This workshop is designed for understanding patients whose behavior is excessive (sex addiction) or compulsively non-existent (sexual anorexia or aversion), the content of which has been drawn from Dr. Carnes extensive research on compulsive sex, Cybersex, and trauma. Specific topics to be covered are:

• Patient characteristics in the extremes
• Eroticized rage and other sexualized affect
• Cybersex and accessing the unresolved
• The arousal template and the therapist
• The genesis of compulsive sexual behavior
• The role of genetics, trauma, and culture
• Profile of successful recovery
• Bottom line behavior and the recovery zone
• The meaning of sexual health