INTRO TO SEX THERAPY
IN RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
A practical, inclusive introduction to sex therapy fundamentals for relationship counsellors, combining evidence-based interventions with real-world applications for diverse clients and relationship structures.
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 CNM inclusive.
This course is PACFA, ACA and SAS approved.
2025 DATES
Dates:
Nov 11 - Dec 09
Times:
Wed 8.30am-11.30am (AEDT)
2026 DATES
Dates:
Jun 25 - Jul 16
Times:
Thu 5-8pm (AEST)
Dates:
Nov 13 - Dec 4
Times:
Thu 5-7pm (AEDT)
THIS COURSE COVERS
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
LEARNING OUTCOMES
How to set up safety in relationships so 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 - monogamous, polyamorous, open, BDSM, LGBTQIA++
“Tanya saved our marriage!”
PRACTICAL DETAILS
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This course is offered through an online platform across four weeks.
2025 Each week there is a two-hour lecture with Tanya and a 60-90 minute pod meeting. Total study time: 3-5 hours per week
2026 Each week there is a three-hour lecture with Tanya and a 60-90 minute pod meeting. Total study time: 4-6 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
Counsellors, Therapists & Coaches
Allied Health Practitioners
Medical Professionals
Students undertaking education in any of the above
Anyone who needs to talk about sex in a professional setting
2025 This course counts as 12 hours PACFA category A CPD and 10 hours ACA OPD
2026 This course counts as 16 hours PACFA category A CPD and 14 hours ACA OPD
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2025 Full price $740.
2026 Full price $899. Save $897 when you buy all four courses.
Pay in full or via a payment plan over two months.
Course must be paid in full before completion.
BIPOC and disability scholarships are open. Apply here.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Tanya is offering a number of one-month-long professional trainings.
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 world’s leading sex educators. This cumulative knowledge and experience are woven into simple, practical interventions.
In Tanya’s training for professionals, her 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.
Tanya will give you the language and skills to support your clients in navigating their sexuality, pleasure, intimacy, communication, and relationships.
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 is accredited by the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA), the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS).
It counts for 12 hours PACFA category A CPD points or 10 hours ACA OPD.
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Cancellation in the two weeks prior to the course are not eligible for refunds unless there is a waitlist for course registration. Pleasure Love Relating can offer a credit for another course at a different date.
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Yes, payment plans are available.
All payment plans are tailored to be completed before the 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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If you register for the Certificate in Sex Therapy Practice you will save $897 off the total cost of four courses.
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