認知行為治療(CBT)是目前研究最豐富、成效也最明確的治療方式之一。它幫助你找出是甚麼在觸發你的衝動,識別那些讓你一直困在循環裡的思維模式,並且一步一步建立更健康的應對方式。有研究顯示,完成治療療程的人,在心理壓力、情緒困擾,以及對性的過度沉迷方面,都有明顯的改善(Levi et al., 2020)。
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