**** July 2025 eNewsletter ****

Happy July fellow SSTARGazers!

We hope your summer is off to a great start! ☀️

This month, we're excited to share a range of engaging workshops, newly released books, and other professional opportunities. Some of these were featured in the June newsletter, but we're resharing them here as there's still time to participate. If you have a workshop, publication, job posting, call for participants, or other announcements you'd like to share with the SSTAR community, we’d love to hear from you!

New submission email: Please send your content to communications@sstarnet.org with the subject line "SSTAR Monthly Announcements" no later than five days before the end of the month (e.g., by July 25 for inclusion in the August newsletter). Be sure to include any relevant deadlines.

Thank you for helping us keep the SSTAR community informed, engaged, and connected!

Have a great day,

Beáta Bőthe, Ph.D.

Workshops and Conferences

🌟 Upcoming Live Weekend: July 19–20 🌟

RETHINKING SEX ADDICTION: Treatment and Techniques for Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB) with Michael Vigorito, along with expert guest speakers David Ley and Wendy Miller!

Join SHA for a powerful two-day learning experience grounded in the award-winning book, Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior. This immersive event redefines how we view and treat intimate behavior struggles—without the stigma.

 

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

✔ Core principles of the OCSB Clinical Pathway

✔ Comprehensive screening & assessment tools

✔ Motivational interviewing techniques

✔ How to help clients build self-control while protecting their intimate rights

✔ Ethical, evidence-informed psychotherapy practices for group & individual sessions

This intermediate-level training is ideal for therapists, counselors, MFTs, psychologists, social workers, SHA students, and anyone looking to deepen their understanding of sexual health and behavior.

📅 Live July 19–20 | Attend virtually or access the recording!

🎓 Earn AASECT & NBCC CEs

👀 Let’s rethink what it means to support sexual health.

Register now at https://lnkd.in/eudnkQ6Z

 

Upcoming MSTI presentations for August 2025:

Title of Workshop: Assessment and Treatment of Couples Using the Relational Self-awareness Framework

Date: Friday, August 15, 2025 | 9am – 1pm EST, Online Synchronous

Presenter: Alexandra Solomon, Ph.D.

Contact Name: Rachel Needle, Psy.D.

Telephone: 561-379-7207

Email: admin@modernsextherapy.com

Link: https://modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/assessment-and-treatment-of-couples-using-the-relational-self-awareness-framework-4-ce-hours/

 

Title of Workshop: Exploring Sexual Communication, Pleasure, and Freedom for Gender Minorities with Chronic Illness, Pain, and Other Disabilities

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 9am – 1pm EST, Online Synchronous

Presenter: Lee Phillips, Ed.D., LCSW

Contact Name: Rachel Needle, Psy.D.

Telephone: 561-379-7207

Email: admin@modernsextherapy.com

Link: https://modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/exploring-sexual-communication-pleasure-and-freedom-for-gender-minorities-with-chronic-illness-pain-and-other-disabilities/

 

Title of Workshop: Overview of Consensual Non-monogamy

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025 | 9am – 1pm EST, Online Synchronous

Presenter: Margie Nichols, Ph.D.

Contact Name: Rachel Needle, Psy.D.

Telephone: 561-379-7207

Email: admin@modernsextherapy.com

Link: https://modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/overview-of-consensual-non-monogamy/

 

The ADHD and Sex online course is now available!

This 7-week course is geared towards the general public with a goal to learn more about how ADHD and sexuality come together. This course will target general themes related to ADHD and sexuality as well as sensory issues, impulsivity, sexual intimacy, distractions during sex and much more!

Visit www.ADHDsex.com for more information.

Check out the website for the start date of the next course. Come join us!

Are you interested in learning more about ADHD and sexuality and sexual offending behaviors?

Join the upcoming online course on ADHD, sex and sexual offending offered through Safer Society. Dr. Piché will be discussing specific themes related to ADHD, sex and the criminal justice system. For more details, please visit the following link:  https://safersociety.org/understanding-adhd-and-sexuality-in-adults-who-have-sexually-abused/

Youth Gender Distress: Etiologies, Ethics, Evidence, and Psychotherapeutic Practicehttps://events.humanitix.com/youth-gender-distress-etiologies-ethics-evidence-and-psychotherapeutic-practice

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Books and Articles

ADHD and Sex: A Workbook for exploring sexuality and increasing intimacy written by Dr. Lyne Piché is now available!

This workbook is geared towards the general public as well as clinicians who may wish to provide interventions specific to their neurodivergent clients. Please see www.ADHDsex.com for more information.

"With useful and practical interventions provided to help identify and address common sexual problems, Dr. Lyne Piché provides individuals with tools to better communicate their needs to improve intimacy. Chapters discuss how to better maintain attention and focus during sex, explore grounding strategies to help individuals get in touch with their bodies and encourage individuals to confront anxieties surrounding sexual pleasure, sexual transitions and address common sexual problems. Through these exercises and discussions, individuals and couples alike can feel empowered to develop a sexual plan and outline ways to improve communication, break down barriers and discover the advantages of ADHD. This book is essential for adults with ADHD looking to embrace their sexuality, partners of neurodivergent adults, as well as therapists, counselors and coaches who work with neurodivergent clients."

Please see www.ADHDsex.com for more information.

Steven Campbell: Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man – the Good Guy’s Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Bad Boy in the Bedroom.

Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man is a positive, respectful sex and love tips book that uses 20+ sex tips books, quotes 20+ experts and has 150 references to back up the many modern, action-oriented tips for men and especially young men to focus fully on her sexual pleasure. That is the primary goal: focus on ensuring her sexual pleasure and orgasms. The book is highly readable and each chapter has a takeaway for ease of learning.

The book could be a very useful and unique resource for the sex therapy, education and science community to help educate men and especially young men around the world on the art and science of sex and love. It could also help overwrite the sex misinformation young men were exposed to from viewing porn as a boy, teen and young man. It’s now available for clients to purchase as a paper back or ebook on Amazon and other leading booksellers.

Every member of SSTAR who requests it can get a free PDF review copy of the book to review it for themselves. To request their no-charge PDF review copy of the final designed book, SSTAR members can email Steven Campbell at info@bettersexbook.com.

Praise from leading sex experts and authors:

"In an age of sexual misinformation and misguided sex myths, Campbell has written an ambitious and generous book that succeeds in helping men access and harness an authentic sense of their own sexuality."

Ian Kerner, PhD. Sex therapist and NY Times best-selling author of She Comes First.

“Women’s orgasms are often called the Big O. There are pervasive myths about women’s orgasms, including that they should be elicited reliably from penis-in-vagina intercourse. We have seen a surge in knowledge dissemination to women to challenge these myths, yet men have not been targeted in these educational campaigns. Steven Campbell’s book directly confronts these and other myths and in it he is speaking directly to men with the goal of teaching them the importance of listening to women to unlock their pleasure. Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man is a great effort towards giving men the up-to-date know-how they need to make a big difference in their partner’s sex life. It’s about her pleasure.

Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man is a book that every man, and particularly every young man, should read to ensure they have the information they need to identify and challenge sex myths, and prioritize their partner’s pleasure. Porn’s effects, especially in the absence of comprehensive sex education, includes giving unrealistic ideas about sex to many people during their formative years. Important information about consent, safe sex, and sexual communication are often absent from porn. Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man can help fill this gap by providing science-backed sex tips, giving the reader a more accurate understanding of what sex is really all about to make it a more pleasurable activity not just for him, but importantly also for his partner.”

Lori Brotto, PhD. Author of Better Sex Through Mindfulness – A Guide to Cultivating Desire and The Better Sex Through Mindfulness Workbook.

“If you have been watching movies or porn to learn how to pleasure women sexually, stop doing so and instead read Steve Campbell’s book. Based on an impressive amount of science and written like a pep talk from a wise and funny older brother or uncle, Better Sex, Better Life, Better Man will help men, especially young men starting their sexual journey, learn to treat their female partners well, both inside and outside of the bedroom. I plan to read excerpts from the book to the young men in my college human sexuality class. Steve’s clarity and guidance will help my students unlearn harmful cultural messages about their own and women’s sexuality, as well as provide them with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to create genuine connection and erotic pleasure with women.”

Laurie Mintz, PhD. Author of Becoming Cliterate.

“Campbell shows ‘good’ men who they get to be in this well-documented and entertaining guide to developing their inner ‘bad boy.’ He gives clear guidance about how to increase erotic intelligence and sexual mastery along with the social skills necessary for good sex. I recommend this book to men (and their partners!) who want to feel more confident, connected, and happy both in and out of the bedroom.”

Nan Wise, PhD. Sex therapist, neuroscience researcher, and author of the Amazon bestseller Why Good Sex Matters: Understanding The Neuroscience of Pleasure for a Smarter, Happier, and More Purpose-Filled Life.

“This bold guide flips the script on male sexuality, teaching men to master the art of pleasuring their partners with confidence and respect. Ditching porn myths for real skills, it’s the ultimate playbook for better, mutually satisfying sex—and a game-changer for men and women alike.”

— Nicole K. McNichols, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington. Author of the forthcoming You Could Be Having Better Sex (2026).

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Call for Commentaries

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Call for Commentaries: How Many Sexes Are There? How Many Genders Are There?

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03190-7