Straight talk, up-to-date information and resources for individuals and couples about sexual addiction, cybersex addiction, sexual anorexia, sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
Mr. Woods is a partner in the litigation practice of White & Case and practices complex commercial litigation throughout the United States.
Recently in Federal Court, Mr. Woods represented the Log Cabin Republicans, a nonprofit organization, pro bono in a challenge to the Government’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prevents gays and lesbians from openly revealing their sexuality or risk discharge. The lawsuit was seeking a ruling that the policy violates constitutional protections of due process, equal protection, and freedom of speech
Just this month a Federal Judge in California struck down the discriminatory federal policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the ban violated the first amendment and due process rights of gay and lesbian service members. The judge will issue an injunction to halt the policy, but the Justice Department can appeal.
Alexandra Katehakis is Founder and Clinical Director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified sex addiction therapist, a certified sex therapist, and a supervisory consultant to the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals.
Her new book is Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction.
REEL PEOPLE: Finding Ourselves in the Movies“An insightful analytical tool, invaluable not only to writers, but also to anyone looking to better understand characters, and for that matter, possibly themselves. Dump your shrink and buy this book!.”
– Gary Levinsohn, Producer, Saving Private Ryan, Wonder Boys, Tomb Raider, The Patriot
With “Reel People” you will discover a valuable resource to understanding and creating believable characters. “Reel People” will give you a way to “psychoanalyze” characters – to put them on the couch – and in the process make them come alive.
If you are a health care professional and interested in learning more about how to treat sex addiction you will find this 18 hour course extremely helpful.
Beginning May 1 from 9am – noon I will be offering a 6 Saturday course that covers everything from how to define sex addiction to assessment, diagnosis, treatment concerns, family issues, restoring sexuality, and more. Sex Addiction Los Angeles
Dates are: May 1, 8, 15, June 5, 12, 26
There are currently 2 spaces left!
For detailed information and to sign up call Douglas Evans at 310-843-9902.
The Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society is sponsoring a workshop I will be presenting this Sunday, November 22, 2009 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM entitled, Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment of Sex Addiction: An Advance Approach to Individual and Group Work. Sex Addiction Los Angeles
Please join me for what proves to be a dynamic approach to a challenging topic!
I will be the plenary speaker at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society on Friday, November 20. The conference entitled, Integration and Expansion: Leading Groups in a Changing World is on Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 at the Riverside Chruch.
For more information on how you can attend go to www.egps.org
I just got home from Philadelphia where I presented two courses for the US Journal Conference on Behavioral Health & Addictive Disorders, The first talk was on my upcoming book, “Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex After Recovery From Sex Addiction,” and the other entitled “Early Childhood Attachment Patterns Effects on the Neuropsychobiology of Sex Addicts” mirrors a recent article I had published in the Journal of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.
While there, I had the pleasure of meeting Jane Velez-Mitchell who talked about her new book, “iwant? My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life.” Sex Addiction Los Angeles
If you haven’t read this book, I highly recommend you do!!
Open to women who want to claim the “goddess within” often lost to betrayal, trauma, love addiction or self neglect. This retreat will be an opportunity to play, nurture and continue a self healing process of body, mind and spirit. In addition to group process, women will have an opportunity to:
Join me from May 27 – May 29 in Seattle, Washington for the U.S. Journal’s 22nd Annual Northwest Conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders.
I will be a keynote speaker at 9:00 am on Friday, May 29 talking about my new book, “Erotic Intelligence.”
In two follow-up sessions, I will be presenting a course entitled “Sex Addiction 101: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Sexual Addiction” and “It’s Not the Orgasm, It’s the Connection: Igniting Eroticism After Recovery.”
On Friday, May 16 2008 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm I will be teaching a continuing education course for mental health professionals on the above topic at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, California. Sex Addiction Los Angeles
To sign up and for more information and details about this workshop, please visit my website at www.centerforhealthysex.com. Click on the “Events” tab.
No one likes to talk about sexual abuse because it’s so painful. But getting help and talking about it is necessary in order to heal and prevent the cycle from continuing.
If you or a loved one has been sexually abused or been the abuser, here is a site that is full of information for getting help.
