 |
View the Daily Mustang interview of our recent guest speaker, John Bradshaw: Daily Mustang Video |
 |
Listen to a KERA Podcast with Dr. David Schnarch from March 9, 2011. Dr. Schnarch was in town to deliver the talk "The Sexual Ecology of Love Relationships" at the Simmons School Counseling Program at SMU-In-Plano. David Schnarch, Ph.D. is co-director of the Marriage & Family Health Center. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, world-renown sex and marital therapist, and international best-selling author. In 1991, Dr. David wrote the landmark book, Constructing The Sexual Crucible: An Integration of Sexual and Marital Therapy (W. W. Norton & Co.). Sexual Crucible is used in clinical training programs across the country and read by therapists around the world. He is the founder of Crucible® Therapy, regarded by many as the most sophisticated integration of sex, intimacy, spirituality, personal development, and marital therapy developed to date. www.methings.com/episode/9817486 |
 |
Dr. Bonnie Badenoch VISITED SMU in Plano!
October 7, 2011
“Being a Brain-Savvy Therapist:
The Therapeutic Path From First Contact to Transition with the Brain in Mind”
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT is a therapist, trainer, consultant, professor, supervisor, and writer. Author of the acclaimed book, Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, Bonnie has combined her 20 years of working with trauma and attachment issues with her study under Dr. Dan Siegel to fill a gap between science and practice. She is treasurer and former president of the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies, has an active practice in Vancouver [WA], and presents nationally and internationally. Bonnie has a gift for translating neuroscience into practical principles, which can be employed directly with traumatized clients.
|
 |
John Gottman's visit was a resounding success at SMU in Plano on April 17 and 18, 2012!
Dr. John Gottman: Voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past quarter-century by the Psychotherapy Networker. World renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, John Gottman has thirty-five years of breakthrough research on marriage and parenting have earned him numerous major awards.
Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman: Julie is the co-founder and Clinical Director of The Gottman Relationship Institute, and Clinical Supervisor for the Couples Together Against Violence study. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert advisor on marriage, sexual harassment and rape, domestic violence, gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, and parenting issues. Creator of the immensely popular Art and Science of Love weekend workshops for couples, she also designed and leads the national certification program in Gottman Method Relationship Therapy for clinicians.
|
 |
 |
Dr. Patrick Carnes, sex addiction specialist, hosted two events at SMU in Plano!
A Road Map For Your Soul: Making Positive Changes That Can
Transform You and Your Family's Lives
A Lecture for the Recovering Community and their Families
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Caron Texas brought us Dr. Patrick Carnes, as he previewed the new companion to his book, The Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps. This event was open to all in the recovery community, including those living with sex and love addiction and those interested in learning more about sex addiction recovery.
|
 |
Anatomy of Arousal: Sex Addiction Assessment and Treatment
A Training for Professionals
Friday, May 11, 2012 • 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Dr. Carnes provided a general overview and history of sexual addiction treatment. Family structures, bonding, and boundaries will all be examined. Identifying the danger signs, assessing sex addiction typologies, reviewing addiction and dependency consequences, strategizing intervention and treatment methods were also outlined.
Dr. Patrick J. Carnes is a nationally known speaker on sex addiction and recovery issues. He is author of Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1992), Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict (1989), The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (1997), Open Hearts (1999), Facing the Shadow (2001), In the Shadows of the Net (2001), and The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction (2002). Dr. Carnes’ article, “18.4 Sexual Addiction,” appears in Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (2005).
The New York Times suggested his book, Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred, “will create a new wave of understanding about sexuality and the dynamics in intimate sexual relationships.” Dr. Carnes is co-editor of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, a Taylor and Francis publication and the official journal of the National Council of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity.
Dr. Patrick Carnes is currently the Executive Director of the Gentle Path program at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is the primary architect of Gentle Path treatment programs for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders. He also pioneered the founding of the Certified Sex Addiction Therapist program. This has evolved into a network of local, regional, and residential programs which specialize in this work.
|
 |