Directions to our office
located on 6th and Locust St.
The Center for Growth, Inc.
also known as
Sex Therapy in Philadelphia
233 S. 6th Street, Suite C-33
Philadelphia PA 19106
New Clients (267) 324 - 9564
Existing Clients (215) 922-5683
Fax (215) 922-6302
“Alex” Caroline Robboy, CAS, MSW, LCSW
Independence Place
233 S. 6th Street
Suite C-33
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Work Number: (215) 922-LOVE
Cell Number: (215) 570-8614
alex@howtohavegoodsex.com
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
M.S.W. Masters of Social Work - Clinical Family Track, Dept of Social
Work,
(May/95)
Post-Masters Certificate - Home School Visitor/School Social Worker in
PA,
NJ & MA,
Dept of Social Work (May/95)
Post-Masters Certificate - Marriage Counseling & Sex Therapy, Dept of
Psychiatry,
(July/1999)
C.A.S. Certificate in Advanced Studies - Human Sexuality, Dept of
Education,
(Dec,02)
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
BA - Bachelor of Arts - Major in English; minor in Gender Studies, (Jun/93)
SCHOLARSHIPS
Council for Relationships (Formerly
known as Penn Council For Relationships), Dept of Psychiatry, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Council for Relationships Scholarship, (Fall/97-Spring/99)
PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
The Center
For Growth Inc, Philadelphia, PA (Jun/05 – Present)
Founder & Director– The Center for Growth is
a small organization of mental health therapists. In addition to overseeing the
management of the company, I provide individual, couples, and family therapy
and run groups. My specialty is addiction, anxiety, depression, men’s issues
chronic pain, blended families, & sexuality, relationship issues.
How To
Have Good Sex Inc, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/97-Present)
Founder & Director - HTHGS is primarily a web
based organization dedicated to teaching human sexuality
education. Responsible for answering sex based questions, developing the
curriculum from which to teach the human sexuality teleconference and chat
courses. Design and produce the monthly sex tips. Currently the monthly
sex tips are distributed to 32,000+ people and the web site receives 8000+
unique hits a day. Additionally, we do bachelorette parties.
Life
Counseling, Philadelphia PA (Feb/02-May/05)
Therapist – Provided individual, couple and family
therapy. Focus was on anxiety, depression, men’s issues, compulsive
behaviors, sexual health and pain management. Supervisor for
two MSW interns.
Best Nest Inc,
Philadelphia, PA (Jul/00–Feb/02)
Home Finder Social Worker & Lead Internet Specialist – Best
Nest is an adoption and foster care agency for medically fragile children.
Responsibilities included designing and maintaining the website, recruitment,
providing training to adoptive and foster parents (pre-service and on an
ongoing basis), comprehensive home study of prospective adoptive and foster
parents, assisting in child placement decisions and providing sexuality
education to both the staff and clients at the agency.
University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Jan/99-May/99 & Jan/00-May/00)
Teaching Assistant – to the course ‘Basic Concepts in Human
Sexuality’. Responsible for designing and implementing lesson plans,
grading and running my own section of the course.
Penn
Council For Relationships, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/96-Jul/99)
Therapist – provided individual, couple and family
therapy. Specialization is in sex therapy.
Protocall Services/Metro Crisis Line, Portland, OR (Oct/95-Jul/96)
Clinical Specialist 2 - trained, supervised and acted
as a resource to Metro Crisis Line volunteers. Conducted telephone intakes / assessments, crisis
response, and dispatched the local law and/or medical personnel as necessary,
triaged services for companies nationwide. Protocall provided direct services to over 50 million people, including persons with a
chronic mental illness, substance abuse problem and those with current
homicidal and suicidal ideations.
CARES NW (Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Services) Program, Portland, OR (May/95-Oct/95)
Child Abuse Intake Specialist - evaluated and determined
eligibility of incoming callers wishing to schedule a CARES appointment and/or
provided the client(s) with appropriate referrals to community services.
INTERNSHIPS & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
School Social Worker Intern - Collingswood Board of
Education, (Sept/94-May/95)
Drug & Alcohol Counselor Intern - Eagleville Hospital, (May/95-Aug/95)
Emergency Shelter Social Worker Intern - Child Inc., (Sept/93-Jun/94)
Crisis Intervention Counselor - Portland Women's Crisis Line
(PWCL), (Sept/92-Aug/95)
Volunteer Facilitator of a Support Group for Survivors of Rape - PWCL,
(Jan/93-Apr/93)
Founded a Women's Consciousness Raising Support Group - Lewis & Clark College, (Sept/92-Jun/93)
Revitalized the Group Student’s United for Sexual Awareness - Lewis & Clark College, (Jan/93-Jun/93)
Researcher on the abuse of prostitutes - Council For Prostitution
Alternatives, (Jun/92-Aug/92)
PRESENTATIONS, MEDIA APPEARANCES & PUBLICATIONS
The Center For Growth, Inc.,
Philadelphia PA (Aug/05 - Present)
*Monthly workshops on sex and pregnancy.
* Valentines Day 3 hour work shop on rekindling the passion.
How To Have Good
Sex, Inc., Philadelphia PA (Jan/99 -
present)
*Monthly 3 hour workshops on intimacy and
communication issues.
*Bachelorette parties: How to be the best lover your partner ever had, and
receive the pleasure you’ve only dreamed about (as requested).
ABC Channel 6, Action News at 11pm with Action News Reporter Katherine Scott,
Philadelphia, PA (April/10)
* Internet pornography in the workplace.
Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, Philadelphia PA (April/10)
* The New Sexuality: Sexting to Hooking Up, one hour lecture for the Psychiatric Society Women's Brunch.
Drexel University, hosted by Commuter Organization (DCOM),Philadelphia, PA (Feb/09-Feb/10)
* Valentines Day / Sex Therapy Workshop, 1.5 hour workshop. (Feb /09)
* Post-Valentines Day Workshop, 1 hour workshop (Feb/10).
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Oct/09)
* Co-presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart a one hour lecture "Female Sexuality" for OB/GYN resident physicians.
Robboy, Alex. “Book Review.” Review of “He’s Just Not Up for It Anymore: Why Men Stop Having Sex and What You Can Do About It”, by Bob Berkowitz and Susan Yager-Berkowitz. Contemporary Sexuality, v42, #12 pg 8 December, 2008.
Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (Nov/08)
* Co-presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart a one hour lecture for OB/GYN residents
on female sexuality.
The Ralston Center
The Ralston Center, Philadelphia, PA (Nov/08)
* Sexual Health & Aging, a three hour workshop.
A Day for
Mom & Me, hosted by PNC Bank, Philadelphia, PA (May/08)
* Managing your stress: how can you juggle your life
with balance? what can we do to slow things down
internally? her, we uncover the answers.
NBC 10, News at
11pm with reporter Kristen Welker, Philadelphia, PA (Feb/08)
* Where couples are turning when monogamy becomes monotony
Medical
Breakthroughs, reported by Ivanhoe, Los Angeles, CA (Feb/08)
*Love, Lust & Loyalty: Cheating Hearts
Medical
Breakthroughs, reported by Ivanhoe, Philadelphia, PA (Feb/08)
* Love, Lust & Loyalty: Virtual Affairs: Real Life
Mess? (Feb / 08)
Montel Williams New York City, NY (Jan/08)
* Asked by Montel Williams to help a couple
"Bring Sexy Back Into Their Marriage"
Church of the Lord
Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Philadelphia, PA (Jan/08)
* Co-presenting for with Tracy Wood, M.Ed., LMFT & Jennifer Foust
M.S., LPC for three hours to a group of 100 women "S.A.Y. What?
Sisterly Expressions and Intimate Conversations"
NBC10, News at
11pm with Investigator Harry Hairston, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/07)
* Interview about swinging
6pm News with Stephanie Stahl on CBS3,
Philadelphia, PA (July/07)
*Health: Muscles vs.
Brain For Women
Swarthmore
College, Sexual Health Counselors, Philadelphia, PA ( Aug/06)
* Co-presenting with Tracy L. Wood M.Ed., LMFT for three hours to the
Sexual Health Counselors student group on: Ways to answer students technical
questions about the pleasurable aspects of sex, sexuality & intimacy.
Surviving
Motherhood on TLC, Philadelphia, PA (Aug/06)
* Parenting strategies
11pm News with
Stephanie Stahl on CBS 3, Philadelphia, PA (May/06)
*Health, Secrets of seduction
Your
Morning on CN8, New Castle, DE (Sep/03-Aug/05)
* A live television interview: Tips
for safer sex (Sept/03).
* A live television interview: Discussed the importance of sex and
how bachelorette workshops can help individuals (Jun/03).
* A live television interview: 12 ways to rev up your sex life (Jan/04).
* Taped television interviews: Sex and pregnancy, sex and menopause, and sex
and STD’s (March 29, 04)
* A live television interview: (May/05)
* A live television interview: Spicing up your sex life (June/05)
* A live television interview: Getting sexy after sex (Jul/05)
* A live television interview: After the affair (Aug/05)
Love
and Romance with Sue McGarvie Toronto, Canada
(Jun / 05)
*Taped interview about sexuality
2005
AASECT Annual Conference – What’s New What Works: Pioneering Solutions
For Today’s Sexual Issues, Portland OR (May / 05)
* Sex and Pregnancy, Presented with Dr. Gearhart
Temple University,
Human Sexuality Education Course, Philadelphia PA (April, 05)
*Guest lecturer: Sexual Function & Dysfunction.
It’s a New Day with
Rip Daniels on www.wjzd.com and on the radio 94.5 Mississippi (Feb 14, 05)
*A live radio interview: Swinging, is it
healthy?
New Hampshire Nursing Association Fall Conference, Concord, NH (Oct 6, 04).
*Cosmetic Surgeries, Enhancements, Diets, Herbal Concoctions, Vanity . .
. Is it Healthy? Presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart
*Some of the questions & most of the answers that
your patients won't ask. Presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart
*Closing Plenary Session: Sex & Sexuality in Nursing Practice, How to use
the knowledge in your practice. Presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart
Early Mornings with Trevar Chappell on
ABC Local Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia (Sept/04).
*A live radio interview: Pornography, is it healthy?
Anderson Copper 360° on CNN, Philadelphia, PA (Jun/04)
*A live television interview: Sex & swinging
Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (Feb/03)
1 hour grand rounds lecture for OB/GYN physicians, midwives and nurses on
sexual function / dysfunction.
Robboy, Alex (2002). Lost in translation? The
hazards of applying social constructionism to
quantitative research on sexual orientation development. The Journal of Homosexuality. v42, #3, p89–102.
Best Nest, Philadelphia, PA (Dec/00-02)
Yearly in-service trainings for foster care social workers to learn how to
talk to foster care families, biological parents and foster children about
sexuality issues.
New York
University Medical School, New York, New York (Jan/02)
1 hour workshop for NYU medical students on sexually transmitted
infections.
Philadelphia
Family Pride, Philadelphia, PA (Nov/00)
2 hour training geared for gay and lesbian parents on how to talk to
their children about sexuality.
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (Sept/98-Aug/00)
Member of the Online Committee, which is responsible for the maintenance and
continued development of the AASECT web site.
University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/93-May/94)
Delegate to the Graduate and Professional School Assembly, (Sept/93-May/94)
Member of the Student Council, (Sept/93-May/94)
Council for Prostitution Alternatives, Portland, OR
(Jun/92-Jun/93)
Member of the Board of Directors
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & LICENSURES
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy AAMFT, Clinical Member (02-Present)
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists AASECT Member (96-Present)
American
Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists – Certified Sex
Therapist CST (03-Present)
American Board Certified Sexologist ABS (04-Present)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW (97-Present)
National Association of Social Workers NASW (94-Present)
North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology NASPOG (2006-Present)
Founder of Sex Therapy
in Philadelphia
"Alex" Caroline Robboy, CAS,
ACSW, LCSW
To schedule an appointment, please call: 267 - 324 - 9564
If you live in Center City Philadelphia and the surrounding regions, including the Main Line, Montgomery County, Bucks County, Chestery County, Cherry Hill and Southern New Jersey area and want to schedule an appointment for individual therapy, couples therapy, marriage counseling, sex therapy, family therapy or play therapy call (267) 324-9564.
