Comprehensive Sex Therapy & Intimacy Training Program:
Fulfills AASECT Educational Requirements for Sex Therapy certification
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This package contains the 150 hour educational component required for AASECT certification. Please see the AASECT website for complete details on all components needed for certification.
All classes are listed below sectioned by AASECT category, followed by listing the classes in chronological order.
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Designed for licensed mental health professionals seeking advanced specialization, this comprehensive training program fulfills the educational requirements for AASECT Sex Therapist certification and provides in-depth instruction in human sexuality, assessment, treatment, ethics, cultural competency, and evidence-based sex therapy interventions. Participants learn from experienced faculty and gain practical clinical skills that can be immediately applied when working with individuals and couples presenting with sexual concerns, intimacy challenges, and relationship issues. The program offers a structured pathway to developing expertise in one of the fastest-growing specialty areas in mental health while meeting recognized professional certification requirements.
Why Register?
Sexual concerns are among the most common yet least-addressed issues presented in therapy. This program equips clinicians with the knowledge, confidence, and specialized training needed to effectively support clients, expand their scope of practice, differentiate themselves professionally, and pursue AASECT certification while building expertise in a high-demand clinical specialty.
Course dates, times, schedules, and program details may be subject to some change.
90 Hours Core Knowledge Areas (15 must be synchronous)
A) Ethics and ethical behavior (6 hours/credits)
1. Ethical Practice for Couples Therapy! (September 2, 2026, 1:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
2. Ethical Dilemmas in Contemporary Therapy: Navigating Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Issues (September 23, 2026, 1:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
B) Developmental sexuality from a bio-psycho-social perspective across the life course (7 hours/credits)
1) Assessing Sexual Function through a Biopsychosocial Lens (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Female Sexuality Across the Lifespan (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Aging and Sexual Health (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) The Building Blocks to Healthy Sexuality (Recorded) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Motherhood and Sexuality: Finding Balance and Integration (December 16, 2026, 11:00 AM ET) (1 Hour/Credit)
C) Socio-cultural, familial factors (e.g., ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socioeconomic status, family values), in relation to sexual values and behaviors (9 hours/credits)
1) Sex Therapy with Diverse Cultural and Religious Populations from Around the World (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Recreating Culture In The Sex Therapy Room: A Cultural Competence Workshop! (September 9, 2026 9:30 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Safe Love, Fierce Compassion: Guiding Black Couples Toward Emotional Well-Being (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
D) Topics related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: issues and themes impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual people; heterosexuality; gender identity and expression (6 hours/credits)
1) Cultural Considerations in BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth Suicide Prevention (July 20, 2026, 1:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Working with Queer/Questioning Teens and Adults in Religious Populations (October 7, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
E) Intimacy skills (e.g., social, emotional, sexual), intimate relationships, interpersonal relationships and family dynamics (14 hours/credits)
1) Attachment and Trauma-Focused Therapy for Adults and Couples (Recorded Version) (6 Hours/Credits)
2) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (July 13, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Imago Relationship Therapy: Becoming Competent in couple's work (September 2, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
4) Renegotiating Intimacy when Painful Sex Occurs in a Relationship: A Male Support Group Perspective (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) How Attachment Styles Impact Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
F) Diversities in sexual expression and lifestyles, including, but not limited to, relationship structures (e.g., polyamory, swinging, consensual non-monogamy) and sexually diverse communities (e.g., BDSM, kink) (1 hour/credit)
1) Helping Couples Bridge the Gap Between Erotic Differences (November 12th, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
G) Sexual and reproductive anatomy/physiology (6 hours/credits)
1) The Neuropsychology of Sex: Understanding the Brain’s Role in Desire, Arousal, Orgasm, Love, Lust, and Attachment (September 10, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Female Sexuality: Pregnancy and Postpartum (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Female Sexuality: Menopause and Later in Life (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) Differentiating Pelvic Pain Conditions (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
H) Health/medical factors that may influence sexuality, including, but not limited to, illness, disability, drugs, mental health, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy termination, contraception, fertility, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infection, other infections, sexual trauma, injury and safer sex practices (7 hours/credits)
1) Disability and Medical Conditions in Sex Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Integrating Trauma and Sex Therapy: Practical Therapeutic Interventions (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Infertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum and Sexual Issues (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) Post Traumatic Sex Disorder: When Intimacy Is A Trigger (Recorded Version) (2 Hours/Credits)
I) Range of sexual functioning and behavior, from optimal to challenging, including, but not limited to, common issues such as: desire discrepancy, lack of desire, difficulty achieving or maintaining arousal, sexual pain, penetration problems and difficulty with orgasm (7 hours/credits)
1) Sex Therapy for the Non-Sex Therapist: Helping clients with their sexual issues in couples and individual therapy (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Assessing and Treating Sexual Dysfunction: A Systemic Approach (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Medical Causes of Sexual Dysfunction and Mood Disorders (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
J) Sexual exploitation, including sexual abuse, sexual harassment and sexual assault (9 hours/credits)
1) Integrating Trauma and Sex Therapy: Navigating Intimacy After Sexual Abuse (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) What’s the Value of a Black Girl? – How Racism and Systemic Oppression Increase Black Girls Vulnerability to Sexual Exploitation & Sex Trafficking (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Intersection of Faith and Intimate Partner Violence (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
K) Sexuality and technology (e.g., social media, generative AI)
1) Demystifying Addiction in the Age of Opioids and Internet Pornography (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
L) Substance use/abuse and sexuality (1 hour/credit)
1) Is It Loyalty, Love, or Codependence: Couples and Family Work with Addicts (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
M) Pleasure enhancement skills
1) Helping Clients Shift from Sexual Obligation to Pleasure and How Attachment Styles Impact Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
N) Learning theory and its application (3 hours/credits)
1) Sex Therapy for the Non-Sex Therapist: Helping clients with their sexual issues in couples and individual therapy (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
O) Professional communication and personal reflection skills (3 hours/credits)
1) Attachment Communication Training: A Structured Approach to Strengthening Relational Bonds (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
P) History of the discipline of sex research, theory, education, counseling, and therapy
1) Who Decides What's Normal? History, Power, and the Evolution of Sex Therapy and Sex Education (December 2, 2026, 10:00 AM EST) (2 Hours/Credits)
Q) Principles of sexuality research and research methods (3 hours/credits)
1) Sexuality Research and Research Methods (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
60 Hours Sex Therapy Training Content Areas (30 must be synchronous)
A) Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models (10 hours/credits)
1) Helping Female Clients Connect to their Sexual Selves (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Sexual Rehabilitation after Trauma (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Understanding Eroticism: Human Needs and Clinical Considerations (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) How Emotional Regulation and Dysregulation Impact Sexual Desire and Sexual Arousal in Men and Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Treating Sexual Trauma (January 10, 2027, 01:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
6) Safety, Vulnerability, and Intimacy After Trauma (November 2, 2026 ,10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
7) Pleasure, Arousal and Fantasy: Using Romance Novels as an Adjunct to Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy (November 24, 2026, 01:45 PM ET) (2 Hours/Credits)
B) Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the “Psychosexual Disorders” described in the current edition of the DSM (11.5 hours/credits)
1) Diagnostic Assessment of Sexual Disorders Using DSM-5 Criteria (November 23, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Biopsychosocial Assessment and Sexual History Taking in Sex and Couples Therapy (October 22, 2026, 1:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Basics of Sexual Function and Dysfunction (Recorded Version) (1.5 Hours/Credits)
4) First Session - Talking About Sex (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Treating Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors: A Trauma-Informed, Relational, and Spiritually Attuned Clinical Framework (August 6, 2026, 01:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
C) Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems. Therapists with no documented graduate or post graduate training in couples counseling must acquire sixteen (16) hours of couples counseling training as part of the sixty (60) hours of Sex Therapy Training
1) Couples Sex Therapy for Treating Low Male Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Treating Mismatched Sexual Desire in Couples (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Male Sexual Dysfunction in Couple’s Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) Rebuilding Intimacy After Infidelity (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Foundations of Outercourse: Helping Clients Achieve Healthy Communication, Confidence, and Comfort (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
6) Transitioning Couples from Non-Penetrative Sexual Activity to Penetrative Intercourse (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
7) Navigating the Dynamics of Sexual Pressure in Couples (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
8) Beyond PTSD: Exploring Wartime Stress on sexual relationships (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
9) Treating Differences in Sexual Desire in Couples Therapy (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
10) When Shame Runs the Room: Treatment of Male Sexual Dysfunction - (September 9, 2026, 1:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
11) Engaging in Sexual Intimacy After Child Sexual Abuse (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
12) When Trust Is the Wound: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Clinicians Working with Partners of Sex and Porn Addicts (November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
13) Helping Couples through Infidelity (August 10, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
D) Theory and method of approach to medical intervention in the evaluation and treatment of psychosexual disorders
1) Addressing Infertility Challenges in Sex Therapy (November 18, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Menopause and Sexual Health: An Interdisciplinary Clinical Framework for Sex Therapy (November 24, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Medical and Pharmacologic Management of Sexual Issues (November 16, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)
4) Treating Pelvic Pain in Psychotherapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Treating Orgasm in Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
6) Treating the Unconsummated Marriage and Vaginismus (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
7) How to Increase Sexual Arousal in Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
8) Treating Low Sexual Desire in Men and Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
E) Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral
1) Who is at the table? It takes a team: Clinical Infrastructure In Sex Therapy! (November 11, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (1.5 Hours/Credits)
F) Ethical decision-making and best practice
1) Ethics: Defining Successful Treatment in Sex Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Ethics of Sex Therapy with Religious Clients (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
ALL LIVE/SYNCHRONOUS WORKSHOPS ARE LISTED BELOW
ALL RECORDED/ASYNCHRONOUS WORKSHOPS ARE LISTED BELOW
1) Assessing Sexual Function through a Biopsychosocial Lens (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Female Sexuality Across the Lifespan (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Aging and Sexual Health (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) The Building Blocks to Healthy Sexuality (Recorded) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Sex Therapy with Diverse Cultural and Religious Populations from Around the World (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Safe Love, Fierce Compassion: Guiding Black Couples Toward Emotional Well-Being (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Attachment and Trauma-Focused Therapy for Adults and Couples (Recorded Version) (6 Hours/Credits)
2) Renegotiating Intimacy when Painful Sex Occurs in a Relationship: A Male Support Group Perspective (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) How Attachment Styles Impact Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Female Sexuality: Pregnancy and Postpartum (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Female Sexuality: Menopause and Later in Life (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Differentiating Pelvic Pain Conditions (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Disability and Medical Conditions in Sex Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Integrating Trauma and Sex Therapy: Practical Therapeutic Interventions (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Infertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum and Sexual Issues (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) Post Traumatic Sex Disorder: When Intimacy Is A Trigger (Recorded Version) (2 Hours/Credits)
1) Sex Therapy for the Non-Sex Therapist: Helping clients with their sexual issues in couples and individual therapy(Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) Assessing and Treating Sexual Dysfunction: A Systemic Approach (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Medical Causes of Sexual Dysfunction and Mood Disorders (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Integrating Trauma and Sex Therapy: Navigating Intimacy After Sexual Abuse (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
2) What’s the Value of a Black Girl? – How Racism and Systemic Oppression Increase Black Girls Vulnerability to Sexual Exploitation & Sex Trafficking (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
3) Intersection of Faith and Intimate Partner Violence (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Demystifying Addiction in the Age of Opioids and Internet Pornography (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Is It Loyalty, Love, or Codependence: Couples and Family Work with Addicts (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Helping Clients Shift from Sexual Obligation to Pleasure and How Attachment Styles Impact Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Sex Therapy for the Non-Sex Therapist: Helping clients with their sexual issues in couples and individual therapy (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Attachment Communication Training: A Structured Approach to Strengthening Relational Bonds (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Sexuality Research and Research Methods (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1)Helping Female Clients Connect to their Sexual Selves (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2)Sexual Rehabilitation after Trauma (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3)Understanding Eroticism: Human Needs and Clinical Considerations (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4)How Emotional Regulation and Dysregulation Impact Sexual Desire and Sexual Arousal in Men and Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Basics of Sexual Function and Dysfunction (Recorded Version) (1.5 Hours/Credits)
2) First Session - Talking About Sex (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
1) Couples Sex Therapy for Treating Low Male Sexual Desire (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Treating Mismatched Sexual Desire in Couples (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Male Sexual Dysfunction in Couple’s Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) Rebuilding Intimacy After Infidelity (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Foundations of Outercourse: Helping Clients Achieve Healthy Communication, Confidence, and Comfort (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
6) Transitioning Couples from Non-Penetrative Sexual Activity to Penetrative Intercourse (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
7) Navigating the Dynamics of Sexual Pressure in Couples (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
8) Beyond PTSD: Exploring Wartime Stress on sexual relationships (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
9) Treating Differences in Sexual Desire in Couples Therapy (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
10) Engaging in Sexual Intimacy After Child Sexual Abuse (Recorded Version) (3 Hours/Credits)
1) Treating Pelvic Pain in Psychotherapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Treating Orgasm in Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
3) Treating the Unconsummated Marriage and Vaginismus (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
4) How to Increase Sexual Arousal in Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
5) Treating Low Sexual Desire in Men and Women (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
E) Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral
F) Ethical decision-making and best practice
1) Ethics: Defining Successful Treatment in Sex Therapy (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
2) Ethics of Sex Therapy with Religious Clients (Recorded Version) (1 Hour/Credit)
