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Speaking Engagements

Below is a listing of our Executive Director's recent speaking engagements, as well as 2003-2006 trainings and consultations. Here you'll also find a selection of his recent media appearances. To schedule a speaking engagement or media appearance, please contact us.


Ongoing Clinical Consultation 2006

California Medical Board Diversion Program

California Bar Association - EAP

California Rabbinical Council

Dominican Order - Catholic Church
Oakland, California

Los Angeles Firemen's Union - EAP


2008 Major Speaking Events and Trainings

US Journal 21st Annual Northwest Conference on Behavioral and Addictive Disorders
What If Love Never Comes: Understanding Addiction and Narcissism as Coping, Seattle, WA
May 28, 2007

Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence
Survival of the Fittest: Understanding Addiction and Narcissism as Coping, Chicago, IL
April 13, 2007

US Journal 22nd National Conference of the Family in Stress and Crisis
Untangling the Web: Understanding Internet Sex and Pornography Addiction - Santa Fe, NM
April 7, 2007

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals Symposium, Phoenix, AZ
February 28, 2007

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist (CAMFT) Workshop
Untangling the Web: Understanding Internet Sex and Pornography Addiction - Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2007

2007 Major Speaking Events and Trainings

SRI sponsors The Patrick Carnes’ Tour
Anatomy of Arousal & Bargains with Chaos - Los Angeles, CA
June 29-30, 2007

US Army Soldier and Family Support
Understanding Sex and Pornography Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral - Frankfurt, Germany
June 25-26, 2007

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Untangling The Web, Sex Addiction and the Internet
June 12, 2007

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Annual Conference
Understanding Sexual Addiction and Internet Pornography Abuse: Assessment, Treatment & Referral - Santa Clara, CA
May 17-20, 2007

Park Center, Inc.
Understanding Sex and Pornography Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral - Fort Wayne, IN
April 20, 2007

Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism
Diagnosing and Treating Sexual Addictions and Problematic Sexual Behaviors - Grand Island, NE
April 13, 2007

University of Nebraska at Kearney   [WATCH VIDEO]
Women’s Counseling and Care Center
Women and Sex Addiction - Kearney, NE
April 12, 2007

US Army Soldier and Family Support, San Antonio, TX
Understanding Sex and Pornography Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral

March 22, 2007

Sierra Tucson- Professional Development Series-Beverly Hills
Untangling the Web: Infidelity, Predators and Online Sexual Acting Out

February 9, 2007

Psychotherapy Associates, Colorado Springs, CO
Understanding Sex Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral

January 31 - February 1, 2007


Recent Media Appearances

CNN
The Glenn Beck Show
Internet Pornography Addiction
Airs fall 2006

Inside Edition
What Happens to a Marriage? – Internet Pornography Addiction
May 2006

Today Show
Strange Addictions-Pornography
March 1, 2006

Dateline NBC
To Catch a Predator
Ongoing Series airs throughout 2006

Robert Weiss, LCSW, our Executive Director, joined Oprah as the featured expert on her show discussing Pornography Addiction

Oprah Winfrey
Pornography Addiction
November 30, 2005

Discovery Health Channel / The Learning Channel
Sex Mania - Sexual Addiction
Part of an ongoing series about sexual issues in America
Currently airing bi-monthly on Discovery Health
Filmed Summer 2004

KNBC News, Los Angeles
Cybersex Exposed
Evening News Piece
February 2003

History Channel
Sex: Modern Marvels
On Cybersex
Autumn 2002

ABC's 20/20
Feature Story on Sexual Addiction
August 2002

The Discovery Channel
Berman and Berman: For Women Only
June 2002

Dateline NBC
Feature Story on Cybersex
March 2002

Fox News
The O'Reilly Factor
Feature Story on Cybersex
January 2002


Previous Speaking Events and Trainings

Santa Clara County Department of Alcohol and Drug Services-San Jose, CA - Understanding Sex Addiction and Treatment
December 8, 2006

New York City, NY, Gay & Lesbian Center
November 14, 2006

West Los Angeles, CA, California Society for Clinical Social Work
November 4, 2006

Chicago, IL, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH)
October 19-21, 2006

Los Angeles, CA, California Society for Clinical Social Work
September 9-10, 2006

Norfolk, VA, Navy Fleet & Family Support Services
August 17 2006

Los Angeles, California Society for Clinical Social Work - The World of Addictions-Substance Abuse & Dependency, Gambling Disorders and Sexual Addiction
June 24, 2006

Bethesda, MD, National Institutes of Health GLBT Caucus - Understanding Sexual Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Implicationsfor Clinical Practice and Research
June 16, 2006

Eugene, OR, Center for Community Counseling - Understanding Pornography and Sexual Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral
June 2, 2006

Salt Lake City, Utah, Behavioral Health Training & Enterprise, Inc., Conference on Female Sex Offenders and Sexual Compulsivity
April 12-14, 2006

Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator
April, 2006

Matrix Institute
March 15, 2006

Inside Edition
March, 2006

Los Angeles, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Conference-Keynote Speaker
February 17, 2006

Recovery Radio Talk Show
February 11, 2006

KABC News
January 25, 2006

Torrance Memorial Medical Center-Frontiers in Addiction Treatment Understanding Sexual Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral
January 17, 2006

Dallas, TX, Sante Center Institute for Professional and Educational Research
November, 2005

APLA — AIDS Project Los Angeles

UCLA NPI — Neuropsychiatric Institute

USC Harbor Medical Training Campus

CAMFT — California Association Marriage and Family Therapists

Sierra Tucson Treatment Programs

Sober Living by the Sea
Newport, California

Promises Treatment Centers
Los Angeles and Malibu

NCSAC / SASH — National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity

Faces Conferences: Surviving Childhood Abuse and Addiction
3 Locations

US Journal Conferences: Understanding Trauma
2 Locations

Colorado State Conference on Addiction and Recovery

Nevada State Conference Marriage and Family Counselors