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Sex & Love Addiction in Males & Females
Alan Yorker, LMFT
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Workshop Description:
The incidence of problem behaviors and emotions in the area of sexuality and relationships is an ever increasing phenomenon in the treatment of chemical addiction. The interactive nature of mood altering mechanisms in the addicted brain requires the modern addiction counselor to help individuals with these problems beyond alcohol and drug abuse. Sexual preoccupation and acting out behaviors are being seen more often as relapse triggers returning the recovering addict to his or her drug(s) of choice. Current estimates are that at least half of all addicted substance dependent males are also sexually addicted. Understanding this dangerous trend and being professionally empowered to address it are necessary skills for the mental health and addiction counselor in today’s world.
Learning Objectives: Once the trainee completes this workshop he/she will:
About Our Presenter
Alan Yorker, LMFT
Alan Yorker, MA, LMFT, is the Coordinator for the Dual Addiction Program at the Talbott Recovery Campus in Atlanta, one of the nation’s leading treatment centers for addicted health and mental health professionals. His training after receiving his graduate psychology degree at Georgia State University includes a Clinical Fellowship at the University of California San Francisco, where he initiated study to become a sex therapist. He went on to further post graduate study at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, where he completed an advanced certification program. He was a founder of the Georgia Chapter of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists in 1987. He has served as Chair of the Georgia Composite Licensing Board, as well as serving the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapists as its Legislative Affairs Chair for five years. He has lectured on human sexuality at Emory University for fifteen years in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. He has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1976.
This even will also be held at our Columbus facility on Friday, April 8, 2016. Click here to learn more about the Columbus event.
Contact: Dianne Gay at dianne.gay@uhsinc.com or (678) 251-3162.
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