle Path Press, 2015) is the fourth cutting edge book co-authored by Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S and Jennifer Schneider, MD, PhD, on the topic of technology and relationships. It offers current, research-based insight into how and why technology and social media are rapidly changing the way people date, mate and love, especially in relation to adult (and escalating teen) problems with sexuality, pornography, relationship intimacy and behavioral addictions. The book offers a thoughtful and detailed overview of the sexual and romantic challenges that are evolving from direct access to highly arousing sexual imagery, along with the issues presented by the immediacy of today's app-based sexual connections (via devices and "adult friend finder" apps).

While this topic is most typically ignored and filled with stigma, Always Turned On shines a factual and empathic light on the secretive, and at times tragic, lives of those who struggle with behavioral addictions and the pursuit of cybersex and cyber-romance. All of this is done by providing practical long-term solutions for lasting behavior change and healing.

"The internal emotional challenges of sex and porn addiction are the same as ever, but Always Turned On offers fresh research and actual clinical insight into how digital technology both facilitates and escalates sexually addictive behavior," Robert states. "In the bigger picture, the most profound changes we see today in human sexual behavior directly relate to the manner and speed with which all of us can now access both porn content, as well as how phones and other devices are used to locate casual sexual partners, all of which simply fuels addictive behavior."

Always Turned On is now available at bookstores nationwide, Amazon or at any e-book vendor. For more information about Always Turned On and Robert Weiss, please visit www.robertweissmsw.com. Also visit jenniferschneider.com for more information on Jennifer Schneider and additional resources.

About Robert Weiss

Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S, therapist, author, subject expert and clinical educator is now in his 25^th year of writing about and treating sexual addiction. Today he is Senior Vice President of Clinical Development for Elements Behavioral Health, now the largest provider of residential addiction treatment in the nation. A UCLA MSW graduate and early trainee of Dr. Patrick Carnes, Robert is the founding director of The Sexual Recovery Institute in Los Angeles (opened in 1995). He is also author of Cruise Control, Sex Addiction 101 and co-author with Dr. Jennifer Schneider of Closer Together, Further Apart and this latest book, Always Turned On. A media expert to CNN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, The NY Times, Wall St. Journal and the Today Show, among many others, Mr. Weiss, has also been called upon to provide clinical training and program development at the National Institutes of Health, as well as for the US military, and behavioral health treatment centers across the globe.

About Jennifer P. Schneider

Jennifer P. Schneider, MD, PhD, is a physician who for 25 years researched sex addiction and understanding partners of sex addicts. She is the author of 13 books, several chapters, and numerous articles in professional journals. In 2007 Dr. Schneider was given the SASH (Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health) Award for lifetime contributions to research in the sex addiction field. In 2012, she and Dr. Deborah Corley wrote Disclosing Secrets: An Addict's Guide for When, to Whom, and How Much to Reveal and Surviving Disclosure: A Partner's Guide for Healing the Betrayal of Intimate Trust. In 2013, Robert  Weiss and Jennifer wrote Closer Together, Further Apart: The Effect of Technology and the Internet on Parenting, Work, and Relationships. They have also written several books about compulsive Internet sex. Their latest is Always Turned On: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age. Dr. Schneider's earlier books include Back From Betrayal: Recovering from his Affairs; Sex, Lies, & Forgiveness: Couples Speak on Healing from Sex Addiction; and The Wounded Healer: Addiction-sensitive Approach to the Sexually Exploitative Professional  (with Richard Irons, MD).  She has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows.

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