WHEN SEX HURTS

NAVIGATING INTIMATE PAIN

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 is PACFA and ACA-approved.

Thu 17 Oct - Thu 7 Nov 2024. Enrol now! Sign up before Sep 17th for the early bird price of $600. $740 full price.

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.

  • 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

  • Working with Vulvas

  • Working with Penises

  • Communicating with lovers & partners

  • The fear/pain cycle

THIS COURSE COVERS

  • Understand the context for sexual pain

  • Learn about the role of safety in sexual pain

  • Working with clients to set up safety

  • Work with clients to communicate more effectively with partners

  • Interventions for working with pain and intimacy

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    • Lectures will be online via Zoom on Thursdays 10am-12pm AEDT. 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 COURSE DATES

“A few hours with you has changed my whole view on sex!”
— Allied health, workshop participant

LEARNING OUTCOMES

PRACTICAL DETAILS

    • 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. 

  • 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

  • Early bird price of $600 until Sep 17th 2024. Full price $740. Pay in full or via payment plan. Sign up here.

    There is a $760 discount when you sign up for all four courses. Sign up here.

  • SIGN UP HERE

    Lectures will be online via Zoom on Thursdays 10am-12pm AEDT. 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, 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. 

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

  • It was such a pleasure learning from Tanya! The knowledge shared during her training has supported my professional growth, really helping me understand my clients better and practical tools on how to support them through their difficulties.

    Desire Discrepancy Participant, May 2022

  • I feel illuminated and enriched from doing this course with you, Tanya. The information given was at the right level for me to begin using it immediately in my work as a singles/couples therapist who wants it not to be a taboo topic in the therapy room. I feel empowered to drop lingering feelings of inadequacy and embarrassment....

    How To Talk About Sex Participant, Nov 2022

  • ...The sociopolitical angle was super important too, and while I feel I was fairly well across this beforehand, you certainly ensured that I now approach sex and relationships (and life!) with commitment to enhancing an understanding of this in myself and those I am around. Thank you for what you do and who you are

    How To Talk About Sex Participant, Nov 2022

  • Tanya is so incredibly generous with her wealth of knowledge. Thank You.

    Desire Discrepancy Participant, May 2022

  • I found the course really interesting and valuable. Thank you for offering it!

    Desire Discrepancy Participant, May 2022

  • You have a beautiful way of speaking about sex and relationships

    Nurse, Workshop Attendee

  • A few hours with you has changed my whole view on sex!

    Aus Workshop participant

FAQs

  • 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.

  • We have a few BIPOC and disability scholarships per course.

    To apply, please complete this form.

  • Yes, this course counts for 12 hours PACFA category A CPD or 10 hours ACA OPD.

  • 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.

  • Yes, payment plans are available.

    All payment plans must be complete before course commences.

  • 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.

  • Lectures will be recorded and available for viewing within 48 hours.

  • There is a $760 discount when you sign up for all four courses when you use this link. For a limited time.