Minwalla School
Deceptive Sexuality & Trauma Resource Library
For those who resonate with Dr. Minwalla’s work and voice, and are seeking more information, this page is for you.
Minwalla School
Deceptive Sexuality & Trauma Resource Library
For those who resonate with Dr. Minwalla’s work and voice, and are seeking more information, this page is for you. For those who resonate with Dr. Minwalla’s work and voice, and are seeking more information, this page is for you. For those who resonate with Dr. Minwalla’s work and voice, and are seeking more information, this page is for you.
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The Gigantic Elephant in the Room
Naming, or not naming, chronic patterns of abuse, violation and harm in intimate relationships due to deceptive sexuality.
The Traumatic Impacts of Deceptive Sexuality
Dr. Minwalla articulates the traumatic impacts of deceptive sexuality on the intimate partner and relationships.
The Secret Sexual Basement
An educational metaphor to facilitate a foundational understanding of deceptive sexuality and the clinical term, deceptive, compartmentalized sexual-relational reality (DCSR).
DSTT Informational Justice Clarification Statement, Dr. Omar Minwalla, 2023
Deceptive Sexuality and Trauma Treatment (DSTT) is:
- Not a co-responsibility for infidelity model of treatment.
- Not a single diagnosis of compulsive sexual behavior disorder.
- Not the sex addiction model (i.e., it is not a single-diagnosis addiction concept only).
- Not a betrayal trauma treatment, betrayal recovery, or a partners of sex addicts trauma model. Deceptive sexuality trauma (DST) is different and distinct from betrayal trauma.
- Not a model that endorses, but refutes the concepts of co-sex addiction, prodependence/ prodependency, and/or codependency to treat survivors of psychological abuse or the abusive-injured relationship.
- Not a model that endorses, but refutes the concepts and the proposed treatments for sexual anorexia and/or intimacy anorexia.
- Not a model that endorses, but refutes the application of the Karpman drama triangle to victims of psychological abuse or to abusive-injured relationship(s).
- Not a problem sexuality diagnosis, and refutes attempts to modify human sexual arousal or to medicalize faith-based ideologies or misinformed moral judgment.
- Not a model that endorses, but refutes attachment-based treatments for intimate partner abuse, and instead utilizes a restorative justice model to treat abusive-injured relationship(s).
- Not a model that avoids the treatment of abuse, victimization, or trauma according to psychological practice guidelines and ethical responsibilities articulated clearly by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The Gigantic Elephant in the Room
Published on: February 10, 2020
Cheating is Domestic Abuse?
Published on: March 26, 2015
Shedding Light on Integrity-Abuse Disorder (IAD)
Published on: February 14, 2020
The Secret Sexual Basement
Published on: March 23, 2020
What Up Dude?
Published on: April 28, 2020
Integrity-Abuse causes Psychological Harm
Published on: December 7, 2021
Entitlement, Integrity, and Personality Templates:
Published on: November 30, 2021
A Call to Action: Co-Sex Addict or Abuse and Trauma Survivor?
Published on: March 25, 2015
Trying to Turn the Titanic Around: “Get on the Bus, or Get off the Bus”
The professional evolution from the co-sex addiction model towards a betrayal trauma model among sex addiction professionals: Interview with Dr. Stephanie Carnes.
Published on: October 25, 2019
Deceptive Sexuality and Trauma (DST): A Clinical Model
Published on: May 3, 2022
The Secret Sexual Basement:
The Traumatic Impacts of Deceptive Sexuality on the Intimate Partner and Relationship
Dr. Minwalla articulates the traumatic impacts of deceptive sexuality on the intimate partner and the abusive-injured relationship. This reviews specific injuries and trauma symptoms in three phases of abuse and trauma. This paper is a deep-dive into better understanding the experiences of victims of deceptive sexuality, based on 20 years of listening to human voices and stories in clinical practice.
Published on: November 29, 2021
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Deceptive Sexuality and Trauma: A Clinical Model
This is a clinical description of the Deceptive Sexuality and Trauma Model, and provides education on the foundational parts, which are Compulsive-Entitled Sexuality (CES), Integrity-Abuse Disorder (IAD), and the traumatic impacts (DST).
Published on: January 3, 2022
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DSTT Clarification Statement
This paper is important informational justice, meaning that it helps everyone be more clear about this model and how it is unique and different from other treatments, in order to help people better understand as they seek resources. DSTT is not the sex addiction model and is not a betrayal trauma model for deceptive partner abuse and trauma.