Therapists and counselors need training and tools to intervene with relationship issues where there are sexual dilemmas. After an overview of clinical concepts, this course will offer skills to help therapists and counselors address concerns around intimacy, helping individuals and couples to improve their intimate relationships.
These topics may trigger countertransference and projection for the therapist and couples can face frustration and repeat patterns that lead to destructive behaviors both individually and with a partner. We will the basics of the integrative sex therapy model and touch upon trauma, desire issues and recovery from affairs and how these unique issues impact treatment.
Based on clinical practice, research and case examples, we will cover interventions and techniques that foster effective, ethical therapeutic relationships for clients struggling with intimacy issues.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will understand methods of approach to intervention in relationships that are experiencing sex and intimacy conflicts
2. Participants will review relational, emotional, sexual and intimacy skills in relationship therapy and how these affect therapeutic dynamics
3. Participants will review a range of sexual functioning and behavior, including desire discrepancy, difficulty with arousal, sexual trauma, affair recovery and how relationship therapy improves treatment outcomes