Live Webinars for Counselors, CE’s Approved for LPC, PhD and more

This talk presents a 101-level overview of the BDSM community, it’s practices, nuances, and it’s mental health needs. Through lecture, case study, and discussion attendees will have a working knowledge of how to provide affirming care to BDSM practitioners, including conducting a Kink-Informed risk assessment. This talk contains content that is not graphic, but which some folks may find uncomfortable.

1. Understand the terms BDSM, kink and fetish, and be able to explain the commonalities and differences between these.
2. Be able to describe at least 2 relationship dynamics common within the BDSM community.
3. Conduct a kink aware risk assessment.
4. Identify at least 3 clinical concerns that impact clients within this community

This course meets 2.0 hours of the education requirements for the SASH Credential – General Human Sexuality 3b Diverse sexual expressions and lifestyles (e.g., consensual non-monogamy, tantra, BDSM)  or CSWT 1b assessment and diagnosis of psychosexual disorders.

2.0 CE’s available for professional webinar.

Stefani Goerlich. Author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients (Routledge, 2020), Stefani is an expert in working with GSRD communities. A frequent media presence, she is a Michigan-trained Sex Therapist and Clinical Sexology PhD candidate.

Psychologists
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0277.

Licensed Counselors
SASH has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6649. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. SASH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
This course has been approved by The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), as a NAADAC   Approved Education Provider, for CE. NAADAC Provider #171060, SASH is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

How many pictures are on your phone right now? How many emails in your inbox? How many tabs on your browser? The nature of the technological immersion encouraged by modern life means that many of us are beginning to mimic some of the features we might use to describe a hoarder if we were describing boxes of clothes instead of stored selfies. But when does digital collection become hoarding? It doesn’t stand out in the same way that a house piled with newspapers to the ceiling does. It is easier for the obsessive pursuit and collection of images to go unnoticed when thousands can fit on a thumb drive. Even more specifically, when working with those who struggle with compulsive sexual behavior, this phenomenon may go unexamined, hidden as an artifact of a compulsion towards the content of the images and videos versus the collection of those items themselves. They may even struggle with hoarding behavior unrelated to their sexual desires but driven by the same anxieties, cognitive challenges and traumas that they soothe with their sexuality. This talk is intended to walk clinicians through the basics of the hoarding brain, to see how these clinical manifestations may overlap and merge, and how to support clients when hoarding does emerge as part of the treatment picture.

1. Participants will be able to list the three main features of a hoarding disorder diagnosis
2. Participants will be able to describe 4 ways in which the cognition of hoarders varies from non-hoarders
3. Participants will be able to describe 3 hypothesized sub-types of digital hoarding that relates to sexual behavior
4. Participants will be able to list at least 3 treatment targets for addressing co-occurring hoarding behavior with compulsive sexual behavior.

2.0 CE’s available for professional webinar.

Dr. Erica Sarr is passionate about helping all clients define and embrace healthy, values-congruent sexuality across the lifespan. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and currently serves as the clinical director for Gentle Path at The Meadows. Dr. Sarr has helped people with sexual behavior and intimacy issues including juvenile and adult sexual offenders, compulsive sexual behavior, complex paraphilas, healthy sexuality exploration, and others needing sexuality affirming treatment. Dr. Sarr specializes in the intersection of sexuality, mental health, and technology, particularly in the area of video games.

Psychologists
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0277.

Licensed Counselors
SASH has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6649. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. SASH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
This course has been approved by The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), as a NAADAC   Approved Education Provider, for CE. NAADAC Provider #171060, SASH is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

Men Against Sexual Violence (MASiVe) is a new, manualized program for men who want to/need to stop their sexual aggression. The program is an online resource for clinicians that incorporates zoom sessions with a licensed therapist. Professionals attending this course will increase their awareness of sexual violence and help clients be accountable for sexually violent behavior. The sessions will explore erotic rage, the role of lust in healthy and unhealthy sexual relationships and how masculine gender roles contribute to sexual violence. The course includes a review of the assessments and worksheets form the manual.

1. Learners will be able to describe what sexual violence is.
2. Learners will be able to explain the roles of awareness and accountability in stopping sexual violence.
3. Learners will be able to assess sexual relationship health on multiple dimensions.
4. Learners will be able create a recovery plan from sexual violence.
5. Learners will be able to describe symptoms of sexual addiction.
6. Learners will be able to describe erotic rage.
7. Learners will be able to explain the role of lust in healthy and unhealthy sexual relationships.
8. Learners will be able to explain how pornography can be a risk factor toward sexual violence.
9. Learners will be able to explain how the male role belief system contributes to sexual violence.

This course meets 2.0 hours of the education requirements for the SASH Credential in CSOC 1b.v. identification of treatment factors and 2.5 in CSOC treatment of sexual offenders.

4.5 CE’s available for professional webinar.

Darlene Viggiano earned her PhD in Psychology from Saybrook University in 2010. Originally licensed in 1999, Darlene works with Infidelity and Couples Communication. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Psychologists
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0277.

Licensed Counselors
SASH has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6649. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. SASH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
This course has been approved by The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), as a NAADAC   Approved Education Provider, for CE. NAADAC Provider #171060, SASH is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

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. Additionally, the workshop will explore the attachment and affect regulating aspects of 12-step ideology. The workshop includes case examples and group discussion

1. Participants will discuss the connection between Attachment Theory and Affect Theory.
2. Participants will recite their understanding of the Connection between Out of Control Sexual Behavior and Affect Regulation.
3. Participants will analyze how Out of Control Sexual Behaviors are often attempts at “attachment and affect” solutions.
4. Participants will list how utilization of Individual, Couples and Group treatment addresses these issues.

This course meets 2.0 hours of the education requirements for the SASH Credential for CPSBT 1c – methods of clinical intervention for problematic sexual behavior.

2.0 CE’s available for professional webinar.

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 also functions as an Adjunct Professor for the Social Work Department at Iona College, Rutgers University and Touro college

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.

Psychologists
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0277.

Licensed Counselors
SASH has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6649. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. SASH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
This course has been approved by The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), as a NAADAC   Approved Education Provider, for CE. NAADAC Provider #171060, SASH is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

The individuals and couples we see have complex relationships with sexuality—with their bodies, their decisions, their identities & orientations, and with their experiences.

To best serve our clients, what do we need to know—about sexuality; about bodies, medications, and health issues; about decision-making; and about how to collect information about this particular individual or couple? And what do we need to understand about ourselves?

In four fast-paced, enjoyable webinars, you’ll learn the Sexual Intelligence approach to working with a wide range of issues. Topics include:

• Sexual “function” and “dysfunction”
• Kinky sex
• Infidelity
• Pornography
• Sexuality across the lifespan

You’ll learn interventions you can use immediately, with a broad range of cases. More importantly, you’ll learn a new clinical perspective—the Sexual Intelligence Approach—a blend of psychology, sociology, and attention to language that you’re going to love. You’ll even learn why it’s rarely help to tell patients they’re normal.

This course is designed to meet a portion of the education requirements for the SASH credential – General Human Sexuality Core Knowledge Areas.

Dr. Marty Klein, is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a Certified Sex Therapist for 39 years—that’s over 40,000 sessions with men, women, and couples.

Marty is the award-winning author of seven books on sexuality and relationships, including the ground-breaking Sexual Intelligence. Psychology Today simply says “To improve your sex life, buy this book.” An in-demand international speaker, frequently quoted by the popular media, Marty recently gave two U.S. Congressional briefings on evidence-based sex education.

Marty was a central part of SASH’s ground-breaking panel on problematic sexual behavior at this year’s virtual annual meeting, and he also presented our successful post-conference workshop. We’ve invited him back to provide a set of skills that clinicians of all backgrounds can use with a wide range of cases. And by the way—this guy is funny!

Session 1 – Sexual Development  (4 hours)

Session 2 – Sexual Health Challenges  (3 hours)

Week 3 – Sexual Identity and Erotic Expression (4 hours)

Week 4 – Professional Development (4 hours)

15 CE’s available (all sessions must be attended for full credit, partial credits not awarded)

The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

SASH has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6649. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. SASH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

This course has been approved by The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 15 CE(s). NAADAC Provider #171060, SASH is responsible for all aspects of their programming.