Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
Time: 11:00 am – 2:15 pm (ET) /
8:00 am – 11:15 am (PT)
Format: Live interactive training offered via Zoom

Credit: 3 CE Credit Hours
Cost of training and CE certificate: $90.00
CE Eligibility: Psychology, Social Work, Counselors

You must attend the entire live training to be eligible for CE credits. If you seek only psychology credits, the evaluation is optional, and you can remain anonymous. If you are seeking counseling or social work credit, you must submit an evaluation with your name and email address.

Online Training Description:

Diagnosing paraphilias can be challenging due to the evolving definitions and criteria across diagnostic manuals, leading to discrepancies in classification and diagnosis. Additionally, distinguishing between paraphilic interests and paraphilic disorders—as well as addressing the potential misuse of diagnostic criteria—further complicates the process.

During this training, Dr. Michael Miner, Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, addresses the criteria and processes of diagnosing paraphilias and paraphilic disorders as described in the DSM-5-TR.  He covers historical and current definitions, clarifies the differences between paraphilias and disorders, focuses on pedophilia considerations, and guides attendees through diagnosing various paraphilias, such as sexual sadism and voyeurism, with insights on applying DSM-5-TR criteria effectively.

Importantly, this training explores the misuses of diagnosis, both in terms of misapplied criteria and the use/misuse of the Other Specified and Other Unspecified Paraphilic Disorder categories.  Dr. Miner includes a special focus on the specifiers related to coercion and hebephilia.  He also explores the use of self-reporting, phallometry, and viewing time measures in making paraphilic disorder diagnoses. This includes a review of the strengths and weaknesses of each of these methods. 

Interactive Follow-Up Meeting

Attendees are invited to join an open discussion led by the presenter, which begins 15 minutes following the end of the training. This is an opportunity for attendees to turn on their camera and microphone and further engage with the presenter. Your experiences will undoubtedly contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas and information. The presenter also allocates time to address questions or insights that arise from the live training.

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As a result of participating in this training, attendees will be better able to:
1. Explain the difference between paraphilic interest and paraphilic disorder.
2. Describe the criteria for diagnosing different paraphilias and common misdiagnoses.
3. Describe the uses and misuses of Other Specified and Other Non-specified paraphilias.
4. Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of procedures used to aid the diagnosis of paraphilias, including self-reporting, phallometric assessment, and viewing time assessments.
5. Apply the criteria described in DSM-5-TR to rule in or out common paraphilias encountered in assessing and treating those who have committed sexual offenses.

Three Hours of Training

The training session starts at 11:00 am Eastern Time and runs until 2:15 pm. The charge is $90. Each registration includes a certificate, whether it be for CE credits hours or for attendance. You must attend the entire live training to be eligible for CE credits. If you seek only psychology credits, the evaluation is optional, and you can remain anonymous. If you are seeking counseling or social work credit, you must submit an evaluation with your name and email address.

We can refund your training fee up to 24 hours prior to the start of the training.

Continuing Education Credit Hours

Safer Society Foundation, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Safer Society Foundation, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Diagnosing Paraphilias: Strategies and Considerations for Assessing Those Who Have Committed Sexual Offenses has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Safer Society Foundation, Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4526.

Diagnosing Paraphilias: Strategies and Considerations for Assessing Those Who Have Committed Sexual Offenses, Course #5741, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Safer Society Foundation, Inc. as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 5/20/2024 – 5/20/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Michael H. Miner, PhD, LP
Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Minnesota Medical School

Michael Miner is Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota.  He began his sexual violence research work in California’s Sex Offender Treatment and Evaluation Project and, since joining the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (previously the Program in Human Sexuality: PHS), his research has focused on the etiology of sexual abuse perpetration in adolescence, risk assessment, and sexual compulsivity. Dr. Miner coordinated adult sexual offender treatment until 2008 and forensic assessment services until 2020. He is Past President of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse and past Vice President of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders.  Dr. Miner was on several editorial boards before retiring.  He served as Associate Editor of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment until 2015 and received ATSA’s Lifetime Significant Achievement Award in 2020.