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Ethics with Experts

5 hours of inquiry and ethics dialogue with

 Anastasia (Staci) Sprout, MSW and four field experts:


  •  Elizabeth Ogren, MED, LPC, CSAT, ADS, PIT, SomEx


  • Irene Jacobs, MC, LPC, CSAT 


  • Robbin Wolf, LCSW, CAP, Sexologist, CSAT


  • Mari Lee, LMFT, CSAT-S




THE VULNERABILITY OF THE FEMALE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIP ADDICT

with Elizabeth Ogren, MED, LPC, CSAT, ADS, PIT, SomEx

"Women are misdiagnosed and mistreated, their therapeutic needs have been neglected, and that has perpetuated a spiral of pain for women."

PART I:

  • Essential quality for all providers treating this population
  • Top two provider pitfalls to ethical care
  • What about when we mess up and say the wrong thing?
  • Our recovery is an asset?
  • Treatment-Induced Trauma


PART II:

  • Lesbian, Bisexual, orientation-fluid, Trans women; Women of Color and sex and love addictions
  • What to say to sexual minority clients if you are heterosexual.
  • How about care-fronting clients safely who are prejudiced toward sexual minority clients?
  • When is it time to refer women to a treatment intensive?
  • Role of coaches for female love, sex and relationship addiction treatment.

WOMEN IN THE SEX TRADE AND SEX ADDICTION TREATMENT

with Irene Jacobs, MC, LPC, CSAT

"Our goal...is to allow the patient to see and identify where these behaviors are coming from and make the choice themselves, with our help, to either be more boundaried or to stop harmful behavior altogether. Some women are able to identify: 'This is not a healthy choice for me.'...We really want to make sure that we honor their life choices and respect what they want to do."

PDF INCLUDED: "Ten questions to ask/issues to explore with a woman trading sex-related activities for money"

  • What are the common clinical profiles of women who trade sex for money?
  • How can providers address the full clinical complexity for this population?
  • What can providers do if women come to therapy and admit compulsivity in some areas, but don't want to stop trading sex for money?
  • The importance of helping women discern shame or trauma-motivated choices from adult-conscious choices
  • Review and discussion of 10 key questions to ask or use to assess women who engage in transactional sex
  • How to assess/address the addiction to money and power that may intersect for women who trade sex for money?
  • What if it's not obvious to the patient that her early traumatic experiences may be influencing their current choices?
  • Discussion of eroticized shame and connections to early childhood trauma
  • Review of the need to help clients distinguish conscious, safe BDSM behaviors vs. trauma-inducing and/or addictive BDSM behaviors
  • What about provider countertransference like terror, rage, shame and the risk for secondary trauma?
  • How can providers deal authentically when they are stressed and sensitive clients pick this up?

SEXUALIZED GIRLS AND CROSSING LINES (INTO SEXUALLY INTRUSIVE BEHAVIOR)

with Robbin Wolf, LCSW, CAP, Sexologist, CSAT

"There is always a function of every behavior. [We need to look at] how girls are role trained to be seductive, and how this can then become manipulative and coercive."

PART I:

  • Content warning: We are talking about sexual harm of children, which may bring up painful feelings, so please watch at your own pace and get support if you need it
  • Staci shares a story of coming to terms with three childhood sexual experiences with Robbin's help while writing her memoir, Naked in Public
  • Robbin shares a case story of a sexualized girl's sexual acting out, and how she was supported to first speak up about her own sexual abuse by her father after 1 year of treatment
  • The key role of the practitioner as "kind and fair witness" for shame reduction
  • A health metaphor for understanding the complexity of sexual acting out 
  • The importance of what to explore with clients who offend 
  • How the stages of child sexual development influences their sexual thinking and behavior
  • Use of play therapy with adult women to evoke clarity of what really happened to them when they are uncertain
  • Denial of child abuse that is normalized in our culture, and how this impacts women
  • Review of child sexual genetic preferences and the impact abuse has on sexual templates
  • Discussion of key research on youth between 14 - 21 years old and coercive and forced sexual experiences.
  • Four types of sexual coercion:
  • How is sexual coercion different from the classic definition of rape?
  • Gender differences and sexual coercion


PART II:

  • Attachment injury as related to intrusive behavior.
  • The role of healthy power and assertiveness vs. sexualized power that has become destructive.
  • What is "male rape" or rape of a male, and how frequently does it occur?
  • More developmental education on healthy sexuality
  • Impact on porn exposure and screen time on child development and sexual templates.
  • What is sexual conditioning and can it be "reset"? and interfere with their ability to have attached, connected, loving sex - and how breaks from sex can help people reset their templates and reclaim their authentic sexuality.

WORKING WITH MALE PARTNERS OF FEMALE SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS

with Mari Lee, LMFT, CSAT-S

"When male partners are willing to do healing work...it will impact the system of the relationship. As he learns to use the tools, heals and grows in confidence, he can say 'I'm not willing to be in a relationship or a marriage with you...unless you are wiling to do the work that you need to do on your side.'"

PART I:

  • The difference between the fetish of deliberate cuckolding and intimate or sexual betrayal in couples
  • How infidelity for men can be experienced as a "double betrayal."
  • Social pressure that betrayed men may experience
  • Intersectional factors that can set the stage for men's reactive domestic violence
  • The importance of empowerment of betrayed male partners
  • Key assessment questions for betrayed male partners
  • Male emotional neglect and teaching healthy grieving
  • Assess sex after betrayal: healthy or toxic?
  • What to do if providers hear about forced or coercive marital sex?
  • What types of separation can help decrease threat while supporting reconciliation (if possible)?
  • How the turmoil post-betrayal for men can morph into toxic interactions
  • What is "forced empathy"? 
  • What is men's "sexual security"? 
  • Gender differences with safety-seeking vs. denial of betrayed partners
  • Tools/language providers can offer to help empower men for assertive care-frontations to their partners when they feel unsettled/unsafe.
  • What about his "compounded shame"? 
  • Men's love addiction, and how that can intersect with partner betrayal, co-morbid mental health issues, attachment, and substance abuse.


PART II:

  • How men need to be in community with other men, particularly betrayed men - and where they might find it
  • What is a formal disclosure and why it is essential for betrayal recovery therapy?
  • What can a woman who has betrayed her male partner do to help him heal?
  • How does a male partner setting limits with a partner (who is not doing any work) impact the family healing?
  • Intergenerational trauma and betrayal.
  • Hope for healing for couples and families.

Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Thank you for purchasing this "Expert Ethics Series"!

    3. Before we begin...

    1. VIDEOS: Vulnerability of the Female Love, Sex and Relationship Addict: What Every Provider Should Know - with Elizabeth Ogren, M.Ed, LPC, CSAT, ADS, PIT, SomEx

    2. More on Helping Transgender People

    1. Video: Treating Women in the Sex Trade and Sex and Love Addiction - with Irene Jacobs, MC, LPC, CSAT, former Clinical Director of Willow House, The Meadows

    2. PDF: Ten questions to ask/issues to explore with a woman with sex-love-porn addiction who is trading sex-related activities for money

    1. VIDEOS: Sexualized Girls and Crossing Lines with Robbin Wolf, LCSW, CAP, Sexologist, CSAT

    1. VIDEOS: Working with Male Partners of Female Sex and Love Addicts with Mari Lee, LMFT, CSAT-S

    2. Treating Male Partners of Female Sex and Love Addicts: What Helping Pro’s Need to Know

    3. DOWNLOAD: Fantasy Exploration Worksheet

    4. Partner Disclosure (Prep) Worksheet and More Resources for Betrayal Recovery

    5. For Couples After Betrayal: Rebuilding TRUST in STAGES

    1. Congratulations - You've Almost Completed the Course!

    2. Post-Test, Class Evaluation Survey

    3. Test Your Learning So Far!

    4. Class Evaluation Survey Here

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