Online Workshop: Exploring Ontogeny in Minor Attraction: Insights and Approaches for Therapy

Exploring Ontogeny in Minor Attraction: Insights and Approaches for Therapy
with Caleb Jacobson, PsyD, PhD
Sunday, January 12, 2025

from 2:00pm-4:00pm EST on Zoom

Approved for 2 AASECT + 2 NYS CE Credits!

This insightful talk delves into the intricate origins and development of minor attraction, offering clinicians a deeper understanding of this complex phenomenon. By exploring critical questions such as "Is minor attraction an orientation or an interest?" and "Why does minor attraction occur?" this presentation examines the nuanced factors that contribute to the emergence of minor attraction, including psychological, developmental, and environmental influences.

Attendees will gain valuable insights into the ontogeny of minor attraction and learn evidence-based strategies to tailor therapeutic interventions. Emphasizing empathy and clinical precision, the talk highlights the importance of exploring a patient's unique history to design effective, ethically grounded treatment plans that promote healing and growth.

This presentation is ideal for therapists, researchers, and professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in addressing minor attraction within a psychosexual therapy framework.

About the Presenter: 

Dr. Caleb Jacobson is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, sex therapist, and Bible scholar. His clinical practice focuses on treating religious patients, male sexual dysfunctions, and rare and problematic sexual issues. Dr. Jacobson has lectured at numerous conferences and webinars for various organizations and Universities including the International Society for Sexual Medicine. He has taught courses on numerous topics concerning sexual health and sex therapy interventions that are ethically grounded and clinically applicable. He is the author of Sex Therapy with Religious Patients: Working with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Communities. Dr. Jacobson is the president of both the School of Sex Therapy and the International Association of Psychosexual Therapists.

An important note about CEs: ICP is an approved provider of continuing education credits for social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts through the New York Department of Education. If your license is from a different state, please contact your state’s licensing board to find out if they will accept CE credits for New York State. If your license is from another state, please enter your license number with your state in parenthesis, ie 54321 (CA).

Registration has closed. If you need the Zoom link for this workshop, please email STP@icpnyc.org