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It's probably pretty obvious, based on my more recent blog posts, that I am making a more concerted effort to expand awareness of the Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB) Framework, a universal, simple, portable, descriptive and theory-neutral method for assessing sexual behavior patterns for problematic components in a way that avoids resistance and have the further benefit of effectively navigating unfamiliar or personally uncomfortable sexual practices. Read more about New Extended Summary Review of the Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB) Framework

Here is an 11 minute summary of the Problematic Sexual Behavior Framework that I created, which provides a simple way to assess sexual behavior patterns for any problematic aspects in a way that does not involve labels. This brief video will help provide a quick understanding of the key elements of this approach. Please leave any comments you would like to share. Thanks! Read more about Overview of the Problematic Sexual Behavior Framework

In my Atlanta counseling practice I regularly help people who are facing the painful consequences that happen when their previously secretive sexual behavior is suddenly brought out into the open. (The other side of this equation is when a person finds out that a spouse or other important person has been holding sexual secrets, often for years or even decades.  While this article is written primarily for the person whose behavior has been discovered, the main concept applies either way.) Read more about Don't Try to Heal Sexual Problems Alone

On October 16 2020 I had the high honor of presenting the 2020 Carnes Award Keynote Address at the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). The title of this presentation was "A Framework for Categorizing Problematic Sexual Behavior", and it reviewed a way that I created for evaluating sexual behavior patterns for their problematic aspects. Several others pages on this site include summaries of this framework. I had a lot of fun preparing for this address and then delivering it, and I'm grateful that it was well received.

Atlanta counselor and therapist Bill Herring LCSW, CSAT offers a persepctive on the elusive search for happiness. Read more about Absence of the Negative vs. Presence of the Positive

In 2019 Atlanta counselor Bill Herring LCSW, CSAT received the prestigious "Carnes Award" from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). Here is a photo of Bill standing with Dr. Patrick Carnes himself just after receiving the award. Read more about Bill Herring Receives the 2019 Carnes Award

This brief post summarizes a set of questions devised by Atlanta counselor Bill Herring to distinguish different forms of what can collectively be termed "problematic sexual behavior". Read more about Poster of Five Questions to Assess Problematic Sexual Behavior

Atlanta counselor and therapist BIll Herring LCSW, CSAT uses a famous saying to highlight the value of pressing forward during difficult times to achieve new outcomes. Read more about Got Any Boats That Need Burning?

Endings are also beginnings, and Atlanta therapist Bill Herring points out that an old way of life that falls apart creates room for a better way of living to take its place. Read more about Sometimes a Breakdown is a Breakthrough

Atlanta therapist and counselor Bill Herring LCSW, CSAT summarizes the chapted he wrote for a book about the early years of the sex addiction field. Read more about My Chapter in Sex Addiction Book