JULY Announcements
**SSTAR Calls for Paper Submissions**
Annual Meeting
Papers are now being accepted for consideration for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR). The Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 28-May 1, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Please click here for the details to submit your paper. The deadline for submission is September 17, 2021
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Now Open: 2022 Leiblum Student Research Award Call for Papers!
The committee is now accepting research abstracts/papers for consideration. Please click here to find the details for submission. Please note the deadline is September 3, 2021. The winner will be notified in October, 2021. The winner will receive their award at the SSTAR 2022 Annual Meeting, April 29-May 1, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
**New SSTAR Award!**
Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) Early Career Professional Essay Award
Purpose: The SSTAR Early Career Professional and Students. Essay Award recognizes the clinical work of SSTAR members who are entering their career as clinicians and may include medical residents or interns in any accredited academic program or full-time trainees in clinical sexuality and/or sex research, or are still completing requirements for licensure are invited to submit.
Eligibility: Submissions are invited from early career professionals and students.
Submission Guidelines: Submissions may be about any unpublished clinical work that focuses on sexuality or sexual health, including the understanding, assessment, treatment, or prevention of sexual concerns. The essay must be related to the annual Scientific Program theme, “Sexual Healing: Pleasure and Positivity in our Modern World”. Please ensure confidentiality, and permission of the patient, throughout your essay. Examples of possible submissions are:
- A case conceptualization
- Discussion of a therapeutic approach related to a specific case
- A discussion about issues encountered in therapy related to a specific case
- A discussion about successes in therapy related to a specific case
See this document for additional information.
**Online Training**
Integrative Couples Therapy Training
The Integrative Sex Therapy Institute
July 14-17, 2021
Register online: https://drtammynelson.com/
Earn 28 CEs and two hours of supervision toward the Certified Sex and Couples Therapist. Attendees must register for all 4 days.
Schedule
Wed – Jul 14
· Introduction to Integrative Couples Therapy – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
· Integrative Couples Therapy in Practice- Intervention and Skill Building Part II – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
Thu – Jul 15
· Internal Family Systems and Sex Therapy – Gail Guttman, LCSW
Fri – Jul 16
· Integrative Systemic Couples Therapy Training with Alternative Relationship Structures Using Imago Relationship Therapy – with Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
Sat – Jul 17
· Integrating Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Sex Therapy when Working with Low Desire – Wendy Miller, Ph.D.
· Integrative Couples Therapy: Doing Couples Therapy on Zoom – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
· Integrative Couples Therapy – Closing with Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
**Courses and presenters may be adjusted periodically. For more information, contact ISTI via the Registrar or administrative staff: admin@
**Book Announcement**
Marriage and Family in Modern China: A Psychoanalytic Exploration
by Dr. David E. Scharff
This book explores the relationship between currents in modern Chinese marriages and families, including the evolution of sexuality in Chinese families and adolescents, and their intersection with modern Chinese history and culture. The book features detailed clinical interventions with couples and families that illustrate the problems in forming couples, sexuality and child rearing in contemporary China.
Elaine Jeffreys, PhD, Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; author of Sex in China, writes:
This immensely rich book offers profound insights into Chinese ways of life and Chinese society. Through reading detailed and often touching interviews and therapies with Chinese couples and families, the reader will learn how China’s history and rapid modernization influence families and pose often complicated challenges for young people raising children. The book’s insightful information about Chinese society and history gives a unique contextual background, offering profound insights for all with interest in China. The book is furthermore an excellent textbook for psychoanalytic couple and family therapy.