Professional Certificate in Sex & Pornography Addiction

Course details

Sexual Addiction problems, especially in relation to the Internet, but also in connection with prostitution, multiple affairs etc, are being encountered more and more by counsellors/psychotherapists and other helping professionals in Ireland these days.

This Certificate is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work competently with clients who present with issues classified as Sexual Addictions (the terms Sexual Compulsivity and Compulsive Sexual Behaviour are also sometimes used), which can be defined as ‘…Some form of sexual behaviour in a pattern that was characterised by recurrent failure to control the behaviour and continuation of the behaviour despite significant harmful consequences’

Eoin Stephens, MA, MIACP, MACI:

A leading Irish Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) Trainer, Eoin has worked in the area of mental health and psychotherapy for more than 25 years. He is President of PCI College, one of Ireland’s leading providers of counselling and psychotherapy courses and is a former Vice-Chairperson of the IACP and the ACI. Eoin has a particular interest in the relationship between addictions and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, and is a co-founder of Dual Diagnosis Ireland. He is also well known for his therapy, training and media work in the field of behavioural addictions, and is a director of the Addictive Behaviours Centre.

Eilish McGuinness, MIACP, BSc (Hons) Couns/Psych, Prof. Cert in CBT

Eilish is a PCI College Lecturer and holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy. She is an accredited member of the IACP. She also holds a certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and is a member of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Ireland, a group of therapists interested in providing professional and quality CBT. Eilish is currently practising at Life Support Counselling & Psychotherapy in Ashbourne, Blanchardstown and Dublin 7 and recently qualified in Advanced Schema Therapy, one of the first therapists in Ireland to do so.

Knowledge

On completion of this Certificate, trainees will be able to:

• Critically outline current theories of compulsive sexual behaviours
• Compare and contrast sexual addiction problems with other addictive and compulsive disorders
• Analyse the role of the Internet in sexual addiction problems.

Skills

On completion of this Certificate, trainees will be able to:

• Recognise and assess possible sexual addiction issues in a client’s life
• Work with sexual addiction issues or make an appropriate referral.
• Use relevant skills in dealing with early and later stages of recovery

Assessment

Students are required to write an essay of 2,500 word essay on a topic relating to sex addiction,It is also expected that trainees will be able to bring and work with their own case material after completion of module 3.

Eligibility:

Qualification in Counselling, Psychotherapy or other helping professionals with therapeutic experience and students currently in professional training Entry is by application form.