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Female Sexuality: Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Title of Event: Female Sexuality: Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Description of Event:
This 1 hour training will introduce participants to the sexual concerns for women as they go through pregnancy and the postpartum period. Throughout a woman’s reproductive lifespan, many women will experience having children. This course will discuss the common concerns women and couples may experience as they go through the reproductive years. This course will include impacts on sexuality from pre-pregnancy (becoming and difficulty becoming pregnant), the three trimesters of pregnancy, and post-partum. Participants will be exposed to the medical and physical as well as psychological and relational impacts of each of these life stages on the women themselves and on their relationships.
Learning Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to describe the 3 concerns, norms, and safety of sex throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period.
2) Participants will be able to demonstrate 3 clinical/therapeutic interventions to help women experiencing lifecycle sexuality concerns cope with their challenges in individual or couples therapy.
Date of Event: 09/17/2024
Time of Event: 11:00 AM EST
Location: Online Synchronous
Sex Therapy (ST) Training:
ST2. Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the Psychosexual Disorders described in the current edition of the DSM.
ST3. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems.
ST4. Theory and method of approach to medical intervention in the evaluation and treatment of psychosexual disorders.
ST5. Principles of consultation, collaboration and referral.
ST7. Practicum Experience: Exposure to treatment of clinical sex therapy cases through direct observation, demonstration, case review or role-playing. eLearning cannot be applied. Applicants must be very clear in their documentation as to how they gained exposure to sex therapy cases.
Presenter/Speaker: Rivka Sidorsky, LCSW-C, CST
Company/Organization Sponsor: Rivka Sidorsky & Associates
Contact Name: Rivka Sidorsky
Contact Telephone Number: (301) 244-8052
Contact Email: office@rivkasidorsky.com
Event Website: https://www.rivkasidorsky.com/training
AASECT Approved CEs: 1
Event Knowledge Areas Covered:
- Developmental Sexuality
- Health/medical factors that influence sexuality
- Intimacy Skills
- Learning theory and its application
- Pleasure enhancement skills
- Professional communication and personal reflection skillls
- Range of sexuality functioning and behavior
- Sexual and reproductive anatomy
- Socio-cultural and familial factors