The story of sex in committed modern couples is one that often tells of a dwindling desire that includes a long list of sexual alibis, claiming to explain the inescapable death of Eros. The absence of fantasy, the proliferation of pornography and affairs, as well as a lack of understanding of the nature of erotic desire all contribute to the predicament. This workshop examines the cultural pressures that shape domesticated sex and the puzzling inverse correlation between greater emotional intimacy and the loss of sexual desire.
This presentation will explore the expression of basic conflicts between love and aggression in a couple’s sexual life, their daily interactions, and their value systems. The analysis of chronic couples’ conflicts will be followed by the outline of an essentially psychoanalytic approach to their diagnostic assessment, and the characteristics of analytic and supportive strategies of treatment.
This workshop will explore the assessment of the functioning of couples in their sexual life, their daily interactions, and their individual and jointly arrived at value systems. The techniques of this assessment, the combination of couples’ and individual partners’ interviews will be followed by an overview of alternative therapeutic strategies.
Topical Panel 05 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - Sexuality
Featuring Albert Ellis, PhD; Otto Kernberg, MD; Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW; and Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
Moderated by Camillo Loriedo, MD
Dr. Ellis will present cognitive, emotional and behavioral techniques to help men and women in their sex, love and marital relationships. He also will include therapy helping their interpersonal relationships in work situations.
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This workshop will address the three most common sexual issues in therapy - desire discrepancy, low sexual desire and lack of sexual attraction. Physiological as well as psychological dimensions will be explored using current research and clinical applications.
Continuing from the morning program, covered in this workshop are principles for using hypnosis; advantages of hypnosis in sex counseling; experiential methods; induction approaches for hypnosis and sex therapy; and Erickson cases.