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Digital Seminar

From Dysfunction to Erotic Discovery

Faculty:
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD
Duration:
2 Hours 50 Minutes
Copyright:
Mar 24, 2019
Product Code:
NOS096056
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

Description

When couples come to therapy with problems involving desire, arousal, and orgasm, therapists often fall into the trap of thinking of them as somehow broken and in need of fixing. Instead, this workshop offers an approach that guides couples from a state of disconnection to becoming a sexual-discovery team exploring their own idiosyncratic pathway to pleasure. You’ll learn a three-part therapeutic process to help couples find alternatives to rigid scripts about what fulfilling sexuality is supposed to be like.

CPD

CPD
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 2.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - From Dysfunction to Erotic Discovery (417.3 KB) 12 Pages Available after Purchase

Faculty

Suzanne Iasenza, PhD's Profile

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Suzanne Iasenza, PhD,  is faculty at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where she is Co-Director of the Sex Therapy Program and teaches at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is author of the book Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Suzanne Iasenza maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Adelphi University and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She receives royalties as a published author. Suzanne Iasenza receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Suzanne Iasenza is a member of the American Psychological Association, Member, the Association for Women in Psychology, the Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and the American Family Therapy Academy.

Objectives

  1. Employ a detailed sexual history for partners to help them understand their current sexual narratives and how to create more liberating stories. 
  2. Use techniques to empower both partners to make explicit their “menus” for preferred sexual activities as a way of expanding their repertoire for more genuine erotic satisfaction. 
  3. Explain how to help couples use sensate focus as a meditative tool to enhance their sexual development. 
  4. Integrate psychodynamic, systems, and cognitive behavioural approaches into couples sex therapy. 

Outline

Conducting a detailed sexual history 
  • How to collect sexual history information in a conversational way  
  • Identifying conscious and unconscious sexual narratives that affect sexuality 
Improving sexual communication in couples 
  • How to co-create safe therapeutic space to discuss sexuality 
  • The Sexual Menu Assignment 
Utilizing the Sensate Focus Technique to improve mindful sexual awareness 
  • How and when to introduce Mindfulness Sensate Focus 
Assessing experiences with Mindfulness Sensate Focus

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Other Behavioral Health Professionals.

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