Differential diagnosis of gender dysphoria, paraphilias, addiction Home Study Workshop CE credit hours NBCC approved

Differential diagnosis

Instructor: Dr. Carol Clark

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES OF GENDER DYSPHORIA, PARAPHILIAS, AND ADDICTION

DESCRIPTION

These three diagnoses have very different criteria, but sometimes one presentation looks like another. An individual may dress in their identified gender as part of their expression, therapists may assume that a client who is cross-dressing is gender dysphoric when that might not be the accurate diagnosis. Addictive, or sexually compulsive, behavior may actually be symptomatic of a paraphilia. Clinicians need to be able to accurately identify the diagnosis for treatment to be effective.

This two-hour workshop consists of a video of Dr. Carol Clark giving a lecture based on her 30 years of clinical experience as a sex therapist and educator. A resource list and pdf of the presentation slides is attached.

INSTRUCTIONS

This is a two-hour workshop presented by Dr. Clark. Registrants will first view the video presentation, then review the articles in resource list, then take the assessment quiz. Upon passing, they may access their completion certificate online or in pdf form.

CALCULATION OF CREDIT

Two hours of instruction equals 2 CE Credits. The video for this workshop is one and a half hours. Half an hour is allowed for reading resource articles.

Plan Name	Price
This workshop:	$ 70.00

Dr. Carol Clark

Dr. Carol Clark is board certified in sex therapy, transgender care, and addictions and is the president, founder, and senior instructor for the International Institute of Clinical Sexology and the Therapist Certification Association. Sexuality is integral to people’s live and yet most therapists are not adequately trained in treating sexual disorders and concerns. She created several certification programs and a doctoral degree in Clinical Sexology to fully prepare healthcare providers to work competently and expertly in this field.

Through her private practice, Dr. Clark’s work has helped individuals from a multitude of backgrounds to find better lives. She employs a variety of interventions to effectively assist those seeking personal growth and an improved sense of well-being in their lives and brings this into her teaching.

In conjunction with her educational and professional development, her spiritual journey has evolved to an emotional and intellectual awareness of addiction as a condition that permeates all aspects of people’s lives, and this concept can be applied to further the healing of childhood wounds that then allows for the experience of full intimacy. By using the concepts in her book, Addict America: The Lost Connection and My Pocket Therapist: 12 Tools for Living in Connection, she facilitates the recovery of Connection in people’s lives.

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Courses by this instructor

Name	Level	Release Date
Sex Offender Treatment Part 1		07/28/2020
Basic Challenges with Gender Transition		10/05/2020
12 hour Qualified Supervisor Training		05/14/2020
Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunctions & Disorders Part 2		05/14/2020
Differential diagnosis		05/14/2020
Victims and Victimology Part 1		05/14/2020
Victims and Victimology Part 2		05/14/2020
Legal, Ethical and Forensic Issues in Sex Therapy Part 1		05/14/2020
Addiction 101		05/14/2020
Intimacy and Connection in Recovery		05/14/2020
4 Hour Supervisor Third Biennium Training		05/14/2020