If your pornography use or sexual behaviour feels harder to control than you'd like, you're not alone. For many men, these behaviours aren't simply a lack of willpower; they've become a way of coping with pressure, stress or difficult emotions. The problem is that what once provided short-term relief can gradually begin to create long-term problems.
The Yield Point provides confidential online therapy for men across the UK experiencing compulsive pornography use and compulsive sexual behaviour. This may include problematic pornography use, repeated affairs, anonymous sexual encounters, paid sexual services, or other sexual behaviours that feel out of control or conflict with your values and relationships.
I'm Chris. I'm a specialist therapist working with men experiencing compulsive pornography use and compulsive sexual behaviour. If you're not sure where to start, you can take the free 8-minute Yield Point Assessment or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
My approach begins with a simple idea: what if this behaviour isn't the problem itself, but the solution you've come to rely on? Rather than focusing only on stopping the behaviour, therapy helps you understand why it developed, identify the pressures that keep it going, develop healthier ways of coping, rebuild trust where appropriate, and create meaningful, lasting change.
You're not weak. You're Overloaded.
In engineering, the yield point is the moment when pressure exceeds a material's capacity and it begins to give.
For many men, that "giving" takes the form of compulsive sexual behaviour. Not because you're weak or lack discipline, but because, at some point, it became a way of coping. It offered relief - quickly, reliably, and often when nothing else seemed to.
Porn or sex becomes the quickest way to regulate:
-
Stress
-
Anger
-
Pressure
-
Rejection
-
Emotional shut-down
It’s a pressure system problem, not a character flaw.
The pattern men don’t talk about...
That is Compulsive Sexual Behaviour.
White-knuckling doesn’t fix it.
Willpower alone doesn’t fix it.
Understanding the pressure system does.
The Yield Point Framework
My approach is practical, collaborative and focused on lasting change.
1. Understand your story
Explore the experiences, relationships and beliefs that have shaped the way you respond to pressure today.
2. Identify your Yield Point
Understand the pressures, triggers and patterns that increase vulnerability, and recognise them before they become overwhelming.
3. Understand the role of the behaviour
Rather than seeing the behaviour as the problem, explore the need it has been meeting and develop healthier ways of coping.
4. Build a life that needs the behaviour less
Strengthen relationships, reconnect with your values, and develop the skills and confidence to create lasting change.
The goal is not suppression. The goal is control.
Free Guide: Understanding the Yield Point
If you've ever wondered why stopping feels so much harder than deciding to stop, this free guide is a good place to begin. It introduces the core ideas behind the Yield Point Framework, explaining how stress, pressure and coping patterns can gradually shape behaviour over time. Written in clear, practical language, it offers a different way of understanding compulsive pornography use and includes simple exercises to help you begin making sense of your own patterns.
Enter your email address below to receive your free copy.
Ready to take the first step?
Whether you're ready to begin therapy or simply want to understand your patterns more clearly, the next step is the same.
Take the free 8-minute Yield Point Assessment or book a free consultation with Chris to explore how therapy could help.