Recognizing Signs of Sex and Love Addiction & How to Intervene

Description: Until a person understands healthy love and its components, they are likely to be stuck in cycles of dysfunctional and addictive relationships. Like any other addiction, sex, and love addiction have signs and symptoms. To break the cycle, we must identify those symptoms and provide alternative behaviors. The goal of therapy is to move away from dysfunctional patterns of relating and toward actions that support good self-esteem, healthy intimacy, and secure relationships. The therapist has a key role in helping the patient break this cycle by assisting them in identifying the signs of an addictive relationship and facilitating the opportunity for the patient to form a healthy attachment with the therapist. Once the patient can learn how to work through conflicts, feel safe, and negotiate wants and needs with the therapist, they have transcended limitations imposed during childhood and can transfer this learning toward other relationships. This course will identify some of the signs of love addiction and its causes and provide a contrast between healthy love and addictive relationships.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-1271936

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

1. The participant will be able to describe signs, symptoms, and causes of love addiction.
2. The participant will be able to compare and contrast love and sex addiction to healthy attachments.
3. The attendees will be able to understand the main causes of sex and love addiction (family of origin and culterally).
4. The participants will comprehend the important of forming a healthy attachment with the therapist and how this transfer to other relaionships.

Dr. Donna Marks has been a licensed psychotherapist and addictions counselor in Palm Beach, Florida, for over thirty years. In 1989, Dr. Marks developed a chemical dependency training program at Palm Beach Community College, which has grown into a four-year degree and received the Florida Governor’s Council Award. She is also a certified gestalt therapist, psychoanalyst, and hypnotist, and is the author of three books including the award-winning Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Solution. She has shared her message with millions of listeners on podcasts, TV, and radio shows.