Still leaning on the addiction model?

Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior, without the shame.

Based on the work of Doug Braun-Harvey and Michael Vigorito.

A live, 6-session sexual health framework for the non-sex therapist. Learn to screen, plan, and refer with confidence — no specialty required.

Or join the Institute from $44/mo.

Included free for Professional and Professional Plus members.

Thursdays, 6:15-7:15pm from September 10th-November 19th. Live via Zoom.

Everything you need to build a sexual health framework for OCSB - in six live sessions.

ENROLL TODAY

$149

  • 6 live sessions, one every other. Thursday 6:15-7:15pm MT

  • 6 CE credits included

  • ASWB, UAMFT & UMHCA approved, plus a THGI Certificate of Completion

  • Monthly live consultation with Braxton Dutson (provisional: first Friday of the month, 8am - next up October 2nd)

  • Bonus Session 7: Skills Lab with Braxton, reviewing tools, skills and techniques for putting the framework into practice.

  • AASECT add-on, additional $121

Live series begins September 10th.

6 sessions designed to move you from the sex addiction model to a sexual health framework - and actually using it in your caseload.

THE CURRICULUM

Each 60-minute live session blends teaching, discussion, and experiential practice so you leave with language and tools you can use with clients right away, not just theory.

SESSION 1 | September 10

What OCSB IS - and Isn’t

Tell a sexual health problem apart from the sex addiction model, and from moral discomfort.

SESSION 2 | September 24

The Six Principles of Sexual Health

Use the Six Principles as a clinical compass, not a behavior checklist.

SESSION 3 | October 8

The Dual Process Model

See why behavior feels “out of control” - not willpower failure, a system in the driver’s seat.

SESSION 4 | October 22

Screening and Assessment

Run a preliminary OCSB screening within your own scope of practice.

SESSION 5 | November 5

Treatment Planning and Agreement-Keeping

Build a sexual health plan and track agreement-keeping instead of abstinence.

SESSION 6 | November 19

Scope of Practice and Referral

Know exactly when - and how - to hand off to a specialist without shaming the client.

Meet Your Instructor: Braxton Dutson, LCSW, CSTS

Braxton Dutson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor with over 300 hours of post-graduate training in sex therapy. He specializes in working with individuals and couples navigating out-of-control sexual behavior and pornography use, alongside faith transitions, communication struggles, and life transitions.

Braxton brings a practical, skills-based approach to clinical training, helping generalist clinicians move past the sex addiction model and build the confidence, language, and framework to address OCSB within their own scope of practice — and know when to refer out.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Moving from the sex addiction model to a sexual health framework

This live, six-session series takes clinicians from the core distinction between the sex addiction model and the OCSB sexual health model, through the Six Principles of Sexual Health and the Dual Control Model, and into practical screening, treatment planning, and referral. Each session builds toward the next, so clinicians finish the series able to conduct a preliminary OCSB screening, build a sexual health plan, and know when to hand off to a specialist.

Live series begins September 10th.

Meets every other Thursday, 6:15–7:15pm, through November 19th.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

Why clinicians join

A framework beyond the sex addiction model
Learn why Doug Braun-Harvey and Vigorito moved away from addiction language, and what a self-discrepancy, sexual-health-based model offers instead.

6 CE credits
Earn 1 CE credit per session - 6 credits for the full series. Approved by ASWB, UMHCA, and UAMFT. AASECT CEs can be purchased as an add-on,

A clinical pathway you can actually use
Preliminary screening, the Six Principles of Sexual Health, the Dual Process Model, treatment/agreement-keeping plans, and clear referral criteria - built for generalist caseloads, not specialists only.

Live discussion and practice, not just lecture
Each session includes large-group discussion, experiential exercises, and role-play/practice, so you leave with language you’ve already tried out loud.

A clear line on scope and referral
Know exactly what belongs in a generalist's preliminary screening, and what red flags (non-consensual behavior, illegal behavior, child safety concerns, untreated paraphilic disorders, acute risk) require referral to a specialist.

Direct access to Braxton Dutson, LCSW, CST
Bring your real cases to the monthly live consultation and the bonus Skills Lab session on December 3rd.

ENROLL TODAY

6 CE credits.

September 10-November 19

$149

  • 6 live sessions, one every other. Thursday 6:15-7:15pm MT

  • 6 CE credits included

  • ASWB, UAMFT & UMHCA approved, plus a THGI Certificate of Completion

  • Monthly live consultation with Braxton Dutson (provisional: first Friday of the month, 8am - next up October 2nd)

  • Bonus Session 7: Skills Lab with Braxton, reviewing tools, skills and techniques for putting the framework into practice.

  • AASECT add-on, additional $121

Live series begins September 10th.

Pro and Pro Plus members get this series included - plus access to our full library of CE trainings, live events, and community.

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