Problematized Bodies: How Our Physical Selves Shape Love, Work, & Identity

Title of Event: Problematized Bodies: How Our Physical Selves Shape Love, Work, & Identity

Description of Event:

No matter what people do, we do it in a body. That includes how we work, play, eat, parent, make love, think, feel, and die.

And so every patient’s body is part of the therapeutic process. Each week, you see patients struggling not just with illness, but with chronic pain, insomnia, limited mobility, loss of function, infertility, food allergies, sexual dysfunction, hidden disabilities, and weight problems. They also struggle with shame and isolation.

Bodily conditions quietly organize patients’ marriages, their parenting, their capacity for pleasure, their very self-image. Your patient with arthritis isn’t just in pain—she’s also exhausted, feeling old, and watching her husband slowly become her caretaker. Your patient with Crohn’s disease has organized his entire social life around bathroom access. These are not peripheral issues; they’re crucial to understanding who these people are and what they need.

This webinar is NOT about trauma or somatic therapies. It’s about developing a clinical lens that sees how physical life is intertwined with psychological life. You’ll leave with practical tools for productive conversations that most patients will gratefully join.

Date of Event: October 23, 2026

Time of Event: 10am-1pm PACIFIC time

Location: Online Synchronous

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.
SC4. Theory and methods of decision-making concerning sexually related medical interventions.

Sex Therapy (ST) Training: 

ST1. Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models.
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.

Presenter/Speaker: Marty Klein, Ph.D

Contact Name: Marty Klein

Contact Telephone Number: (650) 773-2425

Contact Email: support@zurinstitute.com

Event Website: https://bit.ly/4gaieLk

AASECT Approved CEs: 3