July 29th, 2010
Come join a confidential psychotherapy group. Accepting women between the ages of 25-50, who are either married, single, divorced or widowed. This group embraces individuals from all diverse backgrounds, cultures and orientations. Learn and develop skills in the following areas:
- Learn what intimacy is and how to practice within your relationships.
- Learn about what it takes to develop lasting loving relationships with others.
- Learn how to practice healthy boundaries with others.
- Increase self-esteem, self-worth, and self-care.
When: Mondays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Contact: Elana Clark-Faler, MSW, LCSW (LCS23340)
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
Phone: 310.403.9147
Email: elana@wholenessandhealth.com
Website: www.wholenessandhealth.com
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March 2nd, 2010
Rob Weiss has been confirmed to speak at the BFI Summit on “Advanced Clinical Training for Therapists and Counselors” held in Savannah, Georgia from March 4-6, 2010. His Saturday morning keynote will be titled, “Lettermans and Tigers and Sanfords, Oh my: Understanding the Treatment of Serial Infidelity, Sex, Porn and Love Addiction.” The following is a description:
In this age of electronic infidelity, smart phones and webcams it has become increasingly more difficult to agree upon exactly what constitutes a violation of an intimate relationship. How can it be cheating if you are chatting online with someone you’ve never even met? And after all, isn’t online porn just another version of your dad’s Playboy? As the upcoming DSM V (release 2012) purports to offer a diagnosis of Hypersexuality (one we have not had previously) now is a good time for therapists to come together to evaluate the reality of sex and love addiction and its affect on intimate relationships. But how can the professionals identify and eradicate sexual acting out in this era of endlessly available casual sex? How can we support and help intervene on relationships where a spouse claims perceived infidelity and emotional abandonment? These questions will be tackled in this entertaining discussion of sex addiction today, with concrete assessment and treatment information made available for further training and referral.
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January 12th, 2010
The media is buzzing with the latest news on Tiger Woods allegedly checking himself into “sex rehab.” People Magazine called our Clinical Director, Sharon O’Hara, to ask for her expert opinion on whether or not therapy is right for Woods and if he’s even a sex addict at all:
“Sharon O’Hara, clinical director of the Sexual Recovery Institute of Los Angeles, says she doesn’t know where Woods is, but thinks it’s more likely that he’d have a therapist come to him privately rather than check into a clinic. Still, she adds, he could benefit from being ‘with other guys with the same problem.’
She and Dr. Drew Pinsky, host of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, think the fact that the golfer supposedly had months-long affairs with some of his mistresses is evidence of a “love addiction” more than sex obsession.
‘The feature here that has caught everyone’s attention is that he seems to be maintaining relationships with all these people – not just have sex with them,’ says Pinsky. ‘Exactly what’s behind that, that’s the part that hasn’t come out yet … We’re speculating sex and love are the primary issues. They may not be.’
O’Hara agrees, saying, ‘Apparently he also has a need to be adored, to see himself reflected in their eyes and have it mean something.’”
CLICK HERE to read the full article at People.com.
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