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Industry leaders will serve as presenters on the following course topics:
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Description: This course examines some of the common peripartum issues individuals, relationships and families face. It aims to promote a sex-positive and inclusive approach to therapy surrounding peripartum issues. Some therapeutic assessments and interventions are addressed. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to: Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 2 pm to 4 pm EST Sexual functioning is affected by a combination of psychological, physical, and relational factors. In this course, the impact of hormones in sexual functioning will be discussed, as well as what treatment options are available to both men and women to optimize hormone levels. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 9 am to 1 pm EST
Presenter by: Dr. Rosara Torrisi, LCSWR, MEd, CST, PhD
Presented by: Madeleine Castellanos MD
Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 4 pm to 6 pm EST A true systems approach to good sexual functioning includes integration of medical treatment (when indicated) and sex therapy. This course will discuss how these are best combined with attention to symptoms suggesting when a referral for each is indicated. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
Presented by: Madeleine Castellanos MD
Sunday, September 22, 2019 | 9 am to 1 pm EST
Presented by: Daniel Watter, EdD
This workshop will address the assessment and treatment of sexual difficulties from a couples’ treatment perspective. The emphasis will be on those sexual difficulties that emanate from relational trauma, and are then triggered and re-created in current relationships. Such difficulties as disruption in sexual arousal, orgasm, and/or desire will be examined through a sex-positive, existential-humanistic lens. Assessment and treatment approached from an existential-humanistic lens represents a new model of assisting these couples through the alleviation of the distress that manifests itself within the sexual relationship. Case examples will be presented to illustrate the efficacy of the sex-positive, existential-humanistic model of treating sexual conflicts within the context of couples’ therapy.
At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe the Existential-Humanistic Approach to the assessment and treatment of sexual problems;
- Describe and list the types of relational traumas that can result in sexual dysfunction;
- Demonstrate at least two techniques of the Existential-Humanistic Approach that are efficacious in the treatment of sexual difficulties within the context of couples’ therapy;
- Develop and conceptualize treatment plans for approaching the treatment of sexual problems using couples therapy as the primary treatment modality.
Presented by: Daniel Watter, EdD
As people are living longer, concerns about quality of life have taken on an increasingly prominent place in the lives of our patients. One of the most frequently expressed concerns/frustrations with aging is how to manage the sexual changes that naturally occur in an aging body. Such concerns have implications for both levels of self-esteem and relationship/intimacy maintenance and enhancement. This presentation will address the myriad sexual dilemmas facing our aging patients, as well as suggest strategies the practicing psychologist can employ when working with such patients.
At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to:
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to discuss the sexual concerns common to aging psychotherapy patients.
- Participants will be able to apply treatment strategies based on an existential-humanistic treatment model.
- Participants will be able to analyze the ethical conflicts presented in our current focus of treatment for this population.
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For questions, contact Rachel Needle, PsyD, co-director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, at drrachelneedle@gmail.com, or call 561-379-7207