OCTOBER Announcements
**SSTAR Clinical Case Conference (Oct 29) Fully Virtual**
After much consideration and out of an abundance of caution due to the ongoing COVID uncertainty and hotel restrictions, SSTAR is cancelling the in-person clinical case conference and offering it virtually via Zoom webinar. Those already registered to attend in person have been notified and will be refunded the difference in registration. While we are all disappointed that we won’t be meeting in person, we do think SSTAR is making the best decision for the sake of our speakers and attendees, as well as the organization.
Registration for the virtual conference is still open.
**Virtual Training**
Courses from the Buehler Institute at LearnSexTherapy.com
"Sex Therapy with Religiously Conservative Clients" is a 3-hour course lead by Natasha Helfer, LMFT, CSTS. Helfer provides context for understanding how observant people approach sexuality and ethical approaches to treatment. The course can be found here: https://www.learnsextherapy.
"How to Identify and Respond to Signs of Sexual Violence" is a 3-hour course taught by Miranda Galbreath, LPC who has worked with offenders in the Pennsylvania prison system for the past 17 years. She helps therapists identify their blind spots when it comes to recognizing sexual violence in intimate partner relationships and then gives specific useful interventions. The course can be found here: https://www.learnsextherapy.
The Buehler Institute is approved by the APA to provide continuing education. TBI is responsible for all content. We also offer AASECT, NBCC, and California BRN approved continuing education. For more information, email info@learnsextherapy.com or visit https://www.LearnSexTherapy.
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ISTI: Contemporary Sexualities, Alternative Therapies, and Ethics
Nov 10-13, 2021
Held via: Live Simultaneous Webcast, 10 am – 6 pm Eastern/7 am – 3 pm Pacific
– Discounts for Early Registration end Oct 9th
Wed – Nov 10
- Cybersex: Cheating and the Internet – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
- Cybersex: Robots and the Future of Sex and Tech – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
Thu – Nov 11
- Three Steps to Getting Sex Therapy Clients – Evan Leepson, MBA and Gail Guttman, LCSW
- Research and Writing and Publishing – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
Fri – Nov 12
- Ethics & the Sex Therapist – Michael Giordano, LICSW
- Sex on the Fringe; Counseling Alternative Sexual Practices incl. BDSM – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D. and Guest Panel
Sat – Nov 13
- Alternative Therapies: Using Intuition for Business and Life – Melanie Barnum, CH
- Alternative Integrative Therapies & Contemporary Sexuality, What’s Next? – Tammy Nelson, Ph.D.
**Courses and presenters may be adjusted periodically. Please contact TammyNelsonAsst@gmail.com for the most up-to-date schedule. Go to www.ISTItraining.com to register now
**Book Announcements**
Sexuality and Illness: A Guidebook for Health Professionals
By Anne Katz
This evidence-based guide educates and informs health professionals about promoting sexual wellbeing in the context of challenges from physical and mental health.
Sexuality is an important aspect of quality of life for many people but can be affected by a wide variety of health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, mental illness, menopause, diseases of ageing, neurological diseases and spinal cord injuries, combat injuries, and cancer. Building readers’ confidence in initiating and encouraging open communication on this often-neglected topic, Sexuality and Illness includes case studies that illustrate how to talk about sexuality and support patients with concerns about it. Making recommendations for practice and further reading, it takes into account gender, sexual, race and ethnic diversity.
This accessible text demystifies a topic that is sometimes difficult to discuss. It is essential reading for healthcare practitioners interested in providing comprehensive and person-centred care.
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Couple Sexuality After 60: Intimate, Pleasurable, and Satisfying
by Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy
Confronting taboos and misunderstandings about sexuality and aging, Couple Sexuality After 60: Intimate, Pleasurable, and Satisfying motivates couples to embrace sex and sexuality after their 60s, using the Good Enough Sex (GES) model. This book places the essence of sexuality in pleasure-oriented touching, not individual sex performance. Barry and Emily McCarthy introduce a new sexual mantra of ‘desire/pleasure/eroticism/satisfaction’ with the goal of presenting a healthy model of sexuality to replace the traditional double standard that couples learn in young adulthood.
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