HOW TO TALK ABOUT SEX
WITH CLIENTS IN A CLINICAL SETTING

2025 DATES

Date: Thurs Mar 13 - Apr 3
Time: 5-7pm

Whether you are a new practitioner or have decades of experience in counselling, sex is often a tricky topic to bring up or respond to. Tanya teaches methods that allow easy communication in an open, relaxed way with your clients, patients, or even loved ones! Her approach includes holistic influences from clients' lives and sitting with the emotions that may come up.

This course is PACFA, ACA and SAS approved.

THIS COURSE COVERS

  • New and unique approaches for understanding;

  • When to bring up sex?

  • Practical tips and techniques on how to talk about sex

  • What to do when you or your client feels embarrassed

  • Why talk about sex?

  • How to start addressing sexual issues

  • Common sexual issues clients may present

  • An introduction into desire and arousal systems 

  • The Physiology of Pleasure

  • Sexual issues in relationships today

  • Discussions on Client Presentations

  • Sexual expectations, beliefs, meanings and their impacts

  • Health issues and considerations

  • Consent and safety

  • Politics of Pleasure

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Jam-packed with practical treatment examples and illuminating cutting-edge information about sex, sexuality and relationships, this is a must-attend course for anyone working with relationships, sexuality, identity and intimacy.

  • Understand the importance of sex and intimacy in relationships 

  • Understand desire and arousal systems 

  • Understand the external factors that impact sex and intimacy

  • Practical tips and techniques to get clients talking about sex and enhancing their sexual connection

PRACTICAL DETAILS

    • This course is offered through an online platform across four weeks.

    • Each week there is a two-hour lecture with Tanya and a 60-90 minute pod meeting. Total study time: 3-5 hours per week

    • Each week there is a short 10-question multiple-choice quiz and a brief reflection task from your pod meeting.

    • The pod groups are small groups of 2-3 classmates. Your meeting time is decided based on your preferred time to meet, so the pod meetings can occur at a time that works for you.

    • Somatic teaching style.

    • You will receive resources and handouts to use with your clients and read through in your own time. 

    • Access to all content for one year. 

  • Tanya's unique approach ensures that everybody working in these areas, whether practicing for 5 minutes or 20 years, will learn valuable new skills.

    • Sex Therapists

    • Therapists

    • Allied Health Practitioners

    • Medical Professionals

    • Students undertaking education in any of the above

    This course counts as 12 hours PACFA category A CPD and 10 hours ACA OPD

    • Early bird discount until Feb 13th of 15%.

    • Full price $740.

    • Save $760 when you buy all four courses.

    • Pay in full or via a payment plan over two months.

    • Course must be paid in full before commencement.

    • Payment plans are available and BIPOC and disability scholarships are open. Apply here.

Tanya is offering a number of one-month-long professional trainings.

This is a rare opportunity to learn from Tanya’s almost 20 years of clinical experience. Tanya has extensive clinical experience and has engaged in diverse and cutting-edge professional development with some of the world’s leading sex educators. This cumulative knowledge and experience are woven into simple, practical interventions.

In Tanya’s training for professionals, her participants gain valuable knowledge and practical client intervention frameworks. These workshops cover important issues, such as consent, sexual communication, relationships, desire discrepancy, sexual pain, and how to speak about sex. 

Tanya will give you the language and skills to support your clients in navigating their sexuality, pleasure, intimacy, communication, and relationships.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Testimonials

  • It was such a pleasure learning from Tanya! The knowledge shared during her training has supported my professional growth, really helping me understand my clients better and practical tools on how to support them through their difficulties.

    Desire Discrepancy Participant, May 2022

  • I found the course really interesting and valuable. Thank you for offering it!

    Desire Discrepancy Participant, May 2022

FAQs

  • This course is for people over 18 years of age.

    It is professional training for therapists, medical or allied health practitioners, and any other practitioners who may need to speak to their clients about sex and relationships.

  • We have a few BIPOC and disability scholarships per course.

    To apply, please complete this form.

  • Yes! This course is accredited by the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA), the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS).

    It counts for 12 hours PACFA category A CPD points or 10 hours ACA OPD.

  • Cancellation in the two weeks prior to the course are not eligible for refunds unless there is a waitlist for course registration.  Pleasure Love Relating can offer a credit for another course at a different date.

  • Yes, payment plans are available.

    All payment plans are tailored to be completed before the course commences.

  • Yes—course participants must attend lectures and pod meetings to gain full benefit from interacting with Tanya and fellow students.

    It is a course requirement that you participate in weekly pod meetings with fellow students as it is part of a somatic teaching style.

  • Lectures will be recorded and available for viewing within 48 hours.

  • There is a 15% early bird discount if you pay up to one month before the course commences.

    If you register for the Certificate in Sex Therapy Practice you will save $760 off the total cost of four courses.