November Announcements
Happy welcome to fall/winter/what in the actual hell is happening..... fellow SSTARGazers! We here on the communications committee want to wish everyone a happy beginning of the holiday season.
We have a few announcements this month. You can also always find our announcements on the website; November's are posted here: https://sstarnet.org/blog/november-announcements-4/
And still as always, if you have a workshop, book, job opportunity, call for participants, or any other promotional announcement that you would like distributed to our members (on behalf of yourself or someone else), please send an email to info@SSTARnet.org and please include “SSTAR MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENTS” in the subject line, to the communications committee – to Elisabeth Gordon at DrGordon@PsychandSexMD.com, or to Karen Washington at kwashingtoniv@yahoo.com– at least five (5) days before the end of the month for it to be posted the following month. Please do not post this information separately to the listserv.
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Training Opportunity
“They’re Just Not Into You: Understanding Lost Sexual Attraction in Couples”
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD
Friday, November 10, 2023
6:30PM – 8:30PM (EDT)
PPSC
Live Webinar on Zoom!
$60 Regular Admission and $40 Student
*This talk provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMHCs, LCATs, and licensed psychologists. 2 AASECT-approved CEs will also be provided to sex therapists by 
Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.
One of the most perplexing clinical moments for patients and therapists is a declaration of an absence of sexual attraction by one or both partners. Unlike sexual desire which can wax and wane over time, sexual attraction is often experienced as fixed and unchangeable. What is a therapist to do? In this presentation, utilizing an integration of psychodynamic, systems, and cognitive behavioral approaches, Dr. Iasenza will explore how to identify and transform the individual, interpersonal, and cultural narratives that contribute to this emotionally challenging presenting problem.
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD is on the faculties of the Adelphi University Derner Institute’s Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis, and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP), where she also serves as Co-Director Emerita of the Sex Therapy Training Program (STP). She also teaches at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and the Family Institute of Westchester. She maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and sex therapy in New York. Her latest book, Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, was published by Routledge.
Learning Objectives
After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:
differentiate sexual attraction from sexual desire.
identify interpersonal and cultural narratives that affect the experience of sexual attraction.
acquire clinical techniques to treat sexual attraction issues in couples.
Agenda
6:30-7:00: Definition of sexual attraction vs. sexual desire.
7:00-7:30: Identification of narratives that affect the experience of sexual attraction.
7:30-8:00: Discussion of clinical techniques.
8:00-8:30: Q & A.
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*Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0040, licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0166 and licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0083. We are 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 #0054 and by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0118. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center maintains responsibility for its programs and its content.
*PPSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, sexual preference, gender, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its admissions and educational policies.
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New Resource
New Resource:
Yes Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today’s Teens and Sex by Debby Herbenick, PhD
I’m delighted to share that I’ve published a new book, titled Yes Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today’s Teens and Sex. Although the title is focused on adolescence, this evidence-based resource supports parents and other caregivers in learning how to talk with their children of a wide range of ages. Early chapters address the value of being an askable, approachable resources for children along with concrete tips on how to start conversations about topics such as bodies, conception, consent, healthy relationships, sexual behavior, pleasure, and much more. Given how many questions I get from parents on topics such as when and how to talk with kids or teens about sex and technology (taking and sharing nude images), pornography, and rough sex behaviors (choking, slapping, smothering, etc.) there are chapters that focus squarely on each of these. Additionally, there is also an entire chapter focused on sexuality education needs for kids on the autism spectrum. Yes Your Kid is available through all the usual places that books are sold (Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, local bookstores).
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Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH
Provost Professor, Department of Applied Health Science
Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion
Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington