
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.
2009 Major Speaking Events and Trainings
The Betty Ford Center, Palm Springs CA
The Cross-Addictions: Sex, Substances and Betrayal
October 23
South Bay Therapists Professional Association
Understanding the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Addiction - Keynote
July 21, 2009
Foundations Dual Diagnosis Conference on Process Addictions, Las Vegas
Working with Betrayal -health and healing for the spouses of Sexual Addicts - KEYNOTE
Understanding the Treatment of Sexual Addiction - Workshop
April 23 2009
US Journal Professional Trainings - "The Process Addictions", Santa Fe
Working with Betrayal -health and healing for the spouses of Sexual Addicts - KEYNOTE
April 16, 2009
Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence, Philadelphia PA
The Relationship of Narcissism to Process Addiction - Keynote
Understanding the Treatment of Sexual Addiction- workshop
April 3, 2009
US Army Clinical Training - 2 full days, San Antonio, Texas
The Assessment, Treatment and Clinical Management of Sexual Addiction
March 31 -April 1, 2009
Santa Barbara Mental Health Association - Therapist Training
Understanding the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Addiction
March 20
Indiana Judicial Center, Indianapolis, IN
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Online Sexual Offenders
March 11
Therapist Training, Glendale Adventist Hospital, Glendale, CA
Understanding the treatment of sexual addiction
February 20
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Understanding Sexual Addiction Assessment and Treatment
February 5
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 - KEYNOTE
May 28, 2007
The Teamster's Union Annual Providers Conference 2008 NYC
Keynote Speaker - Understanding and Treating Sexual Addiction
Ben Franklin Institute Summit for Clinical Excellence
Survival of the Fittest: Understanding Addiction and Narcissism as Coping, Chicago, IL - KEYNOTE
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 - KEYNOTE
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
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, Addiction Treatment Programs - Professional Training- full day
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 -Full Day Professional Training
Understanding Sex and Pornography Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral
March 22, 2007
Sierra Tucson Treatment Program- Professional Development Series: Untangling the Web: Infidelity, Predators and Online Sexual Acting Out
February 9, 2007
Psychotherapy Associates, Colorado Springs, CO KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Understanding Sex Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Referral
January 31 - February 1, 2007
Recent Media Appearances
CNN - The Larry King Show - 2 appearances, September 2008
CNN- Anderson Cooper 360 - 1 appearance, July 2008
Fox News - 2 Appearances, July 2008
CNN - The Larry King Show - 1 appearance, July 2008
Dateline NBC
To Catch a Predator 2 episodes, 2007
CNN
The Glenn Beck Show
Internet Pornography Addiction
Airs fall 2006
ABC TELEVISION: Inside Edition
What Happens to a Marriage? – Internet Pornography Addiction
May 2006
Today Show
Strange Addictions-Pornography
March 1, 2006
Recovery Radio Talk Show - full episode
February 11, 2006
KABC News
Local News Story On Sexual Offenders
January 25, 2006
Robert Weiss, LCSW, our Executive Director, joined Oprah as the featured expert on her show discussing Pornography Addiction
Oprah Winfrey
Pornography Addiction
November, 2005
Discovery Health Channel
Hypersexuality (2004), Featured Professional - Sexual Addiction
airing bi-monthly on Discovery Health
KNBC News, Los Angeles
Cybersex Exposed
Evening News
February 2003
History Channel
Sex: Modern Marvels
On Cybersex
August 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
PRINT MEDIA QUOTED AS EXPERT:
NEWSWEEK - 1999, 2006, 2009
NY TIMES - 2002, 2008
WALL ST. JOURNAL 2008
REUTERS - 2008
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
National Institutes of Health (NIH) GLBT Caucus invited KEYNOTE - Understanding Sexual Addiction: Assessment, Treatment and Implications for 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
Matrix Institute, Los Angeles - The Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Disorders
March 15, 2006
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Conference (SCA)-Keynote Speaker- Los Angeles
February 17, 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
Sober Living by the Sea
Newport, California
Promises Treatment Centers
Los Angeles and Malibu
NCSAC — The National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
SASH — NThe Society for the Advancement of Sexual Healing (2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Faces Conferences: Surviving Childhood Abuse and Addiction
National Conferences, 3 locations in US 2005
US Journal Conferences: Understanding Trauma
and Sexual Disorders 2 Locations, 2005
Colorado State Conference on Addiction and Recovery
Nevada State Conference Marriage and Family Counselors
Ongoing Clinical Consultations
California Medical Board Diversion Program
Arizona Medical Board
California Bar Association
Los Angeles Fire Department
The California Rabbinical Council
The Dominican Order of the Catholic Church
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