2016 Spring Conference
What is Queer about Sex:
Expanding Sexual Frames in Theory and Practice
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD
Sexuality issues are often the elephants in the room in couple psychotherapy. Some couple therapists feel unprepared to delve into sexual issues because they have not had sufficient training in human sexuality. Others feel challenged by the complexities and mysteries of commonly presenting problems such as the effects of trauma on sexuality or the influence of desire on couple sexuality. Dr. Iasenza will discuss expansive models of sexual response, approaches to conducting a therapeutic sexual history, and the co-creation of expansive therapeutic frames that include new approaches to standard sex therapy techniques. Case material will illustrate the integration of systems, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral thinking as well as similarities and differences between same-sex and mixed-sex couples.
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD is on the faculties of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (ICP) and the Adelphi University Derner Institute’s Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She also teaches in the workshop series at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is co-editor of the books Lesbians and Psychoanalysis: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (1995) and Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave (2004) and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and sex therapy in New York City. Her most recent paper, “What’s Queer About Sex: Expanding Sexual Frames in Theory and Practice” (2010) was published in the journal Family Process.
Location
The University of Tennessee Conference Center
Henley Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Schedule
8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am Overview of Models of Sexuality
10:30am Break
10:45am How to Conduct a Sexual History
12:00pm Lunch (at Conference Center)
1:00pm Developing a Sexuality Treatment Plan
2:15pm Break
2:30pm Sex Therapy Techniques
3:30pm Case Discussion
4:30pm Complete Evaluations and Adjourn
Educational Objectives
After attending this intermediate-level conference in full, participants will be able to:
1) Identify and explain major models of human sexual behavior to inform case conceptualization.
2) Explain models of sexual orientation and gender identity to clarify patients' experiences.
3) Conduct a sexual history which illuminates patients’ sexual difficulties and helps establish treatment goals.
4) Develop a sexuality treatment plan in psychotherapy with same-sex and mixed-sex couples.
5) Identify and discuss contemporary sex therapy techniques to help patients overcome sexual difficulties in themselves and their relationships.
6) Utilize a model of couple psychotherapy that integrates psychodynamic, systems, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to enhance remediation of sexual problems.
Participants
This program is open to all APS members and other interested mental health professionals who may not be members. It is not limited to individuals practicing in a predominately psychoanalytic mode. The material will be appropriate to intermediate levels of practice and knowledge.
Registration Fees and Policies
Professional and Scholar Members:
$125 by 9pm on April 18, 2016,
$140 after 9pm on April 18, 2016.
Early-Career Professional Members:
$50 by 9pm on April 18, 2016.
$65 after 9pm on April 18, 2016.
Graduate Student Members:
$35 by 9pm on April 18, 2016.
$50 after 9pm on April 18, 2016.
Non-members:
$140 by 9pm on April 18, 2016,
$155 after 9pm on April 18, 2016.
Fees include breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages.
Although walk-ins will be accepted, please register online at www.aps-tn.orgin advance to assure adequatefood and seating.
If you prefer to pay by check, please mail your payment to:
Elaine Erickson, PhD
APS Treasurer
515 Booth Street
Knoxville, TN 37919.
Refunds honored with written/electronic notice at least 24 hours before date of conference. Contact Elaine Erickson, PhD at Nadezhda297@aol.com.
Contact either of the APS Co-Presidents Beverly Gibbons, PhD at 865-694-7859 (bevgibbons@comcast.net) or Diane Humphreys-Barlow, LCSW at 865-546-0447, ext. 2 (dhbaps@gmail.com), to negotiate fees, if needed.
Facility is accessible to persons who are physically challenged. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons requesting them.
Recommended Readings
Iasenza, S. (2010). What is queer about sex?: Expanding sexual frames in theory and practice. Family Process, 49 (3), 291-308.
Iasenza, S. (2006). Low sexual desire in gay, lesbian, and heterosexual peer marriages. In JS Scharff & DE Scharff (Eds), New paradigms for treating relationships. NY: Jason Aronson.
Mitchell, S. A. (2002). Can love last?: The loss of romance over time. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
American Psychological Association Approval Statement
Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Continuing Education
This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 6.0 continuing education credits. With full attendance and completion of a program Evaluation and Learning Assessment, a certificate will be issued. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39.
APS and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. APS and Division 39 are also committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to Diane Humphreys-Barlow, LCSW at 865-546-0447 (ext. 2) or dhbaps@gmail.com.
There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between Division 39, APS, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding sources that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. During the program, the validity/utility of the content and risks/limitations of the approaches discussed will be addressed.
Questions? Contact either of the APS Co-Presidents: Beverly Gibbons, PhD at 865-694-7859 or
Diane Humphreys-Barlow, LCSW at 865-546-0447, ext. 2.