SEPTEMBER Announcements
**2021 Fall Clinical Case Conference - in person with a virtual option**
October 29, 2021 - Millennium Times Square New York, New York
SSTAR will host the 2021 Clinical Case Conference in person at the Millennium Times Square New York hotel in a larger, exclusive space on the 8th floor of the hotel. This new space will allow for comfortable social distancing, private eating area and SSTAR only restrooms.
For those unable to attend in person SSTAR is offering an exclusive virtual option with attendees watching the in-person case presentations and discussions via Zoom. A moderator will facilitate live Q&A with both in-person and virtual attendees.
Morning Session: Girl Meets World: History, Identity & Paraphilia
Presenter: Stefani Goerlich, LMSW-Clinical, LISW, CST
Discussants: Elisabeth Gordon, MD and Hani Miletski, PhD, MSW
Afternoon Session: Re-Writing a Couple’s Sex Script and Re-Assessing Clinical Mistakes Along the Way
Presenter: Ian Kerner, PhD, LMFT
Discussant: Prem Pahwa, LCSW, CS
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
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Click here for the program. Click here for the registration form.
SSTAR 47th Annual Meeting Sexual Healing: Pleasure and Positivity in Our Modern World
Call for Paper Submissions
April 28 - May 1, 2022, Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile
Papers are now being accepted for consideration for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR). SSTAR meetings are devoted to understanding and treating a wide variety of sexual health concerns within cultural context. Abstracts may include empirical research, clinical observation, or theoretical formulations. Presentations may be given orally or in poster format. Judging selection for various awards begins with the abstracts. New poster award categories include recognition for research that focuses on the sexual health of marginalized groups, and we highly encourage submission of this work. Submission Deadline: September 17, 2021. Click here for more information.
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.
**New Couple Sex Thearpy Supervision Group**
Kathryn Hall and Dan Watter are starting a supervision group focusing on sex therapy work with COUPLES. If interested please contact Kathryn at kathrynhall27@gmail.com.
You must be licensed and actively seeing patients to participate. The group will run on Fridays (time and frequency TBD -depending upon participants). Cost is $150 per 90 min group. (Canadian participants will be able to pay in Canadian dollars on par).
**Virtual Training**
Sensate Focus— Refining your Conceptualization, Structuring the Hierarchy of Suggestions and Addressing Common Difficulties
Linda Weiner, MSW LCSW
Friday, October 22, 2021, 9am-5pm (CDT)
This six hour presentation will update you regarding the conceptualization of Sensate Focus, demystify the creation of a touching hierarchy and examine each of the eleven common problems encountered in the use of Sensate Focus. Each of the common problems will be examined in detail, including how and when they are most likely to surface, and how to manage each of them with the use of supportive therapy, explanations of the concepts underlying each of the difficulties, paradoxical injunctions, and modifications of the Sensate Focus suggestions. Distinction is made between the anticipated encountering of one or several of these problems during the usual course of Sensate Focus, particularly at the beginning of sex therapy, and the persistence of these concerns beyond the initial sets of instructions. The latter may be indicative of the need for other types of interventions either before or during sex therapy and Sensate Focus.
This highly practical program includes case illustration as well as video demonstrations of common problems and the modeling of suggested interventions. Click here for more information.
**Job Posting – Senior Research Officer – 2SLGBTQI Mental Health**
The Senior Research Officer will lead relevant projects and coordinate external partnerships concerning 2SLGBTQI mental health in Egale’s research portfolio. Working closely with the Director of Research, research staff, and research partners, the Senior Research Officer will assist with the designing and implementation of research activities, outreach, and knowledge mobilization related to the above topic. Position based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but could be done remotely. Click here for more information.
**Book Announcement**
by Merry Frons, PhD
Who do you turn to when the person you trusted most in the world has betrayed you? How do you recover from the trauma of intimate betrayal — or the guilt, anger, and shame that come from being the partner who has betrayed someone they love? The Trust Solution offers a clear, six-step process that helps individuals and couples heal the pain, restore trust, and build a renewed relationship with greater security and intimacy. Filled with moving and relatable stories of couples who have struggled to heal the rupture in their relationships, The Trust Solution provides must-have tools that will not only help couples manage the day-to-day process of rebuilding trust but also help them achieve the long-term vision of a stronger and more fulfilling relationship.