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Fact, Fear & Feeling: The Hard Conversations - Shame, Ethics, STIs & Contraception - PART 2

Self Study
Dr. Laura Robin Zell
$200.00

This webinar equips mental health professionals with the knowledge and therapeutic skills needed to navigate sensitive conversations about sexual health. Participants will explore how shame, fear, and stigma shape client experiences and learn practical strategies for discussing STIs, contraception, and related ethical concerns with clarity and compassion.

Part One offers a focused overview of common STIs, essential points for diagnosis and treatment, and emerging options such as PrEP. The session highlights how to reduce shame and foster open dialogue, supported by ethical considerations and case-based discussion.

Part Two provides a concise yet comprehensive look at contraceptive options—long-acting, short-acting, and barrier methods—along with key clinical considerations such as adolescence, STI risk, and conditions like hyperandrogenism/PCOS. Ethical dilemmas and vignettes help clinicians apply concepts to real-world scenarios.

By integrating medical information with therapeutic techniques, this webinar prepares clinicians to engage clients in sensitive sexual health conversations with confidence, empathy, and ethical grounding.

 

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About the Presenter

Dr. Laura Robin Zell is an OB/GYN specialist and certified Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM), with advanced training in sexology and sexual therapy. She serves as Director of both the Gyneco-Sexology Clinic at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Sexual Consultation Clinic at Meuhedet Health Care Insurance. Dr. Zell’s clinical and community work centers on sexual health education, patient-centered care, and improving access to preventive services, including her recently funded “Worth a Shot” HPV-vaccination initiative. She is internationally engaged in professional leadership, including her appointment to the ESSM CONNECT Committee, where she contributes to bridging the gap between clinicians and patients.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Help participants identify how shame, fear, and stigma influence client disclosure and decision making in sexual health conversations, and apply therapeutic approaches that support openness and emotional safety
  2. Strengthen clinicians’ understanding of common STIs, essential diagnostic and treatment points, and emerging prevention options such as PrEP, and integrate this knowledge into client discussions in a clinically appropriate way.
  3. Enhance participants’ ability to explain contraceptive options, including long-acting, short-acting, and barrier methods, while incorporating key considerations related to adolescence, STI risk, and conditions such as hyperandrogenism/PCOS.
  4. Support clinicians in applying ethical principles and case-based reasoning to real-world scenarios involving STIs, contraception, and sexual health decisions, promoting informed and compassionate client care.

Agenda:


These workshops offer 2 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

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
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • 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

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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    The School of Sex Therapy is an approved continued education provider for the International Association of Psychosexual Therapists. The School of Sex Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
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