Issues related to Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity

Title of Event: Sexology in the Media Business Summit

Description of Event:

Join the Sexual Health Alliance (SHA) for our annual Sexceptional Business Summit, a two-day online event designed to help you build, grow, and scale a successful sex-positive business.

Over two days, you’ll gain real-world insights from leading experts in sex therapy, coaching, education, and entrepreneurship, learning how to position yourself as a sexuality professional, attract clients, and grow ethically in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Title of Event: Join Our BIPOC-Led AASECT Group Supervision (6 Hours of Connection + Growth)

Description of Event:

We’re excited to announce our upcoming AASECT Group Supervision at The Sexual Health School.

This small-group supervision experience is designed for therapists, counselors, and sexual health professionals who are working toward AASECT certification or seeking supportive, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed clinical consultation.

Upcoming Dates

Fridays: July 31, August 14, and August 28, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM HST

Title of Event: Treating Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors: A Trauma-Informed, Relational, and Spiritually Attuned Clinical Framework

Description of Event:

“Treating Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors” is a three-hour clinical training that provides an integrative framework for understanding and treating problematic sexual behaviors, including behaviors described as sex addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, pornography-related problems, infidelity, and other integrity-violating sexual behaviors.

Title of Event: Cultural Considerations in BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth Suicide Prevention

Description of Event:

Over the past several years the rates of suicide for Hispanic, Black, Asian and Pacific Islander youth have seen significant increases, while the rate of suicide amongst White youth has decreased.  Additionally, the risk of suicide among 2SLGBTQIA+ youth is three times that of their heterosexual and cisgender peers. (Chu, J., O’Neill, S.E., Ng, J.F., Khoury, O. (2022). The Cultural Theory and Model of Suicide for Youth.)

Title of Event: Asexual Pleasure: Beyond the 5 Senses

Description of Event:

What is pleasure when it isn’t centered on sex?

This training expands conventional understandings of pleasure by exploring sensory experience beyond the “basic five senses,” offering a framework that is inclusive of Asexuality, Neurodiversity, Disability, and diverse relationships to embodiment.

Title of Event: Sex Therapy Essentials

Description of Event:

Ready to feel more confident talking about sex, intimacy, and sexuality in the therapy room?

The Clinician’s Compass is excited to offer a practical, ethical, and empowering 2-part training series designed to help clinicians move beyond surface-level conversations and into meaningful, clinically informed interventions.

Whether sex therapy feels completely new to you or you’re looking to strengthen your foundation, this series was created with real-world clinical work in mind.

Title of Event: Experienced Practitioner Sex Coach Training Program

Description of Event:

The Experienced Practitioner Track provides a flexible, self-directed pathway to Certified Sex Coach™ certification for licensed and credentialed professionals with established clinical or coaching experience, including therapists, counselors, psychologists, ICF Certified Coaches, and healthcare providers actively working in sexuality-related fields.

Title of Event: Mastery Sex Coach Training Program

Description of Event:

The Mastery Sex Coach Training Program offers comprehensive preparation for professionals seeking to launch or enhance their careers as Certified Sex Coaches™. As the original sex coaching certification training course, Sex Coach U provides an integrative 18-month curriculum combining self-paced learning with regular live sessions and personalized mentorship.

Title of Workshop: Sex Therapy Certificate at CIIS

Date: Fall 2026 running for five weekends of instruction between September 18 – December 5, 2026; Priority Deadline & Scholarship Deadline June 30; Final Deadline July 31

Location Synchronous hours online via Zoom; Asynchronous hours online

Core Knowledge Area(s): 165 hours of content meeting all CKA requirements

Presenters: Zoe & Walt Sipe, Fiona O’Farrell, Estefania Smich, Juan Camarena, Bianca Laureano, Damon Constantinides

Sponsor: CIIS

Contact Name: Kyle De Medio            

Title of Event: Demystifying Limerence and Romantic Love: Extended Edition

Description of Event:

What is limerence, and how does it shape the way we understand romantic love and attraction?

This six hour continuing education training examines the concept of limerence as originally described by psychologist Dr Dorothy Tennov. Drawing from Tennov’s foundational research, the course explores the distinctive characteristics, progression, and outcomes of this intense emotional and cognitive state often associated with romantic attraction.