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Abstract Paraphilia has evolved as a term generally referenced as sexually deviant behavior to a broader term and divided into a disorder by the DSM-5. Paraphilia’s are often misconstrued as sexually deviant behavior that is misunderstood by the general public. In this paper, I will attempt to have a better grasp of what a paraphilia is, how to treat paraphilia from a therapeutic standpoint and attempt to discern when a paraphilia may need additional referrals and/or treatment. This paper will also examine the difference between a paraphilia that may be treated through cognitive behavioral therapy and paraphilic disorders, in which distress is found and may need further intensive treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy is one method of psychotherapy …show more content…

Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT combines both psychotherapy and behavioral therapy, in a goal-oriented treatment that attempts to change the patterns of thinking or behaviors. CBT is used to treat a wide variety of issue’s that a client may face, including substance abuse, anxiety, and/or depression. First introduced in the 1960’s by Aaron Beck who at the time noticed that clients appeared to have internal dialogues that appeared negative in nature (Martin, 2016). Beck would pick up that these negative thoughts were unrealistic in nature and attempt to dissuade the client from continuing with them and to develop strategies to address these thoughts. CBT is accomplished through short-term treatment, ranging from five to ten months on a weekly basis (Martin, 2016). The goal in utilizing CBT is to “increase control over problematic sexual interests and to equip them with the skills and attitudes necessary to achieve their goals in health and prosocial ways (Murphy, Bradford, Fedorff, 2014)”. Relapse prevention, in which our textbook briefly states as a learning to accept mistakes (Levine, 2016, p.175) does not appear to delve deeper into the treatment that is relapse prevention. In another search of this treatment method, goals of relapse prevention attempt to “identifying, anticipating, and coping with triggers that may lead to a potential relapse or re-offense (Murphy, Bradford, Fedorff,

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