Sex Therapy Series:
When Sex Hurts - Navigating Intimate Pain
9, 16, 23 and 30 May 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm AEST
Sexual pain is more prevalent than we think. Many practitioners stumble across it in the course of their consultations with clients. This in-depth training will teach you about different sexual pain conditions, how to support people experiencing them, and how to break the pain/fear cycle.
This course covers;
- Societal constructs of sex and gender in relationships
- The physiology of pleasure – vulva/vaginal arousal systems, things that most people don’t know
- A discussion on sexual desire and how desire, pain, relationships and daily life are all intertwined
- Medical reasons for sexual pain - vaginismus, dyspareunia, endometriosis, after birth scarring and more
- Psychological reasons for sexual pain
- Attitudes about sex
- Relationship issues
- Societal constructs
- Treatment ideas for sexual pain
- Consent, safety and pleasure
- Work
Presenter:
Tanya Koens
Grad. Dip. Counselling (ACAP), Grad. Dip. Health Sciences (Sexual Health) (University of Sydney)
Qualifications: Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - Clinical Member Society of Australian Sexologists (formerly ASSERT) - General Member and former Vice President of SAS NSW Graduate Diploma Health Sciences (Sexual Health) – the University of Sydney Graduate Diploma in Counselling – Australian College of Applied Psychology Masters of Business, Marketing – University of Technology, Sydney Certified Somatic Sex Educator - Institute of Somatic Sexology Certified Sexological Body Worker - Institute of Somatic Sexology Urban Tantra Graduate - Barbara Carellas
This course counts towards 12 hours of category A CPD.
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