More than half of UK therapists report rise in out of control porn use

Exclusive: Survey finds growing number neglecting responsibilities' or damaging relationships' as a result

• I'd try to hide it as best I could': a UK man on his struggle with porn addiction

More than half of therapists who work with men with addiction have noticed a rise in out of control porn use over the past year, according to new data.

Experts are urgently calling for a national strategy on pornography as a total of 53% of therapists surveyed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) said they had seen a rise in people seeking help for problematic pornography use that was interfering with their life or driving them to seek out more extreme content.