Sex Addictions: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment
Overview
Self-Study
NYSED and ASWB/ACE Approved for 1 CE Contact Hour
This recording will be viewable online from a computer via streaming video. Once your registration and payment is received, a link will be forwarded for access to the video and instructions for taking a post-test and evaluation. All online continuing education programs require completion of a post-test and evaluation for receipt of credits.
This didactic, multimedia webinar by a leader in the field of intimacy disorders will review the diagnosis of sexual addiction, common behaviors and problems encountered by sex addicts, along with direction toward eliminating problem sexual behavior. The relationship between sexual addiction and early trauma survival will be reviewed along with pertinent discussion about managing and pacing recovery in multiple related areas such as behavioral (addictions) and emotional/relationship (intimacy problems). Participants will be offered a gender-based model of sex addiction recovery and healing that is most commonly utilized in treatment settings, both outpatient and residential.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- List the 3 basic signs of sexual addiction and how to assess them.
- Be able to explain and differentiate between major mental health disorders that can evoke hypersexual behavior vs. sexual addiction.
- Identify at least three relapse and recovery patterns for sexual addiction.
- Identify at least one neurobiological concept of sex addiction.
Presenter
Merry Frons, PhD, LCSW, CSAT-S, CST-S, CAC
Dr. Frons has been working with individuals and couples’ relationships issues for the past 25 years. Her training as a sex therapist grew out of her experience working with couples when she realized that sexuality issues were part of couples' concerns and had a large influence on the underlying couple’ dynamic. She received her Doctorate in Human Sexuality and became certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT is the gold standard for sex therapist certification) and is an active member of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR). She enjoys working with couples because in her work she has experienced rapid and profound change in couples’ relationships by identifying and working with certain key dynamics in the couples’ relationship. Clients often seek out Dr. Frons for individual work when they are experiencing difficulties with a partner. Working with a partner who has experienced betrayal or is concerned about their spouse’s relationship with sexuality can be explored as a preliminary approach to dealing with the future of the couple’s relationship.
Dr. Frons has advanced training in addictions, trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, and a variety of treatment approaches such as mindfulness, hypnotherapy, EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment theory, and psychodynamic therapy, including systems, narrative, and strategic theories. She completed post-doctoral training in Couples and Family Therapy at NYU Post Doc Institute. Dr. Frons enjoys working with individuals as well as couples and is sought out frequently as a specialist for couples’ cases involving complicated issues. Dr. Frons lives in Wainscott, NY, with her husband of 38 years and their dog Jasper.
Registration Information
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Fee
General Admission: $30.00
Cancellations and Refunds
Once you register, no cancellation or refund will be available. Registration and payment gives you immediate access to the self-study.
Continuing Education Contact Hours
NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 1 Continuing Education Contact Hour (Self-Study)
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