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.
This is often not the case!
Don’t risk leaving your clients without the help they came to you for. Join sex therapist expert and author Suzanne Iasenza, PhD, in this recording and learn an approach that guides couples from a state of disconnection to becoming a sexual-discovery team exploring their own idiosyncratic pathway to pleasure.
Specifically, 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. You’ll explore how to:
File type | File name | Number of pages | |
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Manual - From Dysfunction to Erotic Discovery (1.12 MB) | 18 Pages | Available after Purchase |
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, 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.
Conduct a Detailed Sexual History
Help clients understand their current sexual narratives
How to create more liberating stories for each partner
Empowering Both Partners
Make explicit each partner’s “menu” for preferred sexual activities
Expanding partners’ repertoire for more genuine erotic satisfaction
Meditative Tools to Teach Couples
Sensate focus
Considerations in clinical practice when working with clients to enhance their sexual development
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