WORKING WITH DIFFERENCES IN LIBIDO & SEXUAL EXPECTATIONS

2025 DATES

This is one of the most common presenting issues for couples. The topic of sex becomes fraught and often there is little sexual activity and clients can report feeling broken.  It’s more complex than simply the amount of sex being had. Libido is influenced by many factors.

This course is a comprehensive guide to supporting clients through libido and sexual expectation differences, providing practical tools for understanding and navigating desire discrepancy in all relationship structures.

This course is PACFA, ACA and SAS approved.

** This course was previously called Desire Discrepancy: Libidos & Sexual Expectations

Date: Tues May 6 - May 27
Time: 5-7pm

Date: Tues Aug 28 - Sept 18
Time: 5-7pm

THIS COURSE COVERS

  • Sexual Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviours

  • The importance of talking about sex

  • Desire and arousal models

  • Factors that influence desire and arousal

  • Different libido/sexual personalities 

  • Developing a sexual menu

  • Negotiating sex for couples

  • Consent and creating safety

  • Communication tools 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Understand different sexual personality types

  • Understand differences in libido

  • Face the challenges of differences in sexual expectations

  • Understand the difference between spontaneous and responsive desire

  • Ability to coach couples to accept and work with difference

  • Frameworks and suggestions for couples to use when negotiating or talking about sex

  • Understanding how personal, cultural, and global issues impact relationships and sexuality

“A few hours with you has changed my whole view on sex!”
— Allied health, workshop participant

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 6 April 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.