Integration of client HIV status in sexual dependency outpatient treatment: What is your relationship with HIV?

This article investigates the interaction between sexual addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, Hyperphilia, and the risk for HIV infection. Using the general term of sexual dependency and applying motivational interviewing treatment interventions based upon the six stages of the wheel of change, the author presents an interactive treatment relationship among HIV cofactors, at each stage of the six stages for sexual dependency client readiness for change. Five case examples (4 men, 1 woman; aged 26-63 yrs) are given. Therapists, too, the authors states, have a relationship with HIV. A therapist's understanding of HIV countertransferential experiences at each stage of treatment is emphasized. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)