August 24, 2024
1:30PM-4:45PM EST
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This course meets the Core Knowledge Content Areas: E, I
Presented by Marissa Dungan, LICSW
co-presenter: Kate Wise, LICSW
A beginner’s guide to engaging in sex therapy with a couple who are struggling to talk about their needs in therapy. Common issues identified in couples therapy will be reviewed and techniques, lenses, or languages to address each will be identified. This course will involve an analysis of gender roles and the intersection with relational skillsets and sex; and will discuss how to bridge the gap and address the relationship between couples therapy and individual therapy.
Course objectives:
- Identify the most common issues facing couples seeking therapy
- Develop techniques and resources that guide couples toward more effective communication and collaborative decision-making
- Identify some of the current modalities of couples therapy, including the developmental model, EFT, and system theories
- Learn how individual therapists can support the relational goals of the couples while doing individual work
- Discuss case examples where one partner is coming out with a new gender/sexual identity
This course will be offered virtually via Zoom, will require pre-registration, and will be recorded for quality assurance and evaluation purposes only.
To receive Continuing Education credits an evaluation must be completed and submitted at the end of the course.
This course meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and is approved for 3 CE Credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.
Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org
Darling Mental Health, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing
Education Provider, ACEP No. 7600. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are
clearly identified. Darling Mental Health, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the
programs.
