Recorded workshop available via video on demand
Using Attachment and Affect Theory to Treat Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior
$70.00
2 CE Hours
Presenter: Michael M. Crocker, DSW, LCSW, MA
Out of Control Sexual Behavior and Affect Regulation: The Movement Towards Secure Enough Attachment
Modern attachment theory has been framed as an Affect Regulation Theory. Attachment and affect are intertwined. Under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, the Sexuality, Attachment and Trauma Project identified Avoidant Attachment as being correlated to Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB). The utilization of affect and attachment theory as a way to help individuals to restore themselves to sexual and psychological health is essential. This workshop identifies the affect relation difficulties related to OCSB and how to treat them. The treatment model has utility for individual, couples and group therapy. Specific intervention will be explored. The workshop includes case examples and group discussion.
Level of audience: Intermediate
Learning Objectives
- Participants will discuss the connection between Attachment Theory and Affect Theory.
- Participants will increase their understanding of the Connection between Out of Control Sexual Behavior and Affect Regulation.
- Participants will analyze how Out of Control Sexual Behaviors are often attempts at “attachment and affect” solutions.
- Participants will understand how utilization of Individual, Couples and Group treatment addresses these issues.
- This course meets 2.0 hours of education requirements
Speaker Bio:
Michael M. Crocker, DSW, LCSW, MA is the Founder of the Sexuality, Attachment and Trauma Project, and a private practitioner working with individuals, couples, groups and organizations. He provides psychotherapy services that address trauma, cross addiction, Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior, as well as sexual inhibition, intimacy anxiety, gender disorders and sexual orientation confusion. He is an Adjunct Professor for the Social Work Departments at Iona College, Rutgers University and Touro college. He serves as President of the Met Chapter of the New York State Society of Clinical Social Work.
Dr. Crocker holds a Doctorate in Clinical Social Work as well as two Masters Degrees; one in Psychology and the other in Social Work. He holds two Post-Graduate Certificates; one in Advanced Clinical Social Work and Individual Psychotherapy and the other in Group Psychotherapy as well as training at the Object Relations Institute. He earned his Doctorate in Clinical Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied the connection between Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior and attachment disorders. His research has been published in the Journal of Social Work Practice and the Addiction, Volume 15, Issue 4, 2015.
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The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6901. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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