Foundations of Sex Therapy Course
Are you interested in learning about the foundations of sex therapy? Are you an individual or couples therapist who wants to learn how to talk about sex and intimacy with your clients? Foundations of sex therapy is a great starting point for folks looking to gain education and introductory clinical skills to work with clients surrounding sexuality. This course will cover education surrounding sexual identity, defining pleasure, understanding fantasy, sex therapy tools, and using somatic psychotherapy with sexual issues. For more information, see the exact curriculum at the link below. To find out more about the trainer- keep scrolling!
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Here is the curriculum:
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8 weeks of 2 hours (16 AASECT CEs), and 2 hours of case consultation (dates TBD)
Week 1: What is sex? Defining sex with clients, defining pleasure, understanding “sexual scripts”.
(CKA B: 2 ces)
Week 2: Introduction to the circles of sexuality. Exploring identity, culture, race, and religion roles in sexuality.
(CKA C: 2 ces)
Week 3: Exploring identity: beginning to explore sexually marginalized identities. LGBTQIA+, kink/BDSM, polyamorous identities.
(CKA F: 2 CES)
Week 4: Moving from performance to pleasure. Understanding erogenous zones, understanding the body, sensate focus.
(CKA G: 2 CES)
Week 5: Exploring fantasy and the erotic: Unpacking Jack Morin and Esther Perel’s work.
(CKA N: 2 CES)
Week 6: Sexual communication skills, couples work, differentiation.
(CKA E: 2 ces)
Week 7: Challenges with feeling embodied during sex ("spectatoring", dissociation, etc.)
(CKA I: 2 ces)
Week 8: Bringing in somatic psychotherapy to sex therapy (body-mapping, somatic psychotherapy, IFS,)
(CKA N: 2 ces)
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 16 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.
Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.
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Cost: $900
Reduced fee of $700 offered for POC and LGBTQIA2S+ folks.
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The course for February is FULL.
I will we announcing fall dates for the course in the next couple of months. If you are interested in joining in the fall- sign up for my e-mail list for updates.
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Email list sign up:
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About Coty Nolin, LMFT, CST
Why was the course was created?
I created the foundations of sex therapy course because I feel the desire to share all of the education I have gained surrounding modern sex therapy in the past 5 years.
It is truly my passion to teach other therapists about the different elements of sex therapy. Feel free to email me if you have any questions!
Interested in Sex Therapy Training?
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