New Perspectives on Porn: Its Uses and Misuses

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IAN KERNER, PhD, LMFT Related seminars and products

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Ian Kerner, Ph.D., LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and nationally recognized sexuality counselor who specializes in sex therapy and couples therapy. He's a New York Times best-selling author of multiple books, including She Comes First and Passionista.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Ian Kerner maintains a private practice. He is co-director at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Dr. Kerner is an author for Harper Collins; and Simon & Schuster and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Ian Kerner is a member of the American Association of Sexuality Therapists, Counselors and Educators (AASECT); the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT); and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR).
 

Objectives

1. Assess for when porn is a problem in relationships and when it’s not, and avoid therapeutic potholes in the process. 
2. Determine how to handle clients’ self-diagnosis of “porn addict” and work with them to explore the context and assumptions surrounding their self-assessment. 
3. Analyze the CBT-based program for helping clients regulate their relationship to porn when it’s problematic. 
4. Evaluate “ethical porn” and how it can be used to help patients with a range of common sexual problems. 

Outline

• Assess for when porn is a problem in relationships and when it’s not, and avoid therapeutic potholes in the process. 
  • Criteria for discerning when porn contributes to the sexual health of a relationship versus when it undermines sexual health. 
  • Porn use as it relates to attachment styles. 
• Explain how to handle clients’ self-diagnosis of “porn addict” and work with them to explore the context and assumptions surrounding their self-assessment. 
  • Reviewing the evolution of the sex addiction model to current day. 
  • Assessing when porn is being used maladaptively and is a symptom of other mental health issues. 
• Describe the CBT-based program for helping clients regulate their relationship to porn when it’s problematic. 
  • Customizing a moderation-management/harm reduction model.
  • Assessing when a higher level of care is required. 
• Evaluate “ethical porn” and how it can be used to help patients with a range of common sexual problems. 
  • Look at trends in feminist porn, queer porn, couples porn. 
  • Explain criteria for ethical porn and how to use in sex therapy clinically.

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Case Managers
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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