Esther Perel Events

Psychologist Esther Perel is recognized as one of the world's most original and insightful voices on couples and sexuality across cultures. Fluent in nine languages, the Belgian native is a celebrated speaker sought around the globe for her expertise in emotional and erotic intelligence, work-life balance, cross-cultural relations, conflict resolution and identity of modern marriage and family. See what events she has coming in your area.

Past Events

The Double Flame: Reconciling Intimacy and Sexuality in Couples

May 4, 2013 Portsmouth, NH New Hampshire Psychological Association Click here for more information.

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Our Clinical Attitudes Toward Infidelity

May 3, 2013 Bloomington, MN Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy View event site

Unlocking Erotic Intelligence: A Two-Day Retreat for Couples and Individuals

April 28-29, 2013 Tel Aviv, Israel Israeli Family Therapy Association View PDF

Advances in Couples Therapy: Treating the Untreatable-Sexual desire, Infidelity and Divorce

April 25, 2013 Tel Aviv, Israel Israeli Family Therapy Association View PDF

Séminaire intensif: Couples et Sexualité

March 16-18, 2013 Geneva, Switzerland Association Imago Suisse More information coming soon!

NCFAMFT (Northern Central Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)

March 1, 2013 Gainesville, FL Rethinking Couples Therapy: An lnnovative Approach to Sex, Love, and Infidelity

Internationale Gesellschaft für systemische Therapie

January 11-12, 2013 Heidelberg Germany More information coming soon!

Brief Therapy Conference

December 5-9, 2012 San Francisco, CA 12/7: Mating in Captivity: Reconciling Attachment, Security and Erotic Desire in Couples 12/8: Rethinking  

Attachment, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Individual and Couples Therapy

November 29, 2012 Ottawa, Canada RA Center View more info Join Esther Perel as she shares her bold, provocative new  

L’intelligence Erotique: Faire vivre le désir dans le couple

November 17, 2012 Geneva, Switzerland Université de Genève View more info – Elargir et approfondir la compréhension de la sexualité  

Rencontres avec de grands thérapeutes

November 16, 2012 Paris, France INDIGO Formations More information coming soon!

L’intelligence Erotique: Le rôle du thérapeute dans la thérapie de couple

November 16, 2012 Paris, France L’Association parisienne de recherche et de travail avec les familles View more info

The State Of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

November 10-11, 2012 Irvine, CA The Anatomy Of Intimacy Conference University of California, Irvine View more info

Friday Night Live

November 9, 2012 Los Angelas, CA Erotic Intelligence- A conversation about modern Love and Desire “Friday Night Live” service and  

Mating in Captivity: Attachment Security and Erotic Life in Couples

November 9, 2012 Irvine, CA CalSouthern Master Lecture Series Sign up to attend online or in person for free! View  

Rethinking Couples Therapy: A New Approach to Love, Sex, and Infidelity

November 2, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Annual “Treating Couples” Conference Council For Relationships View more info

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

October 26-28, 2012 Rhinebeck, NY Weekend retreat for couples and individuals. CEU’s accepted. Omega Institute View more info Why does  

Advances in Couples Therapy: Treating the Untreatable

October 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 2012 – 12-1 pm EST Sexual Desire, Infidelity, & Divorce Five session teleclass  

Rethinking Couples Therapy: A New Approach to Love, Sex, and Infidelity

October 4-5, 2012 Calgary, Alberta Two-day workshop University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work View more info Join Esther Perel  

Brief Therapy Conference

October 2-8, 2012 Guangzhou, China View more info

Couples and Sexuality: Impasses and Interventions

September 29, 2012 Highland Park, New Jersey Institute for Professional Growth View more info

Mating in Captivity: Attachment, Security, and Erotic Life

September 28, 2012 Princeton, New Jersey New Jersey Marriage and Family Therapy Association View more info The story of intimacy  

2012 Sexual Freedom Summit

September 22, 2012 Washington, D.C. Prohibition Politics: The Assault on Sexual Freedom Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Alliance View more info Don’t  

Sex Therapy, Past, Present and Future

August 26, 2012 Chicago, IL World Meeting on Sexual Medicine! International Society For Sexual Medicine View more info We are  

Erotik im Fokus der Paartherapie

August 13-14, 2012 Zurich, Switzerland Two-day workshop in German View more info Esther Perel ist bekannt für ihre offene, provokative  

Rethinking Couples Therapy: A Dialogue with Esther Perel and Terry Real

February 26th Rethinking Couples Therapy: A Dialogue with Esther Perel and Terry Real View more info Join two world-renowned relationship  

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

July 20-22, 2012 Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence Weekend retreat for couples and individuals. CEU’s accepted. Kripalu Center for  

Unlocking Erotic Intelligence with Jaiya

July 10-13, 2012 Unlocking Erotic Intelligence with Jaiya Villa Pelicano in Quepos, Costa Rica This 4 Day retreat for couples  

Sexual feelings in Groups

May 18, 2012 Sexual feelings in Groups Eastern Group Psychotherapy Association – Spring Event New York, NY

Modern Love:The Paradox of Desire in Long Term Relationships with Esther Perel

May 8, 2012 New York Power Team: Modern Love:The Paradox of Desire in Long Term Relationships with Esther Perel The  

Rethinking Couples Therapy: A Radical Approach to Sex, Love, and Infidelity

May 4-5, 2012 Rethinking Couples Therapy: A Radical Approach to Sex, Love, and Infidelity Koffler House/Multi-Faith Centre, University of Toronto,  

Erotic Fantasy Reconsidered: from Tragedy to triumph

April 27-29, 2012 Erotic Fantasy Reconsidered: from Tragedy to triumph Couples Conference: Attachment, Differentiation, and Neuroscience in Couples Therapy Workshop  

The State of Affairs: Rethinking our clinical attitudes toward Infidelity

April 27-29, 2012 The State of Affairs: Rethinking our clinical attitudes toward Infidelity Couples Conference: Attachment, Differentiation, and Neuroscience in  

Sex in America: Changing the Conversation Beyond Smut and Sanctimony

April 1, 2012 Sex in America: Changing the Conversation Beyond Smut and Sanctimony Esther Perel, Cindy Gallup, Lara Riscol Momentum:  

The 2012 Annual Retreat: Desire

March 30 – April 1, 2012 The 2012 Annual Retreat: Desire The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and  

A Dialogue on Infidelity

March 24, 2012 A Dialogue on Infidelity Esther Perel and Terry Real Psychotherapy Networker Symposium Washington, DC

Love In The 21st Century: From 15 to 50

March 24, 2012 Love In The 21st Century: From 15 to 50 Esther Perel and Ron Taffel Psychotherapy Networker Symposium  

L’INTELLIGENCE EROTIQUE Ou Comment Réconcilier Intimité et Sexualité?

March 16, 2012 Un Double Défi L’INTELLIGENCE EROTIQUE Ou Comment Réconcilier Intimité et Sexualité? APRTF, Association Parisienne de Recherche et  

The Double Flame: Reconciling Intimacy and Sexuality in Couples

March 5, 2012 The Double Flame: Reconciling Intimacy and Sexuality in Couples Special Institute American group Psychotherapy Association- Annual Meeting  

The Psychology of Sexual Desire in Couples

February 24, 2012 The Psychology of Sexual Desire in Couples One day workshop Adelphi University, Long Island, New York For  

Erotic Intelligence: The Dilemmas of Love, Desire and Infidelity

February 10, 2012 Erotic Intelligence: The Dilemmas of Love, Desire and Infidelity The ZOA House, Tel Aviv, Israel 10:00am –  

Un Double Défi L’INTELLIGENCE EROTIQUE

February 6 & 7, 2012 Un Double Défi L’INTELLIGENCE EROTIQUE Ou Comment Réconcilier Intimité et Sexualité? Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland

Le Desir Sexuel et L’intelligence Erotique

February 5, 2012 3e Montreux Forum Couple & Famille: Le Desir Sexuel et L’intelligence Erotique Palais des Congres, Montreux, Switzerland

Sexuality Education in the Process of Social Change

January 20-24, 2012 6th Cuban Congress of Sexuality Education, Guidance and Therapy Sexuality Education in the Process of Social Change  

Navigating love, work, and sex in modern couples

January 17, 2012 Navigating love, work, and sex in modern couples Young Presidents Organization Spouse/Partner Event: Esther Perel on Work/Life  

Love and Desire: They relate and They conflict

November 15-18, 2011 Love and Desire: They relate and They conflict Tony Robbins Productions: Platinum Members Retreat Los Cabos, Mexico

Federación Mexicana de Educación Sexual y Sexologia

October 20-22, 2011 Federación Mexicana de Educación Sexual y Sexologia VIII Congreso Nacional "Sexualidad-es"

Denver Family Institute: Annual Spring Conference

May 13, 2011 Denver Family Institute: Annual Spring Conference The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality – One day training Denver  

20th World Congress for Sexual Health

June 12-16, 2011 20th World Congress for Sexual Health Erotic Intelligence: The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality Word Association for  

The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality – One day training

May 13, 2011 Denver Family Institute: Annual Spring Conference

Instituto Chileno de terapia familiar

March 17-19, 2011 Instituto Chileno de terapia familiar Santiago, Chile For more information, click here.

Mating In Captivity: The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality

November 6, 2010 Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Presents: Annual Fall Conference Mating In Captivity: The Paradox of Intimacy  

A lecture: “Sexual Relationship in the Captivity of Marriage and Intimacy at the Age of Sexual Treatment with Medicine”

August 20, 2010 A lecture: "Sexual Relationship in the Captivity of Marriage and Intimacy at the Age of Sexual Treatment  

Helen Fisher and Esther Perel Present: When is Love Good Enough? To start, stay or to leave?

May 11, 2010 Helen Fisher and Esther Perel Present: When is Love Good Enough? To start, stay or to leave?  

Infidelity, End and/or Beginning?

March 16 & 17, 2010 Infidelity, End and/or Beginning? A two-day seminar in Hebrew Ef’al Seminar, 1 Ha’Yasmin St., Ramat-Ef’al,  

Entanglements: Real and Imagined

January 9, 2010

AFTNC 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality

October 2-3, 2009 AFTNC 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: The Paradox of Intimacy and Sexuality Featuring Esther Perel, MFT, author of international  

Smart Marriages conference workshop

July 9, 2009 Smart Marriages conference workshop Rethinking Infidelity: Esther Perel, MA Explore the meanings of affairs (past, present, fantasized  

Erotic Intelligence: Getting out of the sexual traps

March 17 & 18, 2009 Erotic Intelligence: Getting out of the sexual traps The Israel Family Therapy Association Tel Aviv,  

Sex In America: Can the Conversation Change

February 20, 2009 Sex In America: Can the Conversation Change Friday, 7:30pm Members: $18 / Nonmembers: $20 The New York  

Mating in Captivity: Featuring Esther Perel

January 30, 2009 The Middle Atlantic Division of AAMFT and The University of Maryland Family Studies Department Present: Mating in  

The Drama of infidelity: Working with Affairs in couples therapy (Das Drama der Untreue – Affären in der Paartherapie

November 7-8, 2008 The Drama of infidelity: Working with Affairs in couples therapy (Das Drama der Untreue – Affären in  

Mating in Captivity: The Paradox of Sexuality and Intimacy

March 27-29, 2008 Mating in Captivity: The Paradox of Sexuality and Intimacy XVI IFTA World Family Therapy Congress: “Mating in  

“Couples from a Tourist Lens: A multicultural approach on sexuality and Intimacy”

March 13th, 2008 "Couples from a Tourist Lens: A multicultural approach on sexuality and Intimacy” Society for Sex Therapy and  

Lover & Parent : Fanning the Flame of Desire

March 4th, 2008 Lover & Parent : Fanning the Flame of Desire Parent, Amant, Faire vivre le désir Jewish federation  

SSTAR 2007 Fall Clinical Meeting

September 7th, 2007 SSTAR 2007 Fall Clinical Meeting Society for Sex Therapy and Research, New York City. The Penn Club  

Internationale Gesellschaft für systemische Therapie, “Paare, Parungen, Paartherapie”

October 4-6, 2007 Internationale Gesellschaft für systemische Therapie, “Paare, Parungen, Paartherapie” Heidelberg, Germany Keynote address: Zahme und wilde Paarungen –  

Writer’s Week: Listowel, Ireland

June 1st, 2007 Writer’s Week: Listowel, Ireland The Erotic and The Domenstic with Esther Perel @ 5:30 pm "… Mating  

Editora Abril headquarters

March 14, 2007 Editora Abril headquarters Sao Paolo, Brazil. Conversation with Edward Pimenta Download file for more info.

Ackerman Institute For The Family

March 3, 2007 Ackerman Institute For The Family 149 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021, 10am – 4pm When  

The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan

Feburary 8, 2007 The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan The Samuel Priest Rose Building 334 Amsterdam Ave. @ 76th St.  

The City College of New York

Feburary 6, 2007 The City College of New York 115 Sprint St. New York, NY 10012, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.  

New York Public Library

November 18, 2006 New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd St., NYC @ 4:00pm, at the South Court Auditorium  

Harvard Medical School

November 17, 2006 Harvard Medical School Boston Park Plaza, Boston, MA. Treating couples