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Thank you to those who attended the 2022 Annual Meeting! More details about the Fall Clinical Case Conference and 2023 Annual Meeting will be posted soon.

Our mission: To foster clinical sexuality practice and research

In order to fulfill our mission, we subscribe to the following values:

To encourage the highest standards for research and practice.
Respect and dignity for the individual and his/her/their views.
The right to open, thoughtful, and civil discussion among the membership.
The refusal to censor opinions/presentations that may generate controversy.
To welcome a diverse membership with regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and sexual preference.
To expect that members will follow the codes of ethical conduct specific to their discipline.

Benefits of Membership:
Exchanging knowledge with the smartest minds in sex therapy and research

The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) is an international society founded in 1975. SSTAR is a community of professionals who have clinical and/or research interests in human sexual concerns. Its goals are to facilitate communication among clinicians who , sexual identity, and reproductive life. SSTAR strives to provide a forum for exchange of ideas between those interested in research in human sexuality and those whose primary activities are patient care through annual meetings, fall clinical conferences, membership newsletters, and an e-mail list-serv for members.

SSTAR membership is multidisciplinary. Members must be actively involved in treatment or research of sexual disorders/sexuality and possess superior clinical competence and high ethical standards. Our membership includes professionals in varying disciplines including Psychology, Medicine (including Psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, Urology, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine), Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Nursing, Sexology and the sciences. This permits an interaction between people of diverse disciplines allowing each to contribute his or her unique perspective.

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Save the Date

47th Annual Meeting – In person & Virtually

April 28 – May 1, 2022

More info…

Award Winners

2022 Health Professional Book Award

Stefani Goerlich, LMSW-Clinical, LISW, CST: The Leather Couch – Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients; Routledge, 2020

2022 Sandra R. Leiblum Student Research Award

Véronique Charbonneau-Lefebvre: Attachment and childhood maltreatment as moderators of treatment outcome in a randomized clinical trial for provoked vestibulodynia

2022 Mentorship Award

Natalie O. Rosen, PhD

2021 Masters and Johnson Award

E. Sandra Byers, PhD

2021 Consumer Book Award

Peggy Kleinplatz and Dana Menard: Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lovers; Routledge, 2020.