The
Cyber Addiction Recovery Center
Presents
A seminar for mental health professionals
“The good, the bad, and the ugly
of cyber pornography”
The combination of a teen’s
emerging curiosity about sex, their increasing sex drive, together with the
accessibility and aggressive marketing of pornography on the internet, has
allowed pornography to become a regular part of adolescent life. Unfortunately, there are teens -- with and without developmental challenges
-- that cannot manage moderate use when exposed to sexual content on the
internet and quickly develop compulsive behavior that can result in addiction.
Material with explicit sexual
content abounds in cyberspace at a grand total of 400 million pages! Some
pornography is found on professional sites, but much of it is found through
file sharing sites and amateur sites. Parents are generally unaware chat rooms
and popular websites that allow instant messaging can easily lead to images
from WebCams (video cameras attached to home computers) that are sexual in
content.
Research has shown that powerful neurotransmitters
in the brain are released when cyber porn images are viewed by teens and serve
to “lock” these images in to the brain’s capacity for recall. Neurotransmitters
also create euphoric states, which
motivates the teen to search for images that will create more intense and
sustained sexual stimulation. For many teens, the accessibility and anonymity
of cyberspace make it very difficult to resist pornographic sites, which can
lead to compulsive and destructive behavior.
If you believe your teen may be
developing a problematic relationship with cyber pornography or you want to
learn how to prevent a problem from developing, this seminar will provide you
with the most current research and on prevention and treatment.
This seminar will cover the
following:
The Hidden Power of Cyber Porn
First Encounters with Cyber Porn
Why Teens Use Cyber Porn
The “Porn Relationship”
The Physical and Psychological Consequences of Cyber Porn
Signs of Compulsive Cyber Porn Use
Getting
Help: overcoming the physical and psychological consequences of cyber porn
When: This parent seminar is 3.0
hours and can be scheduled evenings and weekends
Where: Cyber Addiction Recovery
Center
11140 Washington Blvd. Culver
City, CA 90232
Fee: $45.00
Contact: Christopher Mulligan
Office: 310-2871640
About Christopher Mulligan
Christopher
Mulligan LCSW is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern
California in the Graduate School of Social Work. Christopher Mulligan is
founder and clinical director of the Cyber Addiction Recovery Center in Los
Angeles, California. Mr. Mulligan provides parent education, school
consultation, and a full range of clinical services to address internet, videogame,
and cyber pornography addiction. Mr. Mulligan is also the founder and clinical
director of GroupWorks West, which serves the social and mental health needs of
teens and young adults on the autism spectrum.
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