JANUARY Announcements

**Virtual Training**

Optimal Sexual Experiences Group Therapy Training

Are you a clinician or therapist who works with individuals or couples distressed by low/no desire? Low/no sexual frequency? Couples distressed by sexual desire discrepancy? Are you interested in training to provide group therapy to enhance couples’ sexual intimacy? Our team offers training for clinicians working with sexual concerns based on our research on Optimal Sexual Experiences.

All group therapy sessions are to be conducted by two licensed mental health professionals, therefore, we require that you and your co-therapist be trained in unison. Training sessions will be limited to the first 5 pairs of therapists who register.

Dates: February 27, 2022-March 2, 2022, continuing May 15-18, 2022. Each set involves online participation over 2 periods of Sunday-Wednesday afternoons.

Deadline for Registration: January 28th, 2022.

To begin the registration, and to ask any questions over email, please contact Ms. Jessica Lafreniere at lafr.jessica@gmail.com indicating your name, your co-therapist’s name and your contact information. Please contact Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D., if you have any questions by phone at 613 563-0846 Monday- Friday, Noon-5:00 PM Eastern time.

This program meets the requirements for AASECT and CCPA and is approved for 30 credits.

For more information, please visit www.optimalsexualexperience.com

Modern Sex Therapy Institutes

Title: The Science Of Sexual Fantasy: What Do We Want, And What Do Our Fantasies Say About Us?

• Presenter:  Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D.
• Jan 14 | 9am-1pm EST (4 CEs)

Title: Pandemic Affected Sex And Relationships

• Presenter:  Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D.
• Jan 14 | 2pm-6pm EST (4 CEs)

Title: Integrating Sexual Interventions into Couple Therapy

• Presenter: Barry McCarthy, Ph.D.
• Jan 15 | 9am - 6pm EST (8CEs)

Title: Decolonizing your Private Practice: Tools, interventions, and models for working with multi-marginalized individuals

• Presenter: Cortina Peters, LMHC, LPC
• Jan 16 | 9am - 1pm EST (4CEs)

Location:  Online live webinar and video recorded for asynchronous learning after

For more info. or to register, contact Dr. Rachel Needle at info@modernsextherapyinstitutes.com or (561) 262-4723.

ISTI JANUARY 2022: Intro to Sex & Couples Therapy via Live Webcast.

Gain foundational knowledge of integrative therapy. Courses include insights into integrative therapy, men and women’s sexual health, and sexual development and dysfunction.

Register online: https://drtammynelson.com/product/intro-sex-couples-jan-2022/

Earn up to 28 CE Credits. Register for one day or multiple days.

Wed – Jan 26

• Intro to Sex Therapy I Part 1: What is Sex Therapy? – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
• Intro to Sex Therapy I Part 2: Healing the Healer, Front Line Stress, Self-Care – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.

Thu – Jan 27

• Intro to Sex Therapy II Part 1: Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction, Treating Low Desire – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
• Intro to Sex Therapy II: Part 2: Sexual Development Through the Life Cycle – Gail Guttman, LCSW

Fri – Jan 28

• Emergent Love and Relationship Panoramic Inventory – Sara Nasserzadeh, MSc., Ph.D., DipPST, CSC **
• Intro to Taking a Sex History and Sexual Assessment with Couples Using a Cultural Competency Lens – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.

Sat – Jan 29

• Treating Female Sexual Health Issues – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
• A New Model of Male Sexuality; Implications for Sexual Function and Dysfunction – Barry McCarthy, Ph.D.

**Not available as Asynchronous Course

**Book Announcements**

A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy, 3rd Edition
By Nancy Gambescia, Gerald R. Weeks, Katherine M. Hertlein

This new edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy integrates the latest empirical research from the field of sex therapy and demonstrates how clinicians can optimize their treatment for a wide range of clients.

Grounded in the Intersystem Approach, the book incorporates the multifaceted perspectives of the individual client, couple, or family. It considers every domain of assessment and treatment: biology, psychology, the intimate relationship, family-of-origin, and larger contextual factors contributing to any sexual/relational issue. This revised edition contains 13 chapters consistent with the DSM-5 definitions of sexual disorders and features new content on areas including LGBTQ+ issues, non-monogamous relationships, intersex clients, and an increased focus on issues surrounding sexual diversity.

**Free Book Chapters and Book Discount**

Couple Sexuality After 60 & Rekindling Desire

By Barry McCarthy

Confronting taboos and misunderstandings about sexuality and aging, Couple Sexuality After 60: Intimate, Pleasurable, and Satisfying motivates couples to embrace sex and sexuality in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. The book busts two extreme myths—that people over 60 cannot and should not be sexual and that the best way to be sexual is to emphasize eroticism, using sex toys, and "kinky sex". Download your free chapter of Couple Sexuality After 60 here:

Rekindling Desire, 3rd edition fully celebrates female and male sexuality, challenges inhibitions and avoidance, and promotes satisfying, secure, and sexual relationships. Whether you are married, cohabitating, or dating, it will help renew sexual desire and empower people of all sexual orientations and ages on the path towards healthy, pleasure-oriented sexuality.
Download your free chapter of Rekindling Desire here:

Used code BME21 for 30% Off any Barry McCarthy books until March 31, 2022!