INTIMACY and INTIMACY DISORDERS: The Cornerstone of Recovery from Mental Illness and Addiction
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WHEN: FRI APR 21 2023
TIME: 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. PDT
COST: FREE
CEs: 2.0
SPEAKERS: DR. MARK SCHWARTZ & LORI GALPERIN, LCSW
2.0 CEs provided
with the completion of an online evaluation form. This workshop provides 2.0 CEs. Application made to CEPA for specified hours of Continuing Education Credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LCSWs as is required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
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What are the manifestations of intimacy disorder? And what are today’s leading and most comprehensive strategies for real and sustainable repair?
The most accurate predictor of intimacy disorder is a history of Disorganized Attachment (DA), which starts in infancy. This occurs when the parent the infant is needing to bond with is also an object of fear, abandonment, rejection, and pain.
Disorganized attachment (DA) is at the root of most psychopathology and addictive disorders, since the individual is unable to turn to others as a resource for soothing and comfort and is instead perpetually left feeling alone and empty, attempting to fill the hollowness inside with “something." That "something" might be over-working, over-exercising, or any other external source of relief or escape such as food, sex, gambling, alcohol, or drugs, for example.
Why has behavior modification and symptoms-management not been enough, leaving clients vulnerable to life-long relational distress and/or chronic addiction relapse?
Conversation approaching these fundamental questions will be explored in our upcoming .LIVECAST WEBINAR with Dr. Mark Schwartz and Lori Galperin, LCSW.
WEBINAR LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Disorganized Attachment
- Disorders of Self
- Emotions
- Intimacy
- Pair-bonding
- Sexuality
- Marital Therapy
- Addiction
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With more than 30 years of experience and a degree in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University, Mark Schwartz, D.Sc., LMFT specializes in working with 1) couples, marriage, and intimacy disorders; 2) family difficulties; 3) eating disorders, 4) PTSD, addiction, and; 5) sexual difficulties, sexual dysfunction, and sexual addiction.
His national recognition afforded him the experience of lecturing to over 50,000 therapists nationally, as well as editing three books. He specializes particularly in working with the deeper issues from childhood. He is extremely compassionate and forms exceptional connection with his clients.
Dr. Schwartz was the Director of Masters & Johnson Institute and Masters & Johnson Trauma and Dissociative Disorders Programs as was one of the founders of Castlewood and Monarch Cove Treatment Centers, specializing in eating disorders. He was trained directly by sex experts Masters & Johnson for treatment of sexual dysfunction and lack of sexual desire and arousal
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Lori Galperin, LCSW, MSW, HPM lead therapist, has been a program founder, clinical director, teacher and writer for 30+ years. She is highly skilled in multiple types of therapeutic treatment.
Her current areas of specialization focus on working with individuals and couples around issues of: 1) intimacy, relational and attachment problems, sexual dysfunction, and; 2) trauma, compulsivity, and eating disorder recovery, (from anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating) and; 3) clinical writing, focused on the process of recovery from addictive behaviors and mental health problems to a state of vital aliveness, meaningfulness, and relatedness.
Lori’s training includes EMDR, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Processing Therapies, and psychodramatic techniques, as well as the original Masters & Johnson model of marital and sexual co-therapy, as taught by its founders. She’s co-authored book chapters and journal articles, lectured and trained professionals both nationally and internationally.
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