Summer Sexuality Series: Attachment without Attraction: Understanding Lost Sexual Attraction in Couples

Title of Event: Summer Sexuality Series: Attachment without Attraction: Understanding Lost Sexual Attraction in Couples

 

 

Description of Event:

One of the most perplexing clinical moments for patients and therapists is a declaration of an absence of sexual attraction by one or both partners. Unlike sexual desire which can wax and wane over time, sexual attraction is often experienced as fixed and unchangeable. What is a therapist to do? How do we best understand the vicissitudes of sexual attraction over the lifespan of couples including the absence of attraction from the beginning of relationships to its decline over time. 

 

Utilizing a narrative approach which integrates psychodynamic, systems, and cognitive behavioral elements, Dr. Iasenza will discuss assessment and treatment techniques that help identify and transform intrapsychic, interpersonal, developmental, and environmental factors that contribute to this emotionally challenging presenting problem.

 

 

Date of Event: Wednesdays: June 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2024

 

 

Time of Event: 1:45pm-3:15pm

 

 

Location: Online Synchronous

 

 

Presenter/Speaker: Suzanne Iasenza, PhD

 

 

Company/Organization Sponsor: Sex Therapy Program @ Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

 

 

Contact Name: Tobin Berliner

 

 

Contact Email: stp@icpyc.org

 

 

Event Website: https://icpnyc.org/event/summer-sexuality-series-2024/

 

 

AASECT Approved CEs: 6