Learning theory and its application

Title of Event: Associations and the Brain's Predictions

Date of Event: July 9, 2027

Time of Event: 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. PT

Location: Online Synchronous

Sex Therapy (ST) Training:
ST3. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems.

Presenter/Speaker: Paula Leech, LMFT, CST, CSTS

Contact Name: Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE

Contact Telephone Number: (310) 721-4810

Contact Email: hello@everyonedeservessexed.com

Title of Event: Expanding the Application of Systemic Sex Therapy with the Global Majority

Description of Event:

This workshop provides clinicians with a comprehensive framework for integrating systemic sex therapy principles within diverse global majority contexts. Participants will explore how systemic oppression, intergenerational narratives, and cultural norms shape sexual identity and wellness. Through the Person of the Therapist (POTT) model, attendees will examine personal biases and develop enhanced cultural humility in clinical practice.

Title of Event: Full Education Credits in Sex Therapy

Description of Event:

A Global Pathway to Professional Competence in Psychosexual Therapy
The Certificate in Sex Therapy Program is a 162-hour comprehensive educational experience designed to prepare clinicians, educators, and allied professionals for ethical, inclusive, and evidence-based psychosexual therapy practice.

Title of Event: Counseling in Pornography

Description of Event:

Working with pornography in session can feel complex, polarizing, and clinically overwhelming. This is an opportunity for a small, intimate workshop for 12 particpants.

This 1-hour training offers a clear, ethical, and practical framework to help you:
• Identify clinical concerns related to pornography use
• Differentiate presentation types
• Apply ethical communication strategies
• Utilize a structured assessment approach you can use immediately

Title of Event: Slide Decks for Health & Wellness Professionals

Description of Event:

Creating slide decks for presentations can be one of the most useful ways to build engaging workshops and trainings, but can also be intimidating, overwhelming, and confusing. Having spent the last five years running virtual workshops for sexuality and mental health professionals and having developed over a dozen slide decks with multiple iterations, I’ve learned how to build accessible, ethically sourced, interactive slides.

Title of Event: 6-hour AASECT Group Supervision

Description of Event:

Aloha!

I’m excited to personally invite you to the upcoming 6-hour AASECT Group Supervision, starting on March 20, 2026. This group supervision is designed to provide a safe, collaborative space for you to enhance your skills, deepen your knowledge, and grow professionally.

Group supervision dates:

- Friday, March 20, 2026

- Friday, April 3, 2026

- Friday, April 17, 2026

Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM HST

Title of Event: Global Love: Expanding Sexual Wellness, Pleasure and Connection Across Cultures

Description of Event:

What if your understanding of sex, intimacy, love, and relationships wasn’t limited by culture, geography, or tradition?

This March, we are learning about love on a global scale. This event brings together internationally recognized cultural experts, sex therapists, educators, and clinicians to explore how intimacy, identity, and pleasure are experienced around the world.

Title of Event: Engaged Pedagogy, Andragogy & Evaluation of Practice for Sexuality Professionals

Description of Event:

This three-part series invites participants to reflect on, identify and engage their own teaching philosophy in a transformative way which centers the wholeness and humanity of the learning community. Building on this, participants will examine and question ways in which to apply their teaching philosophy in virtual learning spaces, while integrating a sustainable and mutually informing evaluation of practice.

Date of Event: April 25, 2026

Title of Event: FROM DISTANCE TO DESIRE: Somatic Safety, Co-Regulation & Communication Repair for Sexual Connection

Description of Event: 

Title of Event: Bring Your Dream Project to Life: Teaching, Training, Presenting

Description of Event:

In-person training opportunity: Bring Your Dream Project to Life: Teaching,
Training, Presenting is a bespoke, small-group retreat for helping professionals who want to expand their career beyond the therapy room. You'll take concrete steps towards making your dream project a reality, while enjoying a luscious and nurturing learning experience.

A collaboration between sex therapists and educators Martha Kauppi and Fiona O'Farrell. Open for applications now.