Sexuality

Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S

Finally, here it is a simple Sex Addition Course for the lay therapist and counselor. This course explains the basic clinical understanding, into the internal world and sexual acting-out behaviors, of non-violent sexual offenders, by expert Robert Weiss. The material will provide a review of most sexual offending behavior by category and then discuss the various treatment methods and long-term direction and management of such clients. Issues such as recidivism, arrest, child offenders and the challenges of the Internet will be woven into the training. Common myths and cultural assumptions about sexual offenders will be introduced and discussed. Direction for further education and community resources for support will be offered.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe three non-violent, sexual-offending behaviors.
2. Assess individuals for non-violent, sexual-offending behaviors.
3. Discuss common prejudices against the sexual-offender population. This is an intermediate course intended for practicing clinicians.

Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFT, CGP

While great strides have been made in treating women and men suffering from addiction, their sexuality is too often marginalized. Keeping sexuality away from a central focus of recovery for the large number of addicts with sex/drug-linked patterns of combining crystal meth, cocaine, alcohol and club drugs with sexual relations leads to treatment failure, relapse, and untold costs in the lives of addicts and their families. Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment is an evidence-based intervention for all treatment settings, approaches, and clientele. The psycho-educational group curriculum in this Sexuality Course is designed to increase client retention, identify sexual thoughts and feelings associated with increasing or decreasing risk of relapse and reduce sex/drug-linked shame—a common cause of relapse. This is an intermediate course intended for practicing clinicians.

Learning Objectives

1. Summarize the history of support for sexual health education within public health policy in the United States.
2. Discuss how evidence-based sexual health interventions can improve client retention within all treatment settings.
3. Discuss the importance of reducing sex/drug-linked shame on relapse prevention.

Leo Booth, MTH

In this Religious Addiction Course, Rev. Leo explores an often undiscussed link between sexually addictive behavior and the cycle of guilt and shame that stem from Religious Abuse. Dysfunctional messages concerning the expression of sexuality often have their roots in religious upbringing. For the individual, the consequences of disrupting these centuries-old expectations can carry an unfathomable weight. Rev. Leo will close by providing a healthy understanding of Spirituality that has the power to heal Religious Abuse. This is an intermediate course intended for practicing clinicians.

Learning Objectives

1. List five examples of toxic religious messages.
2. Explain how these messages create covert behavior and unhealthy secrets.
3. Describe the relationship between religious abuse and sexual addiction.

Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S

This Sex Addiction Course is designed to offer clinical insight into the problems of men and women who struggle with sex and pornography addictions. It provides an overview into the history and current issues surrounding compulsive sexuality, Internet sex and the challenges faced by spouses and couples who present with these concerns. The Sexual Addiction Cycle will be presented in detail along with related issues of shame and emotional detachment. A discussion about Cybersex and how the evolution of the communication age has affected the acting out of sexual addicts will conclude this session. This is an intermediate course intended for practicing clinicians.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the diagnostic criteria for sexual addiction
2. Outline the origins of sexually addictive behaviors
3. Describe the Sexual Addiction Cycle
4. List the consequences of Cybersex compulsivity

Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S

This workshop is designed to offer clinical insight into the problems of men and women who struggle with sex and pornography addictions. It provides an overview into the history and current issues surrounding compulsive sexuality, Internet sex and the challenges faced by spouses and couples who present with these concerns. The Sexual Addiction Cycle will be presented in detail along with related issues of shame and emotional detachment. A discussion about Cybersex and how the evolution of the communication age has affected the acting out of sexual addicts will conclude this session. This is an intermediate course intended for practicing clinicians.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the diagnostic criteria for sexual addiction
2. Outline the origins of sexually addictive behaviors
3. Describe the Sexual Addiction Cycle
4. List the consequences of Cybersex compulsivity