Live Zoom: Wednesday February 26th at 11am - 12pm EST. Many clients see sex as a marital obligation. Sometimes this is due to cultural norms or religious ideas/values/writings. Sexual pleasure for women is often a taboo topic which is often accompanied with ideas of shamefulness or a lack of modesty. This course helps therapists understand the client’s cultural or religious ideas about sexual obligation and supports therapists in providing culturally-sensitive and religiously-sensitive approaches to female pleasure. Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to describe 3 cultural or religious tensions that create a sense of sexual obligation on women. Participants will be able to demonstrate 3 intervention techniques used to help clients shift their approaches from sex as an obligation to sex as a joy. AASECT Knowledge Areas: Ethics and ethical behavior, Developmental Sexuality, Intimacy Skills, Learning theory and its application, Range of sexual functioning and behavior, Sexual Exploitation including Sexual Abuse, Diversities of Sexual Expression, Socio-cultural and familial factors, Pleasure Enhancement Skills. May be used for Sex Therapy Training ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7.
1 CE: Helping Clients Shift from Sexual Obligation to Pleasure
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These presentations are open to:
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Licensed Social Workers
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Licensed Professional Counselors
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Licensed Therapists
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Licensed Psychologists
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Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
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Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
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Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Levels: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
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New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
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Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
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Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
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Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
How to obtain certificate: Participants must have paid the tuition fee, attended the entire workshop, completed an evaluation to receive a certificate, and completed the post-test to receive their certificate. They must have completed the post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate. Participants may re-take the post-test up to three times. Partial credit is not available. Participants will receive their certificate emailed electronically immediately upon submitting the course evaluation form and clicking “Complete” on the website. The certificate will be automatically emailed to their email address associated with their login. Additionally, participants may login to the learning platform, click on My Programs, select the completed program, and select “Get Certificate” to generate the certificate automatically. For any difficulties receiving certificate, participants can complete a contact us web form or call (301) 244-8052 for another copy to be emailed to them.
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Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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Satisfactory Completion: Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion.
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There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for these programs.
Refund Policy: For Live-interactive trainings, a full refund will be offered until 48 hours before scheduled live training. After live-interactive trainings no refunds will be given. * For pre-recorded trainings, a full refund will be given before beginning the online pre-recorded course. *exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.
System requirements: Access to zoom and stable internet connection for live trainings.
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