Description
Sexual problems in relationships are common. At one time or another all mental health professionals will work with clients who are struggling with sexual issues. Although therapists may not specialize in sex therapy, they need to develop a degree of proficiency in treating sexual issues so that they can meet the needs of clients. This course provides therapists with interventions that they can use to help individuals and couples overcome sexual problems. The content of this continuing education program is adapted from What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Used by permission of Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses.
Format: Asynchronous, reading-based distance learning. Non-interactive.
Content Category: Clinical
This CE course is designated as intermediate.
There are no known conflicts of interest or commercial support to disclose.
Author Bio
Stephanie Buehler, MPW, PsyD, CST-S, is a licensed psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist / supervisor. She is a graduate of UCLA, USC, Pepperdine University, and Alliant / California School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Buehler is the author of Sex, Love, and Mental Illness: A Couple's Guide to Staying Connected and What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. She is the founder and director of the Buehler Institute in Newport Beach, California, where she provides sex therapy to individuals and couples and continuing education for professionals.
CE Approvals
At Health, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. At Health, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
At Health, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6949. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. At Health, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Athealth.com is approved as a continuing education provider by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Provider #148460.
At Health, LLC, Provider #1707, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. At Health, LLC, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/3/2023-5/3/2026.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social work in Arkansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, master's level psychologists, licensed clinical psychotherapists, and alcohol and other drug abuse counselors in Kansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for mental health practice and for social work in Nebraska. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for psychologists, pastoral psychotherapists, clinical social workers, clinical mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors in New Hampshire. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists in Tennessee. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
Other jurisdictions may accept trainings offered by At Health, LLC for your continuing education requirements. Restrictions may apply. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.”
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Page last modified or reviewed by athealth.com on Oct 29, 2024.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this program, you should be able to:
- Explain why both therapists and clients are reluctant to talk about sex
- Discuss how therapists can become more comfortable in talking with clients about sexual problems
- Show how to assess clients for sexual problems using an ecosystemic approach
- Use interventions that help women with problems related to arousal, orgasm, and low desire
- Apply techniques that help men with problems such as erectile dysfunction and sexual desire
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