ADHD & Low Sexual Desire: Rethinking Clinical Support Through a Neurodivergent Lens

Title of Event: ADHD & Low Sexual Desire: Rethinking Clinical Support Through a Neurodivergent Lens

Description of Event:

This course provides an ADHD informed framework for understanding low sexual desire and access to intimacy through the lens of executive functioning and nervous system regulation.

While low desire is a very real clinical experience—including for individuals with ADHD—this training introduces an often missing layer in desire work which is how executive function barriers can limit access to desire, even when desire itself is present.

Drawing from peer-reviewed research, clinical observation, and the Executive Desire Model, this course integrates:

- Current ADHD and executive function research
- Established sexual desire theories and where they fall short for ADHD clients
- Clinical patterns commonly misinterpreted as “low desire”
- ADHD-specific barriers that interfere with initiation, engagement, and presence
- Practical, non-pathologizing strategies for supporting access to intimacy

This training is designed for clinicians, educators, and professionals seeking a more accurate, compassionate, and effective approach for working with ADHD clients experiencing desire related concerns.

The focus is not on replacing existing desire models, but on expanding them—so assessment and intervention better reflect how ADHD brains function under real world conditions.

Date of Event: 1/7/2026-12/31/26

Location: Online Asynchronous

Sexuality Education (SE) Training:

SE4. Theory and methods of approaches to sexuality education with specific populations (e.g., youth, older adults, couples, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities).
SE5. Theory and methods of different approaches to sexuality education delivery (e.g., small group work, one-on-one education, large group lectures or interaction, online delivery or use of other electronic means).

Sexuality Counseling (SC) Training:

SC1. Theory and methods of personal/individual counseling.
SC2. Theory and methods of sexuality counseling approaches to specific populations (e.g., youth, older adult, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).
SC3. Theory and methods of different approaches to intervention in relationship systems.

Sex Therapy (ST) Training:

ST3. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems.

Presenter/Speaker: Dr. Leann Borneman, LCSW CST

Contact Name: Leann Borneman

Contact Email: Leann@bornemanpsychotherapy.com

Event Website: https://www.bornemancoaching.com/challenges

AASECT Approved CEs: 2