Publications and Conferences

TEDx NHS Talk - Understanding your Intergenerational Gifts and Burdens

We all exist in family trees. There are the roots which carry our DNA and where we find ourselves in the world, the leaves are the burdens which we inherit from our elders, and the fruits are the gifts which they also hand down to us. Manpreet shares experiences of intergenerational transmission and shows us that it is possible to 'leave' the burdens behind by exploring our roots and revealing the sweetest of fruits.

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The big questions to ask yourself before getting engaged, according to divorce lawyers

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How healthy is your relationship? The simple ways to find out

How to beat the autumn gloom by health and wellbeing experts

I tried an anti-anxiety diet for one month – it worked

How to prepare yourself for death when given a terminal diagnosis

Why are we so obsessed with the 90s and 00s right now?

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dhuffar-Pottiwal, M. K. (2021). Compulsive sexual behavioural disorder. In Behavioural Addictions – Conceptual, Clinical, Assessment and Treatment Approaches.
Dhuffar, M. K., & Griffiths. M. D. (2016). Barriers to female sex addiction treatment in the UK. Journal of Behavioural Addictions, 5, 562-567.
Dhuffar, M. K. (2016). What do we know about child and young person inpatient services: A scoping review. Prepared for clinicians and stakeholders in inpatient CAMHS South-West England.
Dhuffar, M. K., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Understanding conceptualisations of female sex addiction and recovery using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Psychology Review.
Dhuffar, M. K., Pontes, H. M., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Dysphoric mood states and consequences of sexual behaviours as predictors of hypersexual behaviours in university students. Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Dhuffar, M. K., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). A systematic review of online sex addiction and clinical treatments using CONSORT evaluation. Technology and Addiction. Current Addiction Reports.
Dhuffar, M. K., & Griffiths, M. D. (2014). Understanding the role of shame in female hypersexual behaviours and consequences: A pilot study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 3, 231-237.
Griffiths, M. D., & Dhuffar, M. K. (2014). Sex addiction treatment within the NHS. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Reid, R. C., Dhuffar, M. K., Parhami, I., & Fong, T. W. (2012). Exploring facets of personality in a patient sample of hypersexual women compared with hypersexual men. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 18, 262-268.

Theses and Dissertations

Dhuffar, M. K. (2010). Adult attachment deficits and the link to sex addiction (Masters dissertation), London Metropolitan University.
Dhuffar, M. K. (2012). Can CBT be effectively applied as treatment for problematic internet-enabled sexual addiction? (Masters dissertation), Buckinghamshire New University.
Dhuffar, M. K. (2015). Female hypersexuality in the UK: A mixed methods investigation and implications for contemporary clinical practice (Doctoral Thesis), Nottingham Trent University.
In progress: Preparing research thesis for Doctorate in Counselling Psychology: Multigenerational cohabitation family settings: The experiences of British-born Panjabi men (wider implications are to the raise awareness of the invisibilities faced by British South Asian communities).

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters

Dhuffar, M. K., & Griffiths, M. D. (2017). The role of shame in sexual addiction: A systematic review. In, T. Birchard, International handbook on sex addiction.
Griffiths, M. D. & Dhuffar, M. K. (2014). Collecting behavioural addiction treatment data using Freedom of Information requests. SAGE Research Methods Cases. London: Sage.
Dhuffar-Pottiwal, M. (2021). Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder. In, H. Pontes, Behavioural Addictions – Conceptual, Clinical, Assessment, and Treatment Approaches.

Published Conference Proceedings

Dhuffar, M. (2012). Efficacy of group CBT for internet-enabled sex addiction: Preliminary findings. Paper presented at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies Annual Conference (Leeds).
Dhuffar, M. (2012). Using group CBT to treat cybersex addiction. Paper presented at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapist Annual Conference (Geneva).
Dhuffar, M. (2013). Female Hypersexuality in the UK: A qualitative study (preliminary findings). Paper Presented at 1st International Conference for Behavioural Addictions, (Budapest).
Dhuffar, M. (2014). Sex addiction and/or hypersexual disorder: Myth or clinical reality. Plenary talk at the National Association of Doctoral Students (Budapest).
Dhuffar, M. (2015). Online Sex Addiction: A review of clinical treatments using the CONSORT evaluation. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference for Behavioural Addictions (Budapest).
Dhuffar, M & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Treatment of sexual addiction within the British National Health Service. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference for Behavioural Addictions (Budapest).
Dhuffar, M., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Assessing clinical interventions of female sex addiction and hypersexuality. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference for Behavioural Addictions (Budapest).
Dhuffar-Pottiwal, M. (2021). Chair and Plenary on Championing Academic Research in Counselling Psychology: Division of Counselling Psychology Conference

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