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A NEW FACE FOR THE COUPLES CONFERENCE
 At this April Couples Conference, Alexandra Katehakis will be presenting a workshop entitled “The Long and Bumpy Road to Recovery: Restoring Trust and Love in Shattered Relationships.” Katehakis is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles and the author of Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction and co-author of Making Advances: A Comprehensive Guide for Treating Female Sex and Love Addicts, as well as the daily meditation book, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence. Katehakis is a clinical supervisor at American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists and clinical supervisor and member of the teaching faculty for the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) a national certifying body for sex addiction therapists. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, as well as a prominent expert panelist at sexuality conferences and public events.
One of the early pioneers in the field of sex addiction, Alexandra Katehakis became certified as a sex addiction therapist by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. (In her practice, Kathehakis focuses on treating sexual dysfunction, sexual anorexia, sexual addiction and love addiction in individuals and couples.) Since 2006, Katehakis has studied affective neuroscience with Allan N. Schore, incorporating Affect Regulation Theory and interpersonal neurobiology into her Psychobiological Approach to Sex Addiction Treatment (PASAT). In 2009, Katehakis’s article “Affective Neuroscience and the Treatment of Sexual Addiction” was published in Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. The article focused on the neuropsychobiological impact of early childhood trauma on the affective, cognitive, and behavioral development of sexual addicts.
Katehakis is the 2012 recipient of the Carnes Award, an acknowledgement for her contributions to the field of sex addiction, presented by the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). She’s also a co-recipient of the 2013 Clark Vincent Award from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) for her role in co-writing the clinical textbook, Making Advances. In 2013, Alexandra Katehakis joined the clinical team at the Meadows inpatient trauma and addiction rehabilitation center in Arizona as a Senior Fellow.
For more on this year’s faculty, go here: http://www.couplesconference.com/faculty/
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
 Want to volunteer at his year’s Couples Conference? Volunteers will be assigned on a random basis to monitor meeting rooms, assist with registration, and assist faculty and staff. You will be scheduled towork approximately four to five hours per day. ┬аCheck out the details here: http://www.couplesconference.com/volunteers/
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REGISTRATION PROCESS
Our state of the art system may seem new. Because it is! And while it might seem a tad bit strange, it will definitely make life easier for you during the conference, and afterward when you obtain your continuing education credits. When you click on “Register” you can see at a glance the different fee options. Click through any of these to begin the process. If you are not signing up for the complete conference, but perhaps only a single day, just continue as if you are registering for the complete program. You will be given the option of fine-tuning your registration as you go. And please remember, when it asks for an email address, make certain the one you provide is where we can most easily reach you. http://www.couplesconference.com/register/
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AND REMEMBER...
We’re returning to the Manhattan Beach Marriott for a couple of reasons. First, it was the perfect venue for a Couples ConferenceтАФwe liked it. Second, they like us. They actually like us, and that includes you! And third, it’s a wonderful place to spend a few days. Take a stroll on the pier one evening, it’ll all make sense.
See you this April!
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