Troubled Desire

Troubled Desire

Germany

  • Type of Service:
    Guidance or Information
  • Is this service available in-person or online?
    Online
  • Language:
    Arabic, Czech, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog
  • Cost:
    Free of charge
  • Delivered By:
    Psychiatrists, Therapists
  • Offered By:
    Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Email Address:
    info@troubled-desire.com
  • Country:
    Germany

About the service

Troubled Desire is an internet-based self-management tool for people who feel attracted to children and early adolescents. When appropriate and possible, contact with a therapist may be arranged. Human sexuality is characterized by a wide variety of sexual preferences. Each individual has specific erotic particularities that are realized first as fantasies and sometimes later as urges that develop into behaviours. Sexual preference of any kind is predetermined and not chosen; nobody gets to decide his or her own sexual orientation. The online treatment approach of “troubled desire” is based on the expierence during more than 10 years of treatment in the prevention project Dunkelfeld in Berlin and gives a basic support for self management of sexual attraction to minors.

Who is this service for?

People with a sexual attraction towards minors and their friends and families, professionals, students. No restrictions, access available for every conviction status.

How can the service be accessed?

Online access with no restrictions.

Is it possible to access the service anonymously?

The therapists are bound by professional confidentiality in relation to all currently reported and past cases of child sexual abuse they are made aware of during therapy. There is no mandatory reporting law in Germany. The violation of confidentiality is a legal offense. Patient confidentiality is a basis for the preventive approach of the project. In this way, therapeutic offers can also be made to individuals seeking help concerning their sexual attraction to children and who are unknown to the authorities, in order to prevent (further) offenses. In other countries there are mandatory reporting laws. Even offences in the past can be or have to be reported to the authorities. These individuals who do have already offended will remain out of reach for therapy.
In cases of acute danger to self or others, the welfare of the person or persons in danger is put first. In such cases, the therapist and the participant work together to develop strategies to terminate the acute danger.