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How to Talk About Sex with your Clients: Treatment, Assessment and Case Formulation for Sexual Issues

  • Sexual Health and Intimacy Psychological Services Level 3, 169-171 Victoria Parade Fitzroy, VIC, 3065 Australia (map)

Our first in person training day!

This one-day interactive course will give you an overview of evidence-based, trauma-informed skills and frameworks for the psychological treatment of sexual issues. We will overview theories of sexual function, sexual scripts, sex and gender core beliefs and outline the process to develop a formulation and treatment plan.  Common countertransference experiences when talking about sexual issues will be explored as well as how to manage your internal experience in the therapy room. 

We will also overview theory and treatment for some of the the most common presenting issues including: sexual pain (dyspareunia), erectile difficulties, difficulties with orgasm (anorgasmia) addictions, and sexual trauma. 

The second half of the day will involve interactive exercises and case studies to help practice developing formulation and treatment plans.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand how to assess sexual issues

  • Understand how to raise the topic of sex sensitively with your clients 

  • Understand how to formulate sexual issues within the context of the client’s broader psychology 

  • Understand how evidence-based frameworks (Eg. CBT, Mindfulness, Schema Therapy) can be used to treat sexual issues

  • Understand how to manage countertransference regarding sexual issues

Price: 

$400 professional, $350 students 

(We want to make training accessible to those who would like to attend, so please contact us if would like to discuss your circumstance and a concession rate)

CPD hours: 7

What will be provided:

  • Lunch & snacks

  • Copies of slides and case studies  

Suitable for:

  • Psychologists

  • Social workers

  • Counsellors

  • Nurses

  • Psychiatrists

  • Sex therapists

  • Students undertaking education in all of the above

Level of experience required:

  • Undertaking or completed qualifications in psychology or above disciplines

  • No experience with sexual therapy necessary