Online one-day CPD

Talking Professionally About Sex Study Day

Sex …. we know it happens, it’s something most adults have experienced …. (we even do it ourselves!) But talking about sex professionally can be a genuine challenge.

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Date

Friday 29 January 2027

Format: Fully online

CPD hours

6 hours

Certificate awarded after full attendance.

Fee

£90

Common concerns

  • I don’t have enough time in my appointment slot to talk about sex
  • I have no idea what to ask and what would I do with the answers?
  • Sex is private! This is none of my business!
  • It’s culturally inappropriate for me to ask about sex
  • I feel embarrassed myself and I don’t want to embarrass my patient/client
  • What if I say the wrong thing and offend someone?

Why talking about sex matters

Talking about sex really does matter.

For medical professionals

Asking about sex can provide important information for a patient’s overall health. Sexual problems can be an early indicator of heart disease, diabetes, hormonal changes, dermatological conditions, and many other life altering illnesses. When identified and treated quickly, general health problems that show up as sexual function symptoms, can set your clients on the road to both general health recovery and the restoration of sexual wellbeing.

For counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists

Working with clients without the confidence to ask about sex can leave gaps in your assessment, formulation and treatment approaches. Working with intimate partners or clients presenting with sexual compulsivity without being able to talk about sex professionally, leaves you vulnerable to unethical practice.

What you will learn

  1. How to talk about sex professionally, what to ask and why

  2. The difference between personal morals and professional ethics

  3. Six Sexual Health Principles … and how to use them to structure your assessment

  4. The 15 minute assessment model … for when there is no time

  5. Common sexual problems in the context of the bio-psycho-social model

  6. The impact of normative scripts

  7. Where to refer on

Who is this course for?

  • Medical doctors: GP’s and Consultants
  • Sexual health advisors
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors and Psychotherapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Physiotherapists (involved with rehabilitation and pain specialists)
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Sex addiction specialists (with no psychosexual therapy training)
Erica Paraiso

Erica Paraiso

Julie Sale

Julie Sale