INTRO TO SEX THERAPY
IN RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
2025 DATES
A practical, inclusive introduction to sex therapy fundamentals for relationship counsellors, combining evidence-based interventions with real-world applications for diverse clients and relationship structures.
This is a course for everyone who works with couples and other types of romantic relationships. It will provide a deep dive into couples’ work and sexual issues. It will provide models and interventions that will address common communication issues, changes in intimacy over the life of the relationship, keeping things sexy, and more.
Learn interventions to support clients in all kinds of relationships. From day to day relating to some of the more complex sexual and relationship dynamics, we have it covered. LGBTQIA++, polyamory, and CNM inclusive.
This course is PACFA, ACA and SAS approved.
Date: Thur Jun 5 - Jul 3
Time: 5-7pm
NOTE: NO class is held on 19th June
Date: Thur Nov 13 - Dec 4
Time: 5-7pm
Common issues facing couples and romantic relationships
Relationships communication techniques
How to have a good fight
Negotiation skills
Tools to clear unresolved issues
Relationship pulse check: communication, patterns (useful and not useful)
Consent, safety and pleasure in a relationship context
Working with different sexual expectations
Understanding how external issues impact relationships
Factors affecting self esteem and lack of intimacy
Tips on how to make time and space for intimacy in long-term relationships
THIS COURSE COVERS
How to set up safety in relationships so these concerns can be explored
Working with shame
Communication and conflict skills for clients
Facilitate difficult conversations around sex and intimacy in relationships
Celebrating difference / working with the overlap
Working with all relationship types - monogamous, polyamorous, open, BDSM, LGBTQIA++
“A few hours with you has changed my whole view on sex!”
LEARNING OUTCOMES
PRACTICAL DETAILS
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This course is offered through an online platform across four weeks. The exception is on the 19th of June with no class, classes extend by one week to make up for this!
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.
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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
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Early bird discount of 15% until May 5th.
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
FAQs
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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.
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We have a few BIPOC and disability scholarships per course.
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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.
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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.
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Yes, payment plans are available.
All payment plans are tailored to be completed before the course commences.
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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.
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Lectures will be recorded and available for viewing within 48 hours.
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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.