Title of Event: SCU Core Certified Sex Coach Track
Description of Event:
The SCU Core Certified Sex Coach Track 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.
Title of Event: Queerplatonic: Constructing Intentional Kinship
Description of Event:
Join us to explore how people build meaningful, committed relationships outside of romantic and sexual scripts. Grounded in asexual and aromantic community language, this session introduces queerplatonic relationships, platonic life partners, and related terms as tools for naming significant, life-shaping bonds without centering romance.
Title of Event: Polyaffectionate: Navigating Platonic Inclusive Non-Monogamy
Description of Event:
Polyamory and non-monogamy challenge the idea that one romantic or sexual relationship should meet all our needs. But even these expanded frameworks often continue to center romance and sex, leaving platonic relationships underdefined, undervalued, or entirely outside the conversation.
What happens when we apply non-monogamy not just to romantic and sexual relationships, but to the full range of meaningful connections in our lives?
Title of Workshop: Religion and Sex
Date: June 10 & 11, 2026
Location: Online Synchronous
Sex Therapist Training
ST2. Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the Psychosexual Disorders described in the current edition of the DSM.
Title of Workshop: Case Consults
Date: December 10, 2026
Location: Online synchronous
Sex Therapist Training:
Title of Event: Certificate Program in Parents, Families, and Sexuality Education
Description of Event:
Title of Event: Certificate Program in Social Justice & Sexuality Education
Description of Event:
The Certificate Program in Social Justice and Sexuality Education provides an in-depth exploration of the intersection between social justice and human sexuality. This interdisciplinary program offers a nuanced understanding of the diverse perspectives, theories, and practices surrounding sexuality within the framework of social justice.
Date of Event: July 14-August 6, 2026 Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time of Event: 7-8:30 pm ET
Title of Event: Certificate Program in Sexual Orientation & Sexuality Education: The Pedagogy of Pride, Parades, and Protests
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