Sexuality remains an issue of concern and often despair for a great deal of couples and individuals with physical disabilities
This webinar will address the misapprehensions and barriers to healthy, accessible sexuality for people with physical disabilities. It will provide therapists with tools to assess the needs, motivation capabilities and concerns of their clients, even without expertise in the field of disabilities.
We will discuss using their client's specific familiarity with their abilities and preferences, to seek sexual satisfaction.
Beyond the work focused on the clients, we will also look into our own hesitations and discomfort regarding unconventional erotic and sexual acts.
FREE WEBINAR
Sex Therapy and Physical Disability
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Ronnie Burke, MSW
Course Length: 1 Hour
Learning Objectives:
- To gain a greater perspective and understanding of sexuality and disabilities from a sexual therapists perspective.
- To gain knowledge and understanding of sex therapy as a model for treating cases involving disabilities.
- To identify barriers and stigmas to healthy sexuality for individuals and couples with physical disabilities.
- To provide legitimization and information in working with clients in need of discovering their sexuality or in having a corrective experience.
- Gaining effective tools via visual clarifications and verbal explanations.
Sexuality remains an issue of concern and often despair for a great deal of couples and individuals with physical disabilities
This webinar will address the misapprehensions and barriers to healthy, accessible sexuality for people with physical disabilities. It will provide therapists with tools to assess the needs, motivation capabilities and concerns of their clients, even without expertise in the field of disabilities.
We will discuss using their client's specific familiarity with their abilities and preferences, to seek sexual satisfaction.
Beyond the work focused on the clients, we will also look into our own hesitations and discomfort regarding unconventional erotic and sexual acts.
Learning Objectives:
- To gain a greater perspective and understanding of sexuality and disabilities from a sexual therapists perspective.
- To gain knowledge and understanding of sex therapy as a model for treating cases involving disabilities.
- To identify barriers and stigmas to healthy sexuality for individuals and couples with physical disabilities.
- To provide legitimization and information in working with clients in need of discovering their sexuality or in having a corrective experience.
- Gaining effective tools via visual clarifications and verbal explanations.
Agenda:
Sexuality and Disability
* Sexual rights of people with disabilities
* Stereotypes regarding sex and disability
* Sexual attitude Reassessment
Types of disabilities and sexual functioning
* Sexual aids
* Visual impairment
* hearing impairment
Role of sex therapist in dealing with disabilities
- Model PLISSIT and extended Plissit model
* Sensate focus - adaptation to disabilities
Summary
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives