June 2015 - Rochna Hazra, LPC

Sex Addiction in Women: Challenges to Recovery

Sex Addiction in women can look different from sex addiction in men. What is shared in common is the out-of-control risk taking behavior that is common to all addictions. It is also not unusual for people recovering from one addiction, say, alcoholism or drug addiction, to substitute their need to numb feelings with sex. This could be porn, soliciting sex in massage parlors or sexual encounters with colleagues at work, friends or even strangers. Vera is a 49 year old woman who has struggled with alcoholism for several years. After a DUI, Vera decided that she needed to quit. She [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:21+00:00June 23rd, 2015|Relapse Prevention, Sex Addiction|Comments Off

Relapse Risk: What You Don’t Tell Your Therapist

Relapse Prevention: Looking back, Doug realizes that 4 years back alcoholism had taken over his life. but could he be risking Relapse again? You don't tell your therapist everything. After all, you think, what if my therapist felt disappointed, felt let down or thought less of me? So, what do you do instead? You carry on hoping the problem will go away if you just ignore it. But this could put you at risk for relapse. Let's look at Doug's situation: Doug began seeing his therapist 5 years back. His wife had threatened divorce if he didn't seek help for his [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:21+00:00June 16th, 2015|Alcoholism, Relapse Prevention|Comments Off

Alcohol and the Soccer Mom

On July 26, 2009, 36 year old Diane Schuler drove 2 miles the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway before crashing into another SUV killing a total of 8 people. Toxicology reports revealed that at the time of the crash, Diane had an equivalent of 10 alcoholic beverages and high levels of the active ingredient in marijuana. Even family members were stunned... She was a "good mother" , they said and good mothers aren't drinkers. Most of us think of alcoholics as drunks rolling on a street corner. Here is what we don’t picture: the slim PTA Mom [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:22+00:00June 4th, 2015|Alcoholism, For Spouses|Comments Off

My Husband Won’t to go to Marriage Counseling!! What do I do?

"My Husband Refuses to go to Marriage Counseling!! What should I do?” I hear these words from women all the time. They call me and ask how they can get their husbands to come in to my office for marriage counseling. They have tried everything— pleading, threatening divorce, withdrawing but nothing seems to work. My question to them is: "So what are you going to do?… Are you going to wait for him to change his mind? He may go to marriage counseling a couple of times and then be too busy at work, be out of town on a [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:22+00:00June 4th, 2015|Anxiety, Depression, For Spouses|Comments Off