2025 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium

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The New Sex Therapy Paradigm An Integrative Approach for Couples and Individuals

SATURDAY- 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

Can you help clients unpack the latest buzzword phrases like desire discrepancy or erotic recovery?

Do you feel flustered when you hear terms like kink and BDSM?

Or maybe you feel a little in the dark about working with clients who are in open relationships or navigating the aftermath of an affair. Today, addressing sexual issues of any sort in therapy, whether with couples or individuals, requires a systemic, integrative approach, one that promotes insight, awareness and change. In this workshop, you'll learn that approach as we break down the three stages of systemic, integrative sex therapy, including delving into the client's narrative, managing moments of insight and grief, and helping the client craft a new, pleasurable vision of sexuality. You'll also learn how to:

• Help clients give an empowered voice to their sexuality Work with sexual dynamics when sexual trauma has occurred

• Avoid the victim, perpetrator, and rescuer trauma triangle

• Avoid pathologizing language around sex and sexuality

• Distinguish between a client becoming activated and triggered, and how to work with both