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Digital Seminar

The Sexual Fallout from Trauma and PTSD: Restoring Healthy Sex for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse


Faculty:
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD
Duration:
6 Hours 28 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 18, 2021
Product Code:
POS057955
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Imagine a client entering therapy saying she has no desire for sex and hasn’t had sex for the past 5 years of married life. Her husband is losing patience. They are beginning to fight and she is concerned that this is going to ruin her marriage. The therapist suggests getting a babysitter more often, scheduling date nights, improving couple communication - but nothing seems to help.

You feel stuck... your client feels frustrated and hopeless. What to do next?

Perhaps the sexual problem in the present relates to sexual trauma from the past?

How do you start exploring that possibility?

And what are the dos and dont's to help survivors and their partners address the emotional and sexual impact of childhood abuse?

Watch renowned sex therapist Suzanne Iasenza, PhD, and learn how to assess childhood sexual trauma. Learn the signs you should be looking for and specifically what questions to ask — and what to avoid.

Once identified, how should treatment proceed? In this interactive live webinar Dr. Iasenza with share with you the approach she’s honed over many years helping individuals overcome deeply embedded sexual difficulties resulting from traumatic experiences.

You’ll be given a three-step approach that includes:

  • How to conduct a relational sexual history to assess for childhood sexual abuse.
  • Helping the clients (and partner) understand and manage the impact of trauma on their sex life.
  • Provide behavioural interventions that help the couple co-create sexual healing.

In this seminar, you’ll learn clinical techniques that help individuals and couples experience sexual healing. Case material will demonstrate an integration of couple systems and cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Don’t miss this chance to learn from a master sex therapist and help clients live more fulfilling lives.

Purchase today!

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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, 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. Create a safe therapeutic environment for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
  2. Evaluate the effects of childhood sexual abuse on adult intimacy and sexuality.
  3. Conduct a relational sexual history to identify known and unknown trauma.
  4. Assess for boundary transgressions in childhood experience.
  5. Prepare a treatment plan to address emotional and sexual impact of childhood sexual abuse.
  6. Apply clinical techniques that help individuals and couples experience sexual healing.

Outline

Making A Safe Therapy Environment for Your Client

  • Create structure for therapy
  • Transparency, control, and pace of treatment
  • A contract for communication and confidentiality
  • Maintaining boundaries
  • Effective use of homework assignments

Childhood Sexual Abuse & PTSD

  • The right way to obtain a relational sexual history with your client
  • Boundary transgressions (sexual & emotional)
  • Triggers, flashbacks, and recovery needs
  • Sources of shame connected to abuse
  • Create an effective inquiry on childhood abuse
  • Abuse as relates to adult sexuality

Dealing with Sexual Shame

  • Deciphering shame and guilt reactions
  • Overcoming the challenge of childhood self-blame and false beliefs
  • Sexual shame and identity development
  • Impact of shame on sexual desire, arousal, and orgasm
  • Managing shame during adult sexual relating

Create a Collaborative Treatment Plan with Client

  • Goal setting including behavioural guideposts
  • Use of bibliotherapy and videotherapy for psychoeducation
  • Exercises to create safety and connection
  • Work through avoidance and aversion
  • Sexual willingness as the pathway to sexual desire
  • Safe containers for sexual behavioural homework

Support Client Sexual Resilience

  • Utilize an expansive sexual menu
  • Mindful touch exercises to maintain calmness
  • Coping strategies for difficult sexual experiences
  • Enhancing sexual connection practices

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Psychotherapists
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Other Medical Professionals

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