Out of Control Sexual Behavior
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Join SHA and Michael Vigorito, LMFT, CGP, CST-S for an advanced, sex-positive training on Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB). Based on the award-winning book Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior: Rethinking Sex Addiction, this intermediate-level Sexceptional Weekend provides clinicians with a modern, ethical, and evidence-informed framework for assessing and treating clients who experience sexual behavior as out of control. Designed for psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, counselors, MFTs, and sexual health professionals, this training focuses on OCSB theory, assessment, and treatment without relying on outdated or pathologizing addiction-based models.
Participants will learn how to:
Apply a non-pathologizing, sexual health framework for OCSB
Conduct comprehensive OCSB assessments using validated measures
Understand clinician ethical responsibilities in sexual behavior treatment
Implement the OCSB Clinical Pathway in individual and group therapy
Apply the Six Principles of Sexual Health as a treatment foundation
Use motivational interviewing to enhance client readiness for change
Assess self-regulation, attachment patterns, and erotic conflicts
Create and implement individualized sexual health plans
Facilitate structured and effective OCSB group therapy
Reduce shame using here-and-now clinical interventions
Match interventions to a client’s stage of change
Navigate provider discomfort around sexual health conversations
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SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JUN 13TH
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
SUNDAY, JUN 14TH
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB) has been a topic of clinical debate for more than three decades. Traditional pathology-based frameworks—such as sex addiction, sexual compulsivity, and hypersexual disorder—have been widely criticized for reinforcing sex-negative narratives and lacking sufficient scientific evidence. In this training, Michael Vigorito presents an integrative, sexual health–based clinical pathway for working with men who experience consensual sexual thoughts, urges, or behaviors as out of control. Rather than defining OCSB as a disorder, this approach frames it as a sexual health concern rooted in competing motivations, values, attachment patterns, and self-regulation challenges. Developed by Doug Braun-Harvey and Michael Vigorito over 20+ years of clinical work, the OCSB Clinical Pathway combines Motivational Interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of Change to guide ethical assessment and treatment. Through individual and group psychotherapy, clinicians learn how to help clients clarify their sexual values, reduce shame, strengthen sexual self-regulation, and align behavior with core principles of sexual health.
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PRESENTERS
MICHAEL VIGORITO, LMFT, CGP, CST-S
Michael Vigorito is a sex therapist, author, and trainer. In his practice, he provides individual, couples, and group therapy for a range of sexual and behavioral health concerns including problematic and out of control sexual behavior, sexual disorders, and sex-drug linked behaviors.
In addition to his Washington, DC private practice, Michael* developed a sexual health assessment and treatment program, which was published in Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior - Rethinking Sex Addiction (SSTAR 2018 Health Professional Book Award Winner).
Michael designed and implemented SAMHSA and CDC-funded training programs to integrate sexual health services into behavioral health care in the Baltimore and DC metro Areas. He is currently affiliated with University of Maryland - Prevention Research Center where he is implementing the Sexual and Gender Diversity Learning Community** – a CDC-funded, LGBTQ+ affirmative care training program for mental health providers and organizations.
Michael provides various sexual health trainings nationwide and was recently selected as a SSTAR Academy Speaker.
* developed with Douglas Braun-Harvey, LMFT, CST, CST-S
** developed with Sean Lare, LCSW-C
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Access to a thriving global community of practitioners and leaders
Expert faculty, mentorship, and guidance every step of the way
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Sexual Health Alliance has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7730. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Sexual Health Alliance is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
This event is eligible for a maximum of 14 CE hours.
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Yes, this event is eligible for a maximum of 14 CE hours. Please email shacertifications@gmail.com if you are interested in receiving these credits.
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Yes! You don’t have to be a SHA student or alumni to attend one of our events. We welcome anyone who is passionate about sexual health to attend our events and/or purchase the event recording.
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