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The International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), through whom Silvia Jason is certified, defines Sex Addiction as follows:

Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment.

Sexual addiction has been called sexual dependency and sexual compulsivity. By any name, it is a compulsive behavior that completely dominates the addict's life. Sexual addicts make sex a priority more important than family, friends, and work. Sex becomes the organizing principle of addict's lives. They are willing to sacrifice what they cherish most in order to preserve and continue their unhealthy behavior.

No single behavior pattern defines sexual addiction. These behaviors, when they have taken control of addicts' lives and become unmanageable, include: compulsive masturbation, compulsive heterosexual and homosexual relationships, pornography, prostitution, exhibitionism, voyeurism, indecent phone calls, child molesting, incest, rape and violence. Even the healthiest forms of human sexual expression can turn into self-defeating behaviors^.1

Women who use sex compulsively as a means of gaining power and love are sexually addicted women.

The elements of sex addiction in women are the same as in any addiction: compulsion, continuation despite adverse consequences, and preoccupation or obsession. Behaviors suggestive of sex addiction in women include changing relationships to control sexual fantasy or activities, always giving in to the next “right” lover, breaking promises to stop abusive fantasy or sexual behaviors, becoming a workaholic, overeating, or reading romance novels to take the place of a sexual relationship.