INTRO TO SEX THERAPY
IN RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
This is a course for everyone who works with couples and other types of romantic relationships. It will provide a deep dive into couples’ work and sexual issues. It will provide models and interventions that will address common communication issues, changes in intimacy over the life of the relationship, keeping things sexy, and more.
Learn interventions to support clients in all kinds of relationships. From day to day relating to some of the more complex sexual and relationship dynamics, we have it covered. LGBTQIA++, polyamory, and ENM inclusive.
This course is PACFA and ACA-approved.
Thu 17 Oct - Thu 7 Nov 2024. Sign up before Sep 17th for the early bird price of $600. $740 full price. Sign up here.
Save $760 when you sign up for all four courses.
Payment plans are available and BIPOC and disability scholarships are open. See FAQs for details.
** This course was previously called Sexual Communication: Couples, Thrupples and more
Common issues facing couples and romantic relationships
Relationships communication techniques
How to have a good fight
Negotiation skills
Tools to clear unresolved issues
Relationship pulse check: communication, patterns (useful and not useful)
Consent, safety and pleasure in a relationship context
Working with different sexual expectations
Understanding how external issues impact relationships
Factors affecting self esteem and lack of intimacy
Tips on how to make time and space for intimacy in long-term relationships
THIS COURSE COVERS
How to set up safety in relationships so these concerns can be explored
Working with shame
Communication and conflict skills for clients
Facilitate difficult conversations around sex and intimacy in relationships
Celebrating difference / working with the overlap
Working with all relationship types - monogomous, polyamorous, open, BDSM, LGBTQIA++
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The course runs from Thu 17 Oct - Thu 7 Nov 2024
Lectures will be online via Zoom each Thursday 3pm - 5pm AEDT, starting 17th Oct 2024. Total lecture hours = 8hrs
Pod Meetings: each week you are required to meet with a small group of practitioners to practice the interventions. This is for one hour per week at a time that suits your schedule. Total pod hours = 4 hrs
2024 COURSE DATES
“A few hours with you has changed my whole view on sex!”
LEARNING OUTCOMES
PRACTICAL DETAILS
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This course is offered through an online platform across four weeks.
Each week there is a two-hour lecture with Tanya and a one-hour meeting with your pod group to practice the interventions. Total study time: 3 hours per week
Each week there is a short 10-question multiple-choice quiz and a brief reflection task from your pod meeting.
The pod groups are small groups of 2-3 classmates. Your meeting time is decided based on your preferred time to meet, so the pod meetings can occur at a time that works for you.
Somatic teaching style
You will receive resources and handouts to use with your clients and read through in your own time.
Access to all content for one year.
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Tanya's unique approach ensures that everybody working in these areas, whether practicing for 5 minutes or 20 years, will learn valuable new skills.
Sex Therapists
Therapists
Allied Health Practitioners
Medical Professionals
Students undertaking education in any of the above
This course counts as 16 hours PACFA category A CPD and 10 hours ACA OPD
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Early bird price of $600 or until 18th September. Full price $740. Sign up for October here.
Discount of $760 when you buy all four courses. Sign up here.
Pay in full or via a payment plan
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Lectures will be online via Zoom on Thursdays 3pm to 5pm AEDT. There are 4 x 2-hour lectures. Total lecture hours: 8
Pod Meetings: Each week you are required to meet with a small group of practitioners to practice the interventions. This is for one hour per week at a time that suits your schedule. Total pod hours: 4
2024 DATES
Tanya is offering four one-month-long professional trainings.
In Tanya’s training for professionals, participants gain valuable knowledge and practical client intervention frameworks. These workshops cover important issues, such as consent, sexual communication, relationships, desire discrepancy, sexual pain, and how to speak about sex.
This is a rare opportunity to learn from Tanya’s almost 20 years of clinical experience. Tanya has extensive clinical experience and has engaged in diverse and cutting-edge professional development with some of the worlds leading sex educators. This cumulative knowledge and experience is woven into simple, practical interventions.
Tanya will give you the language and skills to support your clients navigate their sexuality, pleasure, intimacy, communication, and relationships.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Testimonials
FAQs
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This course is for people over 18 years of age.
It is professional training for therapists, medical or allied health practitioners, and any other practitioners who may need to speak to their clients about sex and relationships.
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We have a few BIPOC and disability scholarships per course.
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Yes, this course counts for 12 hours PACFA category A CPD or 10 hours ACA OPD.
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A full refund (minus any third party processing fees) is available up to two weeks prior to the course.
Cancellations in the two weeks prior to the course are liable to full course fee if we are unable to fill the place from our wait list.
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Yes, payment plans are available.
All payment plans must be complete before course commences.
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Yes—course participants must attend lectures and pod meetings to gain full benefit from interacting with Tanya and fellow students.
It is a course requirement that you participate in weekly pod meetings with fellow students as it is part of a somatic teaching style.
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Lectures will be recorded and available for viewing within 48 hours.
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There is a $760 discount when you sign up for all four courses when you use this link. For a limited time.