Recorded workshop available via video on demand
Group Treatment of Hypersexuality – Problematic Pornography Use/Masturbation
$105.00
3 CE Hours
Presenter: Kate Sutton, Ph.D.
Description:
This course is designed to share a group treatment approach for a specific subtype of hypersexuality. The treatment has been designed for men who experience problems with the frequency of their pornography use and/or masturbation. These problems can manifest in various ways, loss of productivity (including missed time from work), termination or repercussions for using pornography at work, problems with a significant other, loss of hobbies or friendships due to amount of time spent on pornography. This group is not designed for men who have spiritual or moral problems around minimal use or whose partners’ deem pornography use to be problematic in the absence of more objective problems with frequency of use. The group may also be effective for men who engage in chronic adultery, particularly if that adultery is through online chats or webcams; however, it was not specifically designed with these individuals in mind. While the group is based more in addressing frequency, as opposed to content problems, individuals with and without paraphilic interests are welcome in the group. Content can also be altered to use in individual therapy.
Learning Objectives:
Explain reasons behind problematic frequency of pornography use and/or masturbation
Discuss the treatment manual and implementation of the 12 sessions
Describe skills in assessing and discussing differences in problematic frequency versus problematic content
Activities:
1. Definitions and statistics (~25 minutes)
2. Hypersexuality (~ 20 minutes)
3. Problematic Pornography Use & Masturbation – Assessment (~10 minutes)
4. Treatment Manual Introduction (~15 minutes)
5. Treatment Manual Session by Session (~110 minutes)
Additional Info:
For your information (a bit more about what will be covered):
Session 1 Group Introduction, Decision Matrix, Stages of Change & Goals
Session 2 Good Lives Model & Sexuality Discussion
Session 3 Goal Setting & Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Session 4 Cognitive Behaviour Model: Thinking Errors & Core Beliefs
Session 5 Triggers & Personal Stories
Session 6 Triggers & Personal Stories (continued) & Introduction to Relapse Prevention
Session 7 Coping with “Stress” & Environmental Changes
Session 8 Dealing with Negative Emotions
Session 9 Dealing with Procrastination/Avoidance
Session 10 Assertiveness Training & Communication
Session 11 Healthy Relationships & Sexuality
Session 12 Relapse Prevention & Wrap Up
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Kate Sutton is a clinical psychologist who earned her Doctoral degree at Queen’s University in Canada, where she studied the psychophysiological and brain mechanisms of vulvar pain in women. Her clinical work and training has focused on sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias, with a specific emphasis on pedophilia and sexual offending. Dr. Sutton completed her residency and pursued post-doctoral training at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada, where her training and clinical work was focused on paraphilic and kinky sexualities, gender dysphoria, and hypersexuality.
Since graduating and moving to California, Dr. Sutton has been the director of an outpatient sexual offender treatment clinic and the chief psychologist for Santa Clara County Hospitals and Jails. She moved into full-time private practice in 2020. Her private practice specializes in individuals and couples with sexual and relationship problems, as well as risk evaluations and treatment of sexual offenders. She has published numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on the topics of sexual dysfunction, hypersexuality, and paraphilias, as well as having won numerous awards for both her research and presentations.
