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Sex Addiction Resume

Updated 11/01/07

Education:

M. D., University of Arizona College of Medicine
Ph. D., University of Michigan, Dept of Human Genetics
M. S., University of Michigan
B. S., Cornell University

Board Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1980
Certified in March, 1989, by the American Society of Addiction Medicine

Honors:

Winner, 2007, SASH [formerly NCSAC] Award for lifetime research contributions in the sex addiction field. 

 

Winner, 2003 NCSAC Readers' Choice Award for best article published in 2002 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Article "Disclosing secrets: Guidelines for therapists working with sex addicts and co-addicts." By M. Deborah Corley and Jennifer P. Schneider. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity9: 43-67, 2002. 

 

Winner, 2001 NCSAC Readers’ Choice Award for best article published in 2000 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Article was: “A qualitative study of cybersex participants: Gender differences, recovery issues, and implications for therapists.” Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 7:249-278, 2000

 

Winner, 1999 NCSAC Clinicians' Choice Award for best article published in 1998 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Article was: "Surviving disclosure of infidelity: Results of an international survey of 164 recovering sex addicts and partners." by J.P. Schneider, M. D. Corley, and R. R. Irons, 1998. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 5:189-217, 1998.

 

Winner, 1998 Patrick Carnes Award for lifetime contribution to the sex addiction field.

Professional Societies:

Member, American Society of Addiction Medicine

Member, American College of Physicians

Member, American Medical Association

Board Member, National Council on Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity 1991-97

Professional Experience:

Internist, Arizona Community Physicians (former name: El Dorado Medical Associates), 1990-present. Internal medicine and addiction medicine. Currently my practice is limited to pain management and addiction medicine.

Medical Director of Kachina Center for Addiction Recovery, Tucson, AZ. 1992-1998.

Member, Board of Directors, National Council on Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 1991-1997.

Associate Editor, "Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention." David Delmonico, Ph.D., Editor. 1994-present.

Internist, Group Health Medical Associates, P. C., 1980-1990. Adult medicine with emphasis on women's health, alcoholism, addiction, and codependency. Chairman of the Alcoholism Treatment Committee which managed the chemical dependency treatment needs of our 55,000-member health maintenance organization.

Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1986 to 1993.

Member, Arizona Medical Association's Physicians' Health Subcommittee [Impaired Physicians], 1987 to 1990.

Publications in the fields of addictive sexual disorders, codependency, and sexual exploitation by professionals:

BOOKS:

Untangling the Web: Breaking Free from Sex, Porn, and Fantasy Addiction in the Internet Age.  By Robert Weiss and Jennifer P. Schneider.  New York: Alyson Press, 2006

 

Back from Betrayal: Recovering From His Affairs, Hazelden/Harper and Row, 1988. Paperback edition published 1989 by Ballantine. Second edition, Recovery Resources Press, 2001.  Third Edition, Recovery Resources Press, 2005.

 

Embracing Recovery from Chemical Dependence, by M. Deborah Corley, Jennifer P. Schneider, and Richard Irons, Wickenburg, AZ: Gentle Path Press, 2003.

 

Disclosing Secrets: When, to Whom and How Much and to Reveal, by M. Deborah Corley and Jennifer P. Schneider.  Wickenburg, AZ: Gentle Path Press, 2002.

 

Cybersex Exposed:Simple Fantasy or Obsession?, by Jennifer P. Schneider and Robert L. Weiss. Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Education, 2001.

 

The Wounded Healer: Addiction-Sensitive Approach to the Sexually Exploitative Professional, by Richard Irons and Jennifer P. Schneider.New Jersey: Jason Aronson Publishers, 1999.

 

Sex, Lies, and Forgiveness: Couples Speak on Healing From Sex Addiction, by Jennifer P. Schneider and Burt Schneider. Center City, MN: Hazelden Educational Materials, 1991. Second edition published 1999 by Recovery Resources Press, Tucson, AZ. Third edition published 2004 by Recovery Resources Press, Tucson, AZ.

 

Rebuilding Trust: For Couples Committed to Recovery, with Burt Schneider. Center City, MN: Hazelden Educational Materials, 1989. Reprinted (by authors) with update, 1998.  Out of Print

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

“How do I handle the information I just received?  Managing Discovery and Disclosure.” Chapter 2 in forthcoming handbook for sexual co-addicts, S. Carnes (Ed.) 2008, in press.

 

“Coexisting Disorders,” by J. P. Schneider. In Addiction Counseling Review, Robert Coombs (Ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley Publishers, 2004, p. 197-232.

 

“Understanding and Diagnosing Sex  Addiction,” by J. P. Schneider. In Handbook of Addictive Disorders, Robert Coombs (Ed.), John Wiley Publishers, 2004.

 

“Disclosure of Extramarital Sexual Activities by Persons with Addictive or Compulsive Disorders: Results of a Study and Implications for Therapists,” by J. P. Schneider and M. Deborah Corley. In The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction, Patrick Carnes and Ken Adams (Eds.), Brunner/Routledge Publishers, 2002.

 

“Effect of Cybersex Problems on the Spouse,” by J. P. Schneider. In Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians,  Al Cooper (Ed.), Brunner/Routledge Publishers, 2002.

 

“The Enneagram and Addiction Recovery,” by J. P. Schneider and Brenda Schaeffer. In Enneagram Applications: Personality Styles in Business, Therapy, Medicine, Spirituality, and Daily Life, Clarence Thomson and Thomas Condon (Eds.), Portland, OR: Metamorphous
Press, 2001, pp. 63-79.

 

“Surviving Disclosure of Infidelity: Results of a Survey and Implications for Therapists,” by J. P. Schneider and M. Deborah Corley. In The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction, Patrick Carnes and Ken Adams (Eds),  Brunner/Routledge Publishers, 2002.

 

“Effect of Cybersex Problems on the Spouse,” by J. P. Schneider. In Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians, Al Cooper (Ed.), Brunner/Routledge Publishers, 2001.

 

"The New Elephant in the Living Room: Effects of Compulsive Cybersex Behaviors on the Spouse," by J. P. Schneider. In Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians, Al Cooper (Ed.), Brunner/Routledge Publishers, 2002.

 

"Treatment of Gambling, Eating and Sex addictions," by J. P. Schneider and R R Irons.  In Manual of Therapeutics for Addictions, Norman S. Miller, Mark S. Gold & David E. Smith (Eds.), 1997, pp. 225-245.

 

"Addictive Sexual Disorders," by R. R. Irons and J. P. Schneider.  In The Principles and Practice of Addictions in Psychiatry, Norman S. Miller (Ed.),  New York: W.B. Saunders & Co., 1997, pp. 441-457.

 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS:

"Ethical Dilemmas Related to Disclosure Issues: Sex Addiction Therapists in the Trenches." By Jennifer P. Schneider and Barbara Levinson Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 13:1-39, 2005.

 

"Ritualization and Reinforcement: Keys to Understanding Mixed Addiction Involving Sex and Drugs." By Jennifer P. Schneider, John Sealy, Jes Montgomery, and Richard R. Irons. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 12:121-148, 2005.

 

"Sex Addiction Disclosure to Children: The Parents' Perspective." By M. Deborah Corley and Jennifer P. Schneider. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 10: 291-324, 2003.

 

"The impact of compulsive cybersex behaviours on the family." Sexual and Relationship Therapy 18 (3):329-354, 2003.

 

"Disclosing secrets: Guidelines for therapists working with sex addicts and co-addicts." By M. Deborah Corley and Jennifer P. Schneider. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 9: 43-67, 2002. Winner of 2003 NCSAC Readers' Choice Award for best article published in 2002 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.

 

"Assessment and treatment of addictive sexual disorders: Relevance for chemical dependency relapse." By Jennifer P. Schneider and Richard Irons. Substance Use & Misuse 36(13), 1795-1820, 2001.

 

"A qualitative study of cybersex participants: Gender differences, recovery issues, and implications for therapists." Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 7:249-278, 2000. Winner, 2001 NCSAC Readers’ Choice Award for best article published in 2000 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.

 

"Compulsive and addictive sexual disorders and the family" CNS Spectrums 2000, 5(10):53-62.

 

"Recognition and management of addictive sexual disorders: Guide for the Primary Care Clinician." By Patrick Carnes and Jennifer P. Schneider. Lippincott’s Primary Care Practice 2000: 4:302-318.

 

"Effects of cybersex addiction on the family: Results of a survey." Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 7:31-58, 2000.

 

"Disclosure of extramarital sexual activities by sexually exploitative professionals and other persons with addictive or compulsive sexual disorders.1999. by Jennifer P. Schneider, Richard R. Irons, and M. Deborah Corley. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 1999, 24(4): 277-287.

 

"Outcomes of disclosure of sexual misconduct by self-identified sex addicts to their marital partners." by M.D. Corley, J.P. Schneider, and R. R. Irons. 1999. Abstract published in J. of Addictive Diseases 18(2): 111.

 

"Surviving disclosure of infidelity: Results of an international survey of 164 recovering sex addicts and partners." by J.P. Schneider, M. D. Corley, and R. R. Irons, 1998. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 5:189-217, 1998. Winner of NCSAC Clinicians' Choice Award for best article published in 1998 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.

 

"Addictive sexual disorders: Differential diagnosis and treatment." by J.P. Schneider and R. Irons, 1998. Primary Psychiatry , April 1998, pp 65-70.

 

"When is domestic violence a hidden face of addiction?" 1997. with Richard Irons. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 29 (4):337-344.

 

"The enneagram typology: A tool for understanding and counseling sex addicts" 1997. with Brenda Schaeffer. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 4:245-278.

 

"The Enneagram and Addiction Recovery: Part I," with Brenda Schaeffer, 1997. EnneagramMonthly 3(10):1, 19-21. Part II, Enneagram Monthly 3(11): 6, 18-20.

 

"Couple Recovery from sexual addiction/coaddiction: Results of a survey of 88 marriages," with BH Schneider, 1996. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 3: 111-126.

 

"Differential diagnosis of addictive sexual disorders using the DSM-IV" by JP Schneider and RR Irons, 1996. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 3:7-21.

 

"Sexual Exploitation by Health Care Providers: Guidelines for Risk Managers" by JP Schneider and RR Irons. Journal of Health Care Risk Management . Winter 1996, 16: 10-18.

 

"An Assessment Program for Physicians with Allegations of Professional Sexual Impropriety: Results and Recommendations for the First 117 Cases." (abstract) RR Irons and JP Schneider. Journal of Addictive Diseases 14:144, 1995.

 

"Sexual Addiction: Significant Factor in Sexual Exploitation by Health Care Professionals." JPSchneider and RR Irons, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention , 1(3): 198-214, 1994.

 

"Sexual Addiction: Controversy in Mainstream Addiction Medicine, Diagnosis Based on the DSM-III-R, and Physician Case Histories." Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention , 1(1):17-45, 1994.

 

"How to Recognize the Signs of Sexual Addiction." Postgrad. Med. 90: 171-182, 1991.

 

"Women Sex Addicts and Their Spouses: Recovery Issues." Amer. Journal of Preventive Psychiatry & Neurology 3: 1-5, 1991.

 

"Marital Satisfaction During Recovery from Self-identified Sexual Addiction Among Bisexual Men and Their Wives." Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 16:230-250, 1990.

 

"Sexual Problems in Married Couples Recovering from Sexual Addiction and Coaddiction," American Journal of Preventive Psychiatry & Neurology, 2:16-21, 1990.

 

"Rebuilding the Marriage During Recovery from Compulsive Sexual Behavior," Family Relations, 38:288-294, 1989.

 

"Helping the Co-dependent Spouse," in Med Aspects of Human Sexuality, Jan, 1988, 56-68.

 

"Treatment of Compulsive Gambling," Letter to the editor in Postgrad Medicine, March, 1988.

OTHER WRITINGS:

Many articles on addiction written during 1989-1994 for "Sober Times," a monthly newspaper for recovering people, published in San Diego, California.

 

Recent Lectures and Workshops on Sex Addiction, Codependency, and Sexual Exploitation:

 

2006

November 27, 2006. 4th International Conference on “Language, Communication, Culture,” Lisbon, Portugal. Presentation on “Sex and the Internet.”

 

October 31, 2006. Tucson Medical Center, Residents' Noon Conference.  "A presentation to medical residents (physicians) on "Opioids, Pain Management, and Addiction."

 

October 29, 2006. Chicago American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)'s course "Pain and Addiction: Common Threads VII." Presentation on "Prescribing opioids for chronic pain: Doing it right."

 

September 8 & 9, 2006. Orlando, FL. 17th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management. Talks on "Opioids, Pain, and Addiction: Patient selection, assessment, & management." "Challenging cases in chronic pain: Fibromyalgia." "Pain assessment and management principles: Use of opioids."

 

June 17, 2006. Phoenix, AZ 17th Annual Meeting of the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives. Workshop on "Treating Pain in the Person with An Addictive Disorder."

 

May 8, 2006. Tucson Integrative Pain Medicine Dept., University ofArizona College of Medicine. "Opioids, Pain Management, and Addiction." Lecture to Fellows (trainees) in the program.

 

2005

December 6, 2005. Fort Collins, CO. Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Partnership Program on "Opioids Pain Management, and Addiction" to Physicians.

 

Oct 18, 2005, Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, Chicago, IL.: Workshop with Dr. Barbara Levinson on “Update on ethical issues in counseling sex addicts.”

 

October 27, 2005 Annual meeting of Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society, family practice physicians, Kansas City, MO:  talk on “Addictive sexual disorders.”

 

Sept 22, 2005, Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, San Francisco, CA.. Workshop with Dr. Barbara Levinson on “Ethical issues in counseling sex addicts.”

 

August 17, 2005. Phoenix, AZ. Chronic Pain Network's program for physicians on clinical and legal aspects of pain management with opioids.

 

August 7, 2005. Tucson Medical Center Presentation to Internal Medicine Residents on management of chronic pain.

 

May 20, 2005. Annual meeting of Utah chapter of American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), Park City, UT: All-day workshop on sex addiction.

May 14, 2005. American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) annual meeting. Presentation with Robert Weiss on “Cybersex Addiction.”

April 29, 2005. Annual meeting of  Oklahoma chapter of  American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists, Oklahoma City, OK. All day workshop on sex addiction. 3-hour evening workshop on “Ethical Issues in Counseling Sex Addicts.”

 

2004

October 6, 2004. Annual Conference of the Society  for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH, formerly the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity), Washington, D.C.  Workshop on “Ethical Issues in counseling sex addicts,” with Barbara Levinson, Ph.D.

 

June 6, 2004. 12th Annual Conference on  Women’s Health, Hilton Head Island, SC: “Cybersex: Does it mean the end of healthy sexual relations?”

 

April 26, 2004. Annual Conference of the American  Society of Addiction Medicine, Washington, DC: Course on “Update on cybersex addiction.” With M. Deborah Corley, Ph.D.

 

March 23, 2004.  Vanderbilt Univ. Medical  School, Dept of Psychiatry: Grand Rounds. “Cybersex Addiction.”

 

2003

Sept 27, 2003. Minneapolis, MN. NCSAC Annual Conference. "Disclosing secrets: Ethical issues in counseling sex addicts and Coaddicts." Workshop with Bill Herring.

 

May 3, 2003. Seattle, WA. 10th annual Clinical Conference of Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses. "Sex Addiction and Cybersex Addiction."

 

Feb. 7, 2003. Indianapolis, IN. Indiana Assn. Of Marriage & Family Therapy. "Assessment and treatment of couples who have sexual addiction or cybersex addiction." All-day workshop

 

Feb. 1, 2003. Montgomery, AL. International Conference on Addictions, NCADD. "Psychosexual Disorders" and, with M.D. Corley, Ph.D., "Cybersex Addiction."

 

2002

October 25, 2002. Rio Rico, AZ. 9th Annual Primary Care Conference, "Sex and Aging."

 

October 19, 2002. Vancouver, BC. AMA/CMA International Conference on Physician Health. Workshop with M. Deborah Corley, Ph.D. "Taming the Disruptive Doc."

 

October 7, 2002. Nashville, TN. National Council on Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Panel, "Effects of sex addiction on the family."

 

April 16, 2002.Atlanta, GA: American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference. Course on “Update on cybersex addiction: The new crack cocaine for sex addicts and compulsives.” With Deborah Corley, Ph.D.

 

March 6, 2002. Salt Lake City, UT: LDS Family Services, Corporate Training, 2002 General Seminar.  “Sex Addiction: Diagnosis and Treatment.” 8-hour workshop. 

 

2001

May 19, 2001. Las Vegas, NV: Family and Addiction Conferences & Educational Seminars (FACES). Workshop with Robert Weiss, “Effect of Cybersex Addiction on the Family.”

 

May 4 and 5, 2001. San Diego, CA. National Council on Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity Annual Conference. Workshop with Robert Weiss on “Cybersex Exposed.” Workshop with Deborah Corley on “Disclosure and Forgiveness.”

 

April 21, 2001.Los Angeles, CA. American Society of Addiction Medicine. “Cybersex: The new ‘crack cocaine’ for sexual addicts and compulsives.” Workshop, with Deborah Corley.

 

Jan 25, 2001. Torrance, CA. Del Amo Hospital. “Disclosure of sexual acting out.”

 

2000

May 13-15, 2000.Atlanta, GA. National Council of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity annual conference. Gave 2 talks: "Effect of Cybersex Addiction on the Family" and "When They Don’t Live Happily Ever After: A Personal Journey of Recovery."

1999

 

October 16, 1999. Montreal,Quebec: Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. Workshop with Richard Irons, M.D. "Multiple Addictions."

 

Sept. 17, 1999. Houston,TX: Univ of Texas at Houston Addiction Conference. "Sexual Addictions."

 

July 20, 1999. Reno, NV. Nevada Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Annual Summer School. "Sexual Addiction." 3.5 hour course.

 

May 17, 1999. Washington, DC: Annual Conference, American Psychiatric Association. Issues Workshop: "Problematic Excessive Sexual Behaviors," with Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., John Sealy, M.D, Reid Finlayson, M.D and Steven Brockway, M.D.

 

April 30 and May 1, 1999, New York, NY: 30th Annual Conference of American Society of Addiction Medicine. "The Use and Abuse of Sexual Performance Enhanceers: The "Viagra Blues" and other Tales of Sexual Compulsivity. With Richad Irons and John Sealy. "Can Compulsive Sexual Behavior be an Addictive Disorder? The Media, Politicians and the Public Want to Know." With Reid Finlayson, Richard Irons, and John Sealy.

 

April 9-11, 1999. St. Louis, MO: NCSAC Annual Conference: "Do they really leave: The impact of disclosure on the couple relationship" with Deborah Corley, Ph.D.; and "Sexual addiction in Cinema" with Reid Finlayson, M.D. and Richard Irons, M.D.

 

1998

October 17, 1998, Sydney, BC, 10th annual Conference of Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine: "Sex addiction" with R. Irons, M.D. and R.Finlayson, M.D.

 

October 14, 1998. Tucson, AZ. "Sex Over 60: Role of Viagra." Presentation to physicians.

 

October 4, 1998, Boston, MA, "Fourth International Conference on Sexual Misconduct by Psychotherapists, Other Health Care Professionals, & Clergy." Workshop with Richard Irons and Deborah Corley on "Self Disclosure to Spouse about Sexual Misconduct: Issues for perpetrators and their families."

 

August 1, 1998. Denver, CO: International Enneagram Conference: "The Enneagram and Addiction Recovery," with Brenda Schaeffer.

 

June 18, 1998. Tucson Veterans Administration Medical Center,Tucson, Mental Health Healthcare Group: "Addictive Sexual Disorders."

 

June 12, 1998 Tucson, AZ: Sierra Tucson Treatment Center: "Disclosure of Sexual Acting Out."

 

May 1-2, 1998. AMA'S 1998 International Conference on Physician Health, Victoria, B.C.

Workshop: "Sexual misconduct in physicians: The importance and process for disclosure to physician's spouse and family. With Deborah Corley, Ph.D. and Richard Irons, M.D.

Paper Session: "Physician self disclosure to spouse about sexual misconduct: results of a national survey. With Deborah Corley, Ph.D. and Richard Irons, M.D.

 

Apr. 17, 1998. 29th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, New Orleans, LA. 3-hour course on "Sex Addiction" with Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., Reid Finlayson, M.D., Steve Brockway, M.D., and John Sealy, M.D.

 

Mar. 26-28, 1998. 7th Annual Conference of the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity,Louisville, KY. "Differential Diagnosis of Addictive Sexual Disorders Using the DSMIV" with Richard Irons MD and John Sealy, MD. "Ritualization and Reinforcement: Keys to Understanding Mixed Addiction Patterns Involving Sex and Drugs" with Richard Irons MD, Jes Montgomery MD and John Sealy , MD. "Disclosure: A Cornerstone to Healing," with Deborah Corley, MD. "Early Recovery and Relationships."

 

Feb. 27, 1998. 11th Annual Conference on Addictions, Compass Health Care, Tucson, AZ. Plenary lecture on "Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries in Clinical Practice."

 

Feb 27, 28, March 1. National Council on Sexual Addiction &Compulsivity Annual Educational Conference,Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I gave 3 talks: "Differential diagnosis of sexual addiction using the DSM-IV." "Maintaining appropriate boundaries in clinical practice" (with Richard Irons, M.D.), and "The Enneagram and Sex Addiction" (with Brenda Schaeffer).

 

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