AASECT Sex Education / Human Sexuality Requirement
AASECT requires that an applicant will have completed a minimum of ninety (90) clock hours of academic coursework in sexuality education, covering general knowledge in the Core Knowledge areas listed below. Of these ninety (90) hours of Core Knowledge, a maximum of seventy-five (75) hours may be earned through eLearning. Education, in any combination, should be from an accredited university / college or approved AASECT program.
When documenting the ninety (90) hours, it is expected that the applicant document at least three (3) clock hours per content area listed under Core Knowledge. [one (1) clock hour = sixty (60) minutes] The remaining hours can be spread as desired among the core areas, with a maximum of twenty (20) hours in any one area.
AASECT also requires 60 hours of Sex Therapy training. Click here to find a description of the AASECT Sex Therapy requirements along with our courses that satisfy each of the Core Knowledge Areas (CKAs).
For the most recent information on AASECT requirements for certification, please check the AASECT website.
A Beginner’s Guide to Sharing Fantasies: How to Talk Dirty in Bed
Learn how to turn up the heat in your sex life and get it just right. Talking dirty can be hot and it can connect you in bed, but sharing fantasies can be new territory. This course gives you techniques to start that sexy conversation and get beyond the basics in your love life.
A Look at Modern Relationships
Dr. Tammy Nelson and special guest speaker Georgia Berry present a course on modern relationships including discussions of polyamory, open relationships, and swingers. Recorded lecture at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. 3 CEs (asynchronous)
A Strength Based Approach to Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB)
This workshop provides clinicians with a strength-based approach to treat problematic and out of control sexual behavior (OCSB). Dr. Neil Cannon developed this treatment model as an alternative to using 12-Steps to treat the “sex addiction” disease model. This is … Read More
Advances in Couples Therapy
Advances in Couples Therapy: Treating the Untreatable – Sexual Desire, Infidelity, & Divorce Join two world-renowned sexuality and relationship experts for another exciting and rewarding course exploring clinical perspectives and interventions for the really tough situations of couples struggling with desire, affairs, and … Read More
Affairs & Forgiveness
After an affair, most couples struggle with issues around rebuilding trust, earning forgiveness, and moving toward a shared future. As a therapist, it’s easy to feel ineffective or lost in the treatment. Common dilemmas in affair recovery often surface around … Read More
After the Affair: Reinventing Your Sexual Relationship
Dr. Spring and Dr. Nelson teach a model focused on healing, and creating and reinventing an erotic connection after the hurt and betrayal of infidelity. After an affair, partners may struggle to come together sexually, to find trust and safety and … Read More
Anatomy of Sexual Health: Pelvic Floor Pain and Treatment
Why is it necessary to train in the anatomy of sexual health? In this Webinar, three experts in the field of sexual pain will address the problems, interventions and health concerns of pelvic floor dysfunction. We will review skill sets, … Read More
Beyond Sexual Trauma: Transforming Fear
It is well known that the immobilizing fear that follows trauma is a major reason both individuals and couples seek relationship counseling and sex therapy. Yet most health professionals lack the training and supervision to help clients re-energize and reconnect … Read More
Building Intimacy
Deborah Fox unlocks the starting point and interventions for couples experiencing low sex or no sex marriages. This course gives you ways to explore deeper emotional factors which may be contributing to an impasse. Recorded lecture at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. 2 CEs (asynchronous)
Challenging Clients in Sex Therapy
A practice-oriented teleseminar to address clients who challenge us — and clients who need to be challenged. **In honor of Gina Ogden’s passing, I offer her courses with me for free, for you, while we remember her voice as a … Read More
Cognitive Behavioral Couples Sex Therapy (CST)
Barry McCarthy uses the four-session assessment model of Cognitive-Behavioral couples sex therapy to address sexual dysfunction and dissatisfaction in couples and individuals. Recorded lecture at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. 6.5 CEs (asynchronous)
Conducting a Couples Sex Therapy Evaluation
Gail Guttman teaches you step by step how to conduct a couples sex therapy evaluation with a variety of models. Recorded lecture at the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. 3 CEs (asynchronous)