Women get help for sex addiction

By Sima Kotecha  Newsbeat US reporter in Santa Fe It's more likely you'll hear of a man being a sex addict than a woman. But Newsbeat's own research has found that there's a growing number of females seeking help for the condition in the UK. Many therapists in the US say it's the same there. Rob Weiss, a sex addiction specialist, estimates around 20% of sex addicts in America are women. He works at the Life Healing Centre in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which specialises in sex addiction treatment at a price: around £20,000 for a month's therapy. Newsbeat spent a day in rehab with the female patients. Group therapy The women addicts live together on campus in a red bricked bungalow. There are five bedrooms and each room has two or three single beds. Patients are not allowed TVs, laptops, or mobile phones. They start off their day by chanting "it's not your fault".  I compulsively had solo sex. I started touching myself about three or four times a day  Kandis, a 20-year-old sex addict The councillors encourage the patients to do this because they believe sex addiction is a condition that doesn't deserve blame, but requires treatment.  more from BBC