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March 2019 LIVE WEBINAR Schedule...

LIVE WEBINAR: The Sex Addicted Brain

Presenter: Dr Sarah Ullman

Date: Coming in March, 2019, Stay tuned!

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: $49

Bonuses: This webinar includes downloadable Worksheets and access to the private Community Forum.

Who Should Attend: This webinar is for a general audience with or without any science or psychological background, and is equally appropriate for those in the healthcare professions.

Materials Used: A diverse set of learning tools will be utilized that include video clips, animated slides, engaging (non-graded!) quizzes and polls, colorful downloadable Worksheets to accompany and enhance the webinar experience, as well as access to the private Community Forum long after the webinar has ended.

Description: This webinar focuses on the neuropsychological syndrome of sexual addiction (SA), and although not yet recognized as a clinical disorder, it is nonetheless diagnosed and treated much like a drug or alcohol addiction. In reality, SA is a brain impairment that acts like a disease process in that it is progress, is a subset of the personality disorder known as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and if left untreated, can effect the immune system, and the areas of the brain collectively referred to as executive functioning that control impulses, decision-making, judgment, arousal, and a host of other important cognitive abilities and behaviors. SA produces psychological difficulties in attachment and intimacy, leaving the SA adult with the inability to regulate their mood or emotions appropriately. With rare exception, SA has its deep-seated roots in childhood sexual trauma whereby the development of certain areas of the brain have been altered. There is a subset of individuals with NPD that also have a sexual addiction, and while individuals with NPD do not necessarily have a sexual addiction, those that have a sexual addiction do have NPD. In sum, SA is a serious disorder that effects not just the individual, but those in their inner circle, as well as society. In addition to the individual and their loved ones, SA also has a significant impact on society.

Please join Dr Ullman for an exciting, entertaining, and educational 60-minute multimedia live webinar wherein you will learn about the impact of psychological trauma and how the brain is altered without ever having been physically touched. You will learn about these issues and more from one of the foremost Cognitive-Behavioral and neuroscience-based experts in the field of Complex Trauma (C-PTSD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Addiction from the clinician that has been researching, speaking, diagnosing, and treating those that have been impacted by psychological trauma for more than 30 years.

Upon completion of this webinar you will learn:

to recognize the psychological, neurological, and behavioral signs of SA
how SA and NPD intersect
how early childhood sexual trauma can lead to SA
how SA impacts relationships and society
why some individuals are susceptible, but others with similar childhoods are not affected
how those with SA come to be arousal dysregulated
the effective treatment for SA

Presenter Info: With a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dr Ullman has been educating, researching, diagnosing and treating individuals, couples, groups, families, and first responders for trauma and addiction-based disorders for more than 30 years, and has devoted both her research efforts and clinical work to the diagnoses and treatment specific to disorders of arousal dysregulation. This population includes children and adults that have experienced early childhood trauma such as sexual abuse, neglect, and/or violence. Unfortunately and through no fault of their own, a great many of these children, unable to self-regulate their emotions secondary to their abuse, develop issues in adulthood such as substance (drug and alcohol) and process (sex, food, self-harm, gambling) addictions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), explosive uncontrollable anger, and personality distortions that may include Narcissistic (NPD) and Borderline (BPD) personality disorders.

In addition to teaching at various colleges and universities, Dr Ullman is an active emergency disaster responder for military and governmental agencies when disaster strikes, and maintains a private practice in the Philadelphia (mainline) Pennsylvania area of the United States. In addition to the local office, a considerable portion of her practice includes a national and international clientele via HIPAA/HITECH-compliant telemental health video web-therapy around the world.

Everyone who signs up for this webinar will be sent a free replay, just in case you were unable to attend the live event.

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LIVE WEBINAR: The Narcissistic Brain

Presenter: Dr Sarah Ullman

Date: Coming in March, 2019, Stay tuned!

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: $49

Bonuses: This webinar includes downloadable Worksheets and access to the private Community Forum.

Who Should Attend: This webinar is for a general audience with or without any science or psychological background, and is equally appropriate for those in the healthcare professions.

Description: This webinar focuses on a very specific psychological pathology called Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and how NPD differentiates from narcissism, the later of which is not a disorder, and has little in common with NPD, despite the fact that the two are more often then not confused with one another. NPD is a serious psychological disorder that gets its roots from events that occur in early childhood. There is a specific set of psychological determinants that combine with a specific set of environmental and familial factors that produce the disorder. NPD causes long-term brain impairment in a highly specific part of the brain, that intrudes on nearly every aspect of an individual's life, and without targeted treatment, will continue to effect the individual and those in their inner circle, throughout their lifespan. NPD is referred to as a disorder of intimacy and attachment, and as a result, those with NPD are particularly affected in their relationships with intimate others. The specific areas of difficulty for those with the disorder include deep-rooted issues of abandonment, attachment, intimacy, and rejection. There is a subset of individuals with NPD that also have a sexual addiction, and while individuals with NPD do not necessarily have a sexual addiction, those that have a sexual addiction do have NPD.

Upon completion of this webinar you will learn:

to recognize the psychological signs and symptoms of the disorder
why it is a disorder of attachment and intimacy
how NPD and narcissism differ
how the developmental trajectory of the brain is highjacked in early development
what areas of the brain are effected
why some individual are susceptible, but others with similar childhoods are not effected
what are the familial and environmental factors are that can lead to NPD
whether or not its treatable, and if so, how
the relation between NPD and sexual addiction for those that may have both

Everyone who signs up for this webinar will be sent a free replay, just in case you were unable to attend the live event.

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LIVE WEBINAR: The Trauma-Bonded Relationship

Presenter: Dr Sarah Ullman

Date: Coming in March, 2019, Stay tuned!

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: $49

Bonuses: This webinar includes downloadable Worksheets and access to the private Community Forum.

Who Should Attend: This webinar is for a general audience with or without any science or psychological background as well as those in the healthcare professions.

Description: This webinar focuses on a fascinating and specific relationship dynamic that is neither unusual nor healthy. Those that are engaged in this highly chaotic and traumatic type of relationship generally have no idea what the root cause may be, and can go a lifetime without being able to understand let alone solve the issues that cause significant ongoing discord and psychological pain for each individual separately and the relationship as a whole. A trauma-bonded relationship is one that gets its start early in the life of each individual and is borne out of a chaotic and/or traumatic childhood and family environment. As mated adults, each individual in the relationship triggers the other in a remarkably specific and harmful way in order to recreate deep-rooted childhood issues such as abandonment, rejection, and insecurity. Neither person is quite aware of their own role in the repetitive dynamic, nor how it is intricately tied to their early developmental years. It is no coincidence that each person has somehow managed to find a mate that is from a similar early childhood background. This webinar will demonstrate how that happens and why, how the brain is able to 'sniff out' its' psychological match, and how to stop the harmful, repetitive cycle. Unless this issue is addressed, neither the individuals within the relationship nor the relationship itself will be able to effect any lasting change, and even if the relationship ends, each individual will, without treatment, simply repeat the harmful cycle with someone else.

Upon completion of this webinar you will learn:

how to recognize and define a trauma-bonded relationship
what is an arousal dysregulation
how the brain is able to 'sniff out' a trauma-bonded mate
how to recognize the ways in which each individual within a trauma-bonded relationship psychologically triggers the other
how to spot the signs or 'red flags' that can lead to a trauma-bonding when meeting someone before becoming involved
how to treat and heal the individual issues
how to treat and heal the relational issues

Materials Used: A diverse set of learning tools will be utilized that include video clips, animated slides, engaging (non-graded!) quizzes and polls, and colorful downloadable Worksheets to accompany and enhance the webinar experience.

Presenter Info: With a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dr Ullman has been educating, researching, diagnosing and treating individuals, couples, groups, families, and first responders for trauma and addiction-based disorders for 30 years, and has devoted both her research efforts and clinical work to the diagnoses and treatment specific to disorders of arousal dysregulation. This population includes children and adults that have experienced early childhood trauma such as sexual abuse, neglect, and/or violence. Unfortunately and through no fault of their own, a great many of these children, unable to self-regulate their emotions secondary to their abuse, develop issues in adulthood such as substance (drug and alcohol) and process (sex, food, self-harm, gambling) addictions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), explosive uncontrollable anger, and personality distortions that may include Narcissistic (NPD) and Borderline (BPD) personality disorders.

Everyone who signs up for this webinar will be sent a free replay, just in case you were unable to attend the live event.

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LIVE WEBINAR: The Traumatized Brain

Presenter: Dr Sarah Ullman

Date: Coming in March, 2019, Stay tuned!

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: $49

Bonuses: This webinar includes downloadable Worksheets and access to the private Community Forum.

Who Should Attend: This webinar is for a general audience with or without any science background, and assumes no prior biological knowledge of any kind, and is equally appropriate for those in the healthcare professions.

Materials Used: A diverse set of learning tools will be utilized that include video clips, animated slides, engaging (non-graded!) quizzes and polls, on-going private chat forums on the website long after the webinar has ended, and colorful downloadable worksheets to accompany and enhance the webinar experience.

Description: This webinar focuses on what happens inside the brain when a person is psychologically traumatized. Many of us already know what it feels like afterward; sometimes sudden and often unexplained fear toward people, places, or things that were never before problematic, sleep problems and insomnia - having trouble falling asleep, waking up in the middle of the night, or unable to get out of bed, experiencing an unusual feeling of things seeming unreal or feeling distant and remote from one's immediate surroundings, having scary nightmares and/or night terrors, experiencing difficulty with trust, attachment, and intimacy, feeling angry and irritable, eating too much or not enough, problems with one's memory, seeming to forget the simplest things, feeling exhausted after little or no particular physical effort, lack of enjoyment from things that previously were pleasurable, wanting to isolate from the outside world, and alternating between feeling numb and feeling completely overwhelmed.

So what happens inside the brain that brings about these troublesome symptoms? Why do some people fare better than others during times of extreme stress? What is arousal dysregulation, who gets it and is it treatable? Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) simply an inevitability after a traumatic event? In this Live Webinar you will learn what happens to the brain when it has been suddenly exposed to a psychological trauma. You will learn the various factors that can predispose a person to a traumatic disorder such as PTSD, and other factors that include personal resilience, previous traumatic events, whether there has been early childhood trauma, history of mental illness, family coping style, and a host of other factors that can either impact and impede a traumatic event or help insulate and protect an individual from the ravages of psychological trauma.

Upon completion of this webinar you will learn:

to recognize the signs and symptoms of psychological trauma and differentiate them from PTSD and C-PTSD
why some people are more susceptible then others to the after-effects of psychological trauma
what areas of the brain are effected and why
how early childhood trauma, even without physical or sexual involvement, can cause significant neurological and

psychological impairment

how early childhood trauma highjacks certain areas of brain development
how psychological trauma impacts important functioning such as cognition and intelligence
how psychological trauma can cause the problems referred to arousal dysregulation

Presenter Info: With a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dr Ullman has been educating, researching, diagnosing and treating individuals, couples, groups, families, and first responders for trauma and addiction-based disorders for 30 years, and has devoted both her research efforts and clinical work to the diagnoses and treatment specific to disorders of arousal dysregulation. This population includes children and adults that have experienced early childhood trauma such as sexual abuse, neglect, and/or violence. Unfortunately and through no fault of their own, a great many of these children, unable to self-regulate their emotions secondary to their abuse, develop issues in adulthood such as substance (drug and alcohol) and process (sex, food, self-harm, gambling) addictions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), explosive uncontrollable anger, and personality distortions that may include Narcissistic (NPD) and Borderline (BPD) personality disorders.

Everyone who signs up for this webinar will be sent a free replay, just in case you were unable to attend the live event.

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