Understanding the High Sensation Seeking Personality
Presented by Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP on 09-18-2015 at 9 a.m. Pacific to 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern)
Sensation seeking is a trait we all have. It includes the search for complex and new experiences. People with high sensation seeking (HSS) personalities crave exotic and intense experiences even when physical or social risks are involved. Addictions, dangerous driving, and relationship dissatisfaction have all been linked to overly high sensation seeking tendencies. In addition, HSS can interact with psychological conditions.
Dr. Kenneth Carter, a respected authority on sensation seeking, will introduce strategies to identify unhealthy HSS in your clients and discuss the psychology and neuroscience behind this concept. This web conference will review the habits, hobbies, and hardships of those who want to squeeze every drop out of life. We will cover aggressive driving, unhealthy sexual relationships, addictions, and other propensities of the high sensation seeking personality. We will also review how to discuss high sensation seeking with your client.
This two-hour web conference is designed to equip you with valuable knowledge and application strategies that you can use immediately in your practice.
This intermediate instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:
- Describe the components of the high sensation seeking personality.
- Analyze some common habits and hobbies of high sensation seeking clients.
- Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy sensation seeking.
- Distinguish high sensation seeking from other traits.
- Explain the biological and environmental contributions to high sensation seeking.
- Articulate ways to discuss problematic high sensation seeking behaviors with clients.
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Meet the Presenter
Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP
Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and faculty member at Oxford College, Emory University, where he has conducted extensive research and taught courses on personality theory and psychological diagnosis for over 20 years. Prior to that, Dr. Carter was a Senior Assistant Research Scientist in the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Carter has received awards from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the University of Michigan, and the National Institute of Health. He co-authored the introductory psychology textbook, Learn Psychology, his writing has been featured in Reader's Digest and Mental Floss, and he has appeared on the Today Show and Connect with Kids. Dr. Carter's new book on the sensation seeking personality trait is expected to be published in January 2017. To read more on this topic and contribute to Dr. Carter's research, take the quiz on his website at www.drkencarter.com/buzz/
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GoodTherapy.org is Approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
GoodTherapy.org has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395.
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