Working with Sexuality: Bodies, Desires and Imagination

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With Module Speaker:
Dr Galit AtlasDr Meg-John BarkerDr Jessica BenjaminDr Thaddeus BirchardDr Andrea CelenzaDr Christopher ClulowDr Ronald DoctorDr Anton HartJanice HillerProfessor Brett KahrCabby LaffyProf Dany NobusChris OakleyProfessor Stephen PorgesChristiane SandersonJoyce SlochowerDr Estela Welldon,

CPD Credits: 17 hours

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  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for 17 hours are available as part of the course fee. You will need to fill out an evaluation form and pass a multiple choice questionnaire related to the content in order to receive your certificate.

This package of resources provides 17 hours of CPD on a range of contemporary clinical perspectives to help support practitioners in working more confidently with this vast and complex subject.

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Includes a test and CPD Certificate of Attendance

Confer member:
£184
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Self-funded:
£230

Organisationally-funded:
£250

Institutional account (4 or more):
£90 per user

Teaching licence (10 or more):
£75 per student

CPD

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for 17 hours are available as part of the course fee. You will need to fill out an evaluation form and pass a multiple choice questionnaire related to the content in order to receive your certificate. You can submit this test up to a maximum of 5 times.

MODULE
INCLUDES

  • 15 hours of video and audio presentations illustrated with captions, diagrams or images
  • Supporting notes, slides or references
  • Study guides
  • Bibliography linked to relevant articles and books
  • Additional resources relating to each speaker
  • Discussion forum
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for 17 hours are available as part of the course fee. You will need to fill out an evaluation form and pass a multiple choice questionnaire related to the content in order to receive your certificate.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. To be able to describe the historical development of the concept of perversion, and to know the current clinical terminology and definition
  2. To be able to identify the differences between the male and female arousal cycle, and how this can impact the lifecycle of relationships
  3. To understand how Childhood Sexual Abuse impacts the ability to self-regulate affect and to tolerate intimacy
  4. To be able to discuss how psychic equivalence and pretend modes of relating can affect a couple’s sexual life
  5. To be able to describe the Window of Tolerance and Polyvagal Theory and their use in treating sexual trauma
  6. To demonstrate an awareness of the concept of consent and its complexities
  7. To be able to list the 4 diagnostic elements of sexual compulsivity and to understand the behaviour cycle
  8. To be able to consider the ways in which sexual fantasy life can point to past trauma and attempts to live with it
  9. To be able to assess how your own sexual identity, as well as your attitudes towards sexual preference and behaviour may affect your clinical work.
  10. To be able to assess and compare different interpretations of and approaches to psychosexual difficulties in your clinical work

STUDY GUIDES

  • Introduction
  • History
  • Biological, psychological and sociological background
  • Terminology, diagnosis and labeling
  • Forensic aspects and the criminal justice system
  • Trauma, abuse and PTSD
  • Issues for psychotherapists and counsellors
  • Controversies
  • Ethics
  • Diversity
  • Reading, study and learning
  • Bibliography