Southern Regional Committee

Present a Workshop entitled:

Working with Problematic Sexual Behaviours 

 

Presenters Bio: Eoin Stephens has more than 25 years experience in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy, providing leadership in such areas as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Addictive Behaviours, Sexual Addictions and Social Anxiety, as well as in Counselling and Psychotherapy Education.

 

Workshop Outline: What leads people (mainly men) to desire unusual or problematic sexual behaviour? Pornography use can give rise to concern for a variety of reasons: values differences in a relationship; subjective loss of control; damaging consequences in relation to work, the law, sexual performance, self-esteem etc. Other areas of sexual behaviour can become problematic, e.g. dating apps, sexting, chat rooms, web cams, prostitution / massage parlours.                        The workshop will explore a variety of possible case formulations: Couple differences in expectation; Immaturity, low empathy, lack of relevant knowledge; Poor self-regualtion abilities; High stress / anxiety; Sexual oreference / orientation / paraphilia; Strong conditioning and habit-formation; Progressive tolerance leading to addiction. Depending on what emerges, a variety of interventions focusing on Cognition, Emotion, Behaviour and Motivation can be useful. These, along with the relevant initial assessment skills, will be explored.    Participants will be invited to explore their own comfort / discomfort in relation to the areas discussed, as this will always influence the therapeutic process for better or worse. Ethical and legal aspects of this kind of work will also be discussed.

Training Level: All Levels.

 CPD certificates will be emailed to participants after attendance at the Workshop

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