David Scharff, MD:
Sexuality and the Couple
(October 13, 2007)
CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION:
Issues of sex and sexuality are encountered more often in psychotherapy than most therapists feel comfortable with or know how to address. Even seasoned clinicians feel unskilled in dealing with sex and sexual themes in practice, and the specific strategies with which they can help their patients manage sexual problems may feel awkward or unfamiliar. How does a therapist, for example, create a safe psychological space in which sexual problems - which may be embarrassing for patients - can emerge? What are the best ways to conceptualize such problems? And, most importantly, what are the most effective techniques for correcting those problems and helping patients regain a satisfying sexual relationship? In this conference, David Scharff, a world-renowned psychoanalyst and expert in sex therapy, presented both theoretical and rich clinical material to answer these questions, particularly as they arise in couple therapy.
ABOUT DAVID SCHARFF, MD:
David Scharff, M.D. is the co-founder and co-director of IPI in Washington DC, and is one of the most internationally recognized figures in psychoanalysis today. An entertaining and extremely informative presenter, he is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute; and a former president of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. He is the author/editor of 15 books, including Object Relations Couple Therapy, Object Relations Family Therapy, The Sexual Relationship, The Freud Century, and Refinding The Object And Reclaiming The Self.
Sexuality and the Couple Conference Participants
