Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 02, 2014

From May 7-9, addiction and mental health professionals, physicians, psychologists, marriage, family and sex therapists, educators and pastoral counselors, social workers and other health care professionals will gather in Nashville, Tenn., for the Southeast Conference on Trauma, Addictions & Intimacy Disorders.

On Wednesday, May 7, Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, Senior Science Advisor to Elements Behavioral Health, will deliver a keynote address titled Food and Addiction: New Science and Challenges from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Posing the intriguing question: Is it possible to be addicted to certain foods?, Dr. Peeke will present new and compelling science that shows a relationship between addiction and certain foods, especially manufactured and processed products. In addition, Dr. Peeke will discuss how this food-addiction connection is associated with other addictions and disordered eating.

On Thursday, May 8, Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, founder of the Sexual Recovery Institute and Senior Vice President of Clinical Development at Elements Behavioral Health, will deliver a keynote address from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Titled Sex, Tech, Intimacy and Infidelity: The Effect of Social Media and Technology on Cheating, Intimacy Disorders and Sex Addiction, this presentation will explore problems related to a wide range of online sexual and romantic behavior as well as smartphone hook-ups, porn abuse and anonymous sex. Weiss will draw from his recently released book Closer Together, Further Apart: The Effect of Digital Technology on Relationships, Addiction and Parenting, co-authored with Jennifer Schneider, MD.

Later that afternoon, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., Weiss will conduct one of three concurrent workshops. He will present Untangling the Web: Understanding and Healing Sex and Porn Addiction.

On Friday, May 9, Christine Courtois, PhD, ABPP, National Clinical Trauma Consultant for Elements Behavioral Health, will deliver a keynote address from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., titled Treatment of Complex Trauma Across the Lifespan: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach. Attendees will gain insights into impact of complex trauma as well as the various changes in the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorders.

To register for the conference, visit the U.S. Journal Training, Inc. website. To learn more about other speaking engagements in the behavioral health care field, visit the Elements Behavioral Health events page or contact Jeanette Lisalda at jlisalda@theelements.com.

About Dr. Peeke

Dr. Peeke is an internationally renowned expert and speaker on womens health, nutrition and fitness. A Pew Foundation scholar, she was one of the first physicians with formal training in nutrition science to research the connections between chronic stress, nutrition and weight gain. In 1994, she was the first senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine. Peeke is a New York Times best-selling author, contributing editor and blogger to numerous magazines, and WebMDs lifestyle expert. Her latest book, The Hunger Fix, provides a life-changing program for anyone trapped by overeating and food obsessions.

About Dr. Courtois

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