- Process-oriented seminar using lecture, media, experiential methods, activities, and small group discussions
- Explores attitudes, values, feelings, and beliefs about sexuality and how these impact their professional interactions.
Core Sexual Health Education
Introduction to Sexual Health—Cultural and Biological Underpinnings
- Sex and Sexuality
- The foundations of Sexuality in History, Culture, and Religion
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Sexuality across the Lifespan
Medical and Developmental Aspects of Sexual Health—A Biopsychosocial Perspective across the Lifespan
- Menstruation, Conception, Pregnancy/Pregnancy Options, Birth, Menopause
- Sexually Transmitted Infections & Safer Sex Practices
- Conditions impacting sexual and reproductive function for men and women – substance abuse, injury/disability, chronic illness, and medication for illness
Sexual Health Problems
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sexual Variations and Disorders
- Criminal Sexual Behavior
- Trauma
- Pornography
- Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity
- Sexual Harassment
Intimacy and Sexuality in Couples Relationships
- Patterns – “Hooking Up” to “Getting Hitched”
- Same Sex Relationships
- Alternative Lifestyles
- Love and Attraction
- Intimacy
- Common Sexual Challenges in Relationships
- Couples Therapy for Sexual Challenges
The Discipline of Sexology
- History of Sexual Research
- Landmark Studies
- Application of Psychological Theories to Sexual Issues
- History of Sexual Education in North America
- Emergence of Sex Therapy as a Specialization
- Professional Organizations
Gender and Sexual Orientation
- Gender Identity and Roles
- Sexual Orientation
Advanced Training In Sexuality Counseling And Therapy
Techniques of Sex-Related Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Psychosexual Disorders in the Current DSM IV-TR
- Application of models in different settings
- Principles of interdisciplinary consultation, collaboration, and referral
- Ethics in the provision of counseling and therapy in sexual health
- Sexual health interviewing and taking a sexual history in different settings
- Assessment and brief treatment strategies following Psychosexual Disorders in the DSM IV-TR
Theory and Methods of Sex-Related Counseling and Psychotherapy – Couple and Individual Approaches
- Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems, integration of sexuality counseling/sex therapy and couples therapy
- Sex therapy/sexuality counseling and desire phase problems, sexual aversion, disorders of sexual development, and trauma-related sexual difficulties
- Treatment of compulsive sexual behavior and atypical sexual behavior
Theory and method of assessment and treatment of psychosexual disorders related to chronic illness
- Sexual counseling and sex therapy with medically related sexual problems – techniques and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Treating sexual health problems in the presence of chronic illness and lifespan challenges
Advanced Sex Therapy Techniques: Interdisciplinary approaches to assessment and treatment of psychosexual disorders, individual and couple treatment
- Interdisciplinary practice in psychosexual disorders–diagnosis and treatment
- Sex therapy treatment—techniques and treatment challenges in diverse health and mental health settings
- Clinical approaches using individual, couple, group, and innovative approaches to treatment of psychosexual disorders
- Use of supervision as a sex therapist
- Techniques for evaluating clinical outcomes