Over the past decade, sexual behaviors have changed substantially in the United States and internationally. In this presentation, Dr. Herbenick will share new insights on these emerging practices, including sexual choking, genital slapping, and other forms of rough sex. She will share new insights and data about their prevalence, frequency, and consequences for women sexual health.
Dr. Hartzell is the sex therapist at San Diego Sexual Medicine, where she is responsible for addressing the sexuality, relationship, and intimacy concerns of individuals and couples who attend the clinic. She works with Dr. Irwin Goldstein who is a world-renowned sexual medicine physician to ensure biopsychosocial care to all the patients they see.
Dr. Hartzell earned her doctorate at Indiana University where she conducted research with the Kinsey Institute. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters discussing sexual health. In 2007, Dr. Hartzell was awarded the Emerging Professional Award from SSSS and became an ISSWSH Fellow in 2016. Dr. Hartzell is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator Supervisor and currently teaches at San Diego State University and the University of Michigan. She also has served as the scientific program co-chair for the SSSS national conferences in 2013 and 2014 and the scientific program co-chair for ISSWSH 2019-2021. Dr. Hartzell is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (license number 53079) and certified EMDR therapist.
From 2010-2014 she served as a monthly sex expert for FOX5 News in San Diego and has been featured on CW6 in San Diego. Dr. Hartzell has been quoted in many magazine and newspaper articles including The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Women’s Health magazine.
Dr. Debby Herbenick is a Provost Professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, and an AASECT-certified sexuality educator. Her newest book is “Yes Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today’s Teens and Sex” which has been highlighted in the New York Times and on CNN.com. Dr. Herbenick’s research focuses on women’s sexual health, US population-representative research, as well as trends in sexual attitudes and behaviors. She has published more than 230 peer-reviewed scientific articles related to sexual and reproductive health and serves as Principal Investigator of the award-winning National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, which has been ongoing since 2009. Dr. Herbenick’s research, books, and expertise have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Vogue, NPR, CBC, the Tamron Hall Show, Tyra, Discovery Health, The Doctors, and in thousands of others media.