STAR Guides Wilderness provides comprehensive Psycho-Sexual Risk Assessment and Evaluation

STAR Guides Wilderness provides comprehensive Psycho-Sexual Risk Assessment and Evaluation

Evaluation and assessment of teen sexual behavior problems is essential for determining the scope of treatment needed. For youth involved in the legal system, typically the court will order that a Psycho-Sexual Evaluation or a Sexual Behavior Risk Assessment occur....
Technology addictions, sex and the rising generation

Technology addictions, sex and the rising generation

Addiction to the internet, video game addiction and cell phone addiction have become an ever increasing part of our fast paced, technology centered culture. Unfortunately many teens and young adults are drawn in by an obsession with violent video games, pornography or...
I know my teen frequently views porn, but is this really a mental health issue requiring treatment?

I know my teen frequently views porn, but is this really a mental health issue requiring treatment?

In most cases, the answer is yes. This is a question that parents of today’s teens ask themselves upon discovering their child has developed a habit of viewing internet pornography. Increasing numbers of teens are regularly viewing porn because of easy access and the...
Internet Pornography: The new sex ed for teens?

Internet Pornography: The new sex ed for teens?

Is internet pornography providing many of today’s teens with their first lessons in sex education?  Earlier generations, if exposed to porn at all, encountered it through stumbling across magazines or video tapes.  Traditionally, parents had the “Birds and...
Teen sexual problems: Help for parents when a youth is resistant to talk

Teen sexual problems: Help for parents when a youth is resistant to talk

Among the most frustrating situations that parents encounter with teens is knowing there is a problem, but being unable to talk with them about the issues. This dilemma is compounded when the issues are sexual problems including pornography addiction, sexual abuse,...