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Pornography and Sex Addiction

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1 CE Hour
Clinical
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Description

This presentation is an overview of pornography and sex addiction and its impact on individuals. We will focus on the impact of sexual compulsivity and pornography use in adolescents. Throughout this presentation, there will be discussion of the tools and therapeutic modalities to utilize when working with those struggling with pornography and sexual compulsivity. We will also review why this has become a more prevalent problem and the importance of addressing this problem.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Counselor
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about the impact pornography and sex addiction have on adolescents and their relationships with others.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain why healthy sexuality is important for adolescents and adults, citing at least 2 reasons.

  • Define problematic, compulsive, and addictive sexual behaviors.

  • Identify 3 or more tools that can be utilized to assess problematic, compulsive, and addictive sexual behaviors.

  • Identify and describe the best therapeutic approaches to use when working with problematic pornography use or problematic sexual behavior.

References

  • American Psychological Association. (2017). Age of First Exposure to Pornography Shapes Men's Attitudes Toward Women. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/08/pornography-exposure

  • Carnes, P. (2015). Facing the Shadow. Gentle Path Press.

  • Duffy, D. J. (2023). Rescuing Our Sons: 8 Solutions to Our Crisis of Disaffected Teen Boys. Mango Publishing.

  • Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research. Journal of sex research, 53(4-5), 509–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1143441

  • Siegel, D.J.. (2015). Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. Penguin Random House

  • Wilson, G. (2014). Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction. Commonwealth Publishing.

Introductory
Clinical
Social Worker

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is 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 #SW-0654.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical continuing education credits.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC 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 marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Counselor

Trusted Provider Network, LLC 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 mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by LAPA. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Olivia Mason, MS, LMFT, CSAT, CPTT

Olivia is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in both Louisiana and Mississippi. She is also a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Certified Partner Trauma Therapist, Brainspotting practitioner, and AAMFT Supervisor Candidate. Olivia has been doing clinical work since 2017, beginning her work in Mississippi at a residential men’s facility for sex addiction and compulsive sexual and relational issues. Over the years, Olivia has worked at residential facilities and in private practice, and currently serves as the Clinical Director for The Carpenter Shed in Monroe, Louisiana, working with adolescent males ages 16-20. Olivia’s primary focus in her work has been with couples and individuals experiencing betrayal and infidelity, individuals struggling with sexual issues and other compulsive behaviors, and families impacted by addiction. She has a passion for helping people through their traumas and the distorted narrative that comes from these traumas.

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