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 (June 17, 2026, 11:00 AM ET) (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! (June 17, 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 (August 10, 2026, 10:00 AM ET) (1 Hour/Credit)

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) History of Sex Education and Sex Therapy (TBA)

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 (11 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) Fragmented Beauty: A Jungian Perspective on Sexual Compulsions (July 15, 2026, 01:15pm) (1 Hour/Credit)

6) Treating Sexual Trauma (January 10, 2027, 01:45pm) (3 Hours/Credits)

7) Safety, Vulnerability, and Intimacy After Trauma (July 13, 2026, 01:45 PM ET) (3 Hours/Credits)

8) Pleasure and Fantasy - TBA

B) Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the “Psychosexual Disorders” described in the current edition of the DSM

1) Diagnostic Assessment of Sexual Disorders Using DSM-5 Criteria (November 23, 2026, 10:00 AM ET)

2) Sexual History Intake and Assessment - TBA

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 - TBA

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 (1 hour)

2) Treating Mismatched Sexual Desire in Couples (1 hour)

3) Male Sexual Dysfunction in Couple’s Therapy (1 hour)

4) Rebuilding Intimacy After Infidelity (1 hour)

5) Foundations of Outercourse: Helping Clients Achieve Healthy Communication, Confidence, and Comfort (1 hour)

6) Transitioning Couples from Non-Penetrative Sexual Activity to Penetrative Intercourse (1 hour)

7) Navigating the Dynamics of Sexual Pressure in Couples (1 hour)

8) Beyond PTSD: Exploring Wartime Stress on sexual relationships

9) Treating Differences in Sexual Desire in Couples Therapy ( 3 hours)

10) When Shame Runs the Room: Treating Male sexual dysfunction- Sept 9

11) Engaging in Sexual Intimacy After Child Sexual Abuse ( 1 hour)

12) When Trust Is the Wound: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Clinicians Working with Partners of Sex and Porn Addicts

13) Helping Couples through Infidelity ( 3 hours)

D) Theory and method of approach to medical intervention in the evaluation and treatment of psychosexual disorders

1) Addressing Infertility Challenges in Sex Therapy (1 hour)

2) Menopause and Sexual Health: An Interdisciplinary Clinical Framework for Sex Therapy- Nov 24

3) Medical and pharmacological management of sexual issues

4) Treating Pelvic Pain in Psychotherapy (1 hour)

5) Treating Orgasm in Women (1 hour)

6) Treating the Unconsummated Marriage and Vaginismus (1 hour)

7) How to Increase Sexual Arousal in Women (1 hour)

8) Treating Low Sexual Desire in Men and Women (1 hour)

E) Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral

1) Principles of Consultation, Collaboration, and Referral in Sex Therapy

F) Ethical decision-making and best practice

1) Ethics: Defining Successful Treatment in Sex Therapy (1 hour)

2) Ethics of Sex Therapy with Religious Clients (1 hour)