From most recent to 2010

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2019

 

SEXUAL HEALTH IN BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT: The Wide-Spectrum Healing Power of Pleasure.  Keynote Presentation, Awards Luncheon, AASECT 2019 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA 

 

THE SCIENCE OF THE ART OF GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPY: Neurobiology and the power of the present in evidence-based practice. International Congress on Research in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Santiago, Chile.

 

EMBODIED RELATIONAL SEX THERAPY™ TRAINING: A Theoretical and Experiential Exploration of a Body-Based Sex Therapy, February-September, 4-weekend, 60-hour training Culver City, CA.

 

2018

 

SEXUAL HEALING HEALS MORE THAN SEX: Embodied Relational Couples Sex Therapy Enhances Partner Intimacy and Empathy for Otherness. Presentation, AAGT Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada

 

SEXUAL HEALING HEALS MORE THAN SEX: An Embodied Relational Approach to Transformative Intimacy. Presentation, AASECT Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

 

EMBODYING YOUR LOVE: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples. Esalen Institute, Five-Day Couples Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

 

EMBODIED INTIMACY: A Neurobiological-Gestalt Training in Relational Sex Therapy. Esalen Institute, Five-Day Training Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

 

2017

 

EMBODIED RELATIONAL INTIMACY: A Neurobiological-Gestalt Integration of Couples and Sex Therapy, New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy (NYIGT) evening presentation, New York, NY.

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EMBODIED INTIMACY IN LOVE AND LOVEMAKING: A Neurobiological-Gestalt Integration of Couples and Sex Therapy, Esalen Institute, Five-Day Training Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

EMBODYING YOUR LOVE: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples, Esalen Institute, Five-Day Couple’s Retreat, Big Sur, CA.

 

2016

 

EMBODIED INTIMACY: A Neurobiological-Gestalt Training in Relational Sex Therapy, Esalen Institute, Five-Day Training Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

 

EMBODYING YOUR LOVE: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples, Esalen Institute, Five-Day Couple’s Retreat, Big Sur, CA.

 

EMBODIED INTIMACY: A Full-Spectrum Integration of Couples and Sex Therapy, Los Angeles Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy Conference at UCLA, Keynote Presentation

 

EMBODIED INTIMACY: A Neurobiological-Gestalt Approach to Couples and Sex Therapy, Joint International Conference Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy/European Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, Taormina, Sicily

 

2015

 

THE SCIENCE OF THE ART OF ROMANCE
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Plenary Presentation

 

WHY THE RIGHT BRAIN IS THE RIGHT BRAIN FOR SEX

A Neurobiological-Embodied Integration of Couples and Sex Therapy, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Pre-conference Seminar

 

HIDDEN SHAME IN RELATIONSHIP AND SEX THERAPY: A New Look at Self-Worth, Body Image, Chronic Disappointment and Sexual Dissatisfaction Therapist Training, Beverly Hills, CA

 

LOVE, SEX, & NEUROBIOLOGY: A Right-Brain Embodied Approach to Couples Sex Therapy, Invited symposium presentation, World Congress on Sexual Health, (WAS), Singapore

 

EMBODYING YOUR LOVE: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples 
Esalen Institute, Five-Day Training Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

 

FULL-SPECTRUM GESTALT SEX THERAPY: A Comprehensive Training in Relationship and Sexual Enhancement, AAGT international Conference, Asilomar, CA

 

LOVE, SEX, AND THE WISDOM OF THE BODY: An Integrative Gestalt Approach to Relationship & Sexual Enrichment, Therapist Training, Beverly Hills, CA.

 

2014

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ATTACHMENT, SEXUALITY, THE BRAIN AND BODY: A Full-Spectrum Gestalt Sex Therapy Training, Beverly Hills, CA

 

BETTER LOVING THROUGH BRAIN SCIENCE: Explorations in Implicit Learning Methods in Couples and Sex Therapy, UCLA Extension Continuing Education for Professionals, Los Angeles, CA

 

EMBODYING YOUR LOVE: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples
Esalen Institute, Five-Day Couples Seminar, Big Sur, CA.

 

SEXUALIDAD Y PLACER: Intimidad y la Expansión de la Conciencia
Associacion Mexicana de Psicoterapia Gestalt, Mazatlan, Mexico,
Keynote Presentation, Professional Seminar

 

THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL SEX THERAPIST IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD: Expanding The Theory, Practice and Scope of Sex Therapy, AASECT Annual Conference,  June 7, 2014, Monterey, CA.  

 

A DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF SEXUAL PLEASURE: Processing Pleasure Anxieties, Enhancing Pleasure Skills in Sex Therapy, AASECT Winter Institute, January 24, 2014, Boca Raton, FL. 

 

From 2010-2013

 

BODY LANGUAGE AND THE SCIENCE OF ROMANCE: The Psychobiological Links between Love, Eroticism, and Libido, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Annual Meeting, November 16, 2013 San Diego, CA.

 

ATTACHMENT, SEXUALITY, AND THE BODY: An Integrated Approach to Comprehensive Couples and Sex Therapy; UCLA Extension, May 18, 2013, Los Angeles, CA.

 

HOW CHILDHOOD ATTACHMENT PROGRAMMING AFFECTS ADULT LIBIDO AND CAPACITY FOR SEXUAL PLEASURE: Contributions of Multidisciplinary Research to Evidence-Based Sex Therapy, 2013 World Congress on Sexual Health, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

 

HUMAN SEXUALITY: Body, Intimacy, and Sexual Pleasure; Invited Presentation at the University of Iceland, October 7-8, 2012, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

 

ATTACHMENT, SEXUALITY, AND BODY ATTUNEMENT: Embodied Gestalt Therapy for Relationship and Sexual Issues, Presentation at the Esalen Symposium on Embodied Relational Gestalt: Advances in Somatic Practice and Theory, Big Sur, CA.

 

THE HEART OF DESIRE: The Embodiment of Love Weekend for Couples, Co-led with Alan Kishbaugh, July 29 to 31, 2011, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.

 

FULL SPECTRUM SEX THERAPY: Enhancing Loving Attachment, Romance, and Sexual Pleasure, June 10 to 11, 2011, Beverly Hills, CA

 

ROMANTIC LOVE AND SEXUAL ALIVENESS IN LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS: How Recent Evidence Can Inform Couples and Sex Therapy, Association for Sexuality Educators Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) Annual Conference: April 27-May 1, 2011, San Diego, CA

 

EVOLUTIONARY SEX: Romantic Love, Body Attunement, and Sexual Desire, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality/Western Region (SSSS/WR) April 13-17, 2011 Symposium, San Francisco, CA

 

HEART AND LIBIDO: Explorations in Intimacy for Couples, Co-led with Alan Kishbaugh, February 6 to 11, 2011, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

 

ESSENTIALS OF BODY-TO-BODY INTIMACY IN LOVE AND DESIRE: Somatic Keys to Fully Embodied, Highly Arousing, Emotionally-Gratifying Sex, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality/Western Region (SSSS/WR) April, 2010 Symposium, Palm Springs, CA.

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