What We Need To Know About Sexual Fantasies and Sexual Offending
This training is for professionals working with people who have problematic behaviors. Professionals who will benefit from this training include social workers, psychologists, clinical counselors, and interested paraprofessionals.
Sexual wishes, interests, and fantasies are different in important ways. For example, men’s fantasies are often more closely tied to their wishes than women. Research suggests that the diversity of fantasies, more than their content, contributes to a healthy sex life. Interestingly, men who have sexually abused others often have a narrower range of fantasies, but these fantasies are not always different from men who are not known to have abused.
Christian Joyal, along with his colleagues, has studied fantasies over the course of many years and has many important insights to share about his findings.
Who's Presenting
Christian Joyal
Christian Joyal is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He earned his Doctorate in Neuropsychology from the Université de Montréal. His research interests include neuropsychology, neuroimagery, sexuality, sexual deviance, and pedophilia.