Counseling and Forensic Psychology Informing about Paraphilias

COUNSELING AND FORENSIC
PSYCHOLOGY INFORMING
ABOUT PARAPHILIAS

Mad or Bad
 Paraphilia has been considered disordered
or abnormal in some ways for very long
and it continues to be considered like this.
 Several psychologists, psychiatrists and
psychotherapists consider that paraphilia
reflects the recurring social additions
rather than any form of intentional
“scientific list of pathological sexual
practices”.
 Contd...

Mad or Bad
 Few studies have found the opposite
of what most people think about
BDSM.
 It has been revealed that BDSMers
were in fact happier and
psychologically healthier than the
common population was.
 The huge popularity of the novel
Fifty Shades of Grey stands as proof
of this the proof that paraphilia is not

Paraphilias
 Paraphilia is not a disorder unless it causes
agony or anguish to someone or harm to the
society
 As Joyal and Carpentier (2017) observe,
paraphilias are in most cases, quite common
behaviors in that most people engage in
such activities.
 However, it becomes a disorder when a
person’s complete psychological satisfaction
depends on such activities as hurting
someone or self.