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Summary

Speakers agree that awareness and representation of complex and multicultural backgrounds are vital to helping their patients understand and overcome challenges specific to their communities. Therefore, speakers from the communities about which they represent and serve are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

Suggested Topics

  • Anargosmia
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Excessive porn use
  • Hypersexuality
  • Infidelity
  • Kink, fetish, BDSM, furries, polyamory, and other diverse sexual practices, concepts, or fantasies
  • LGBTQ+ sexual health
  • Mindful sex
  • Navigating relationships and/or sexual concerns with a criminal history or interaction with the criminal justice system
  • Paraphilia related distress
  • Premature Ejaculation
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Sex therapy with same-sex relationships
  • Sex work and escorts
  • Sexual desire discrepancy
  • Sexual dysfunctions resulting from or exacerbated by a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, or other medical condition
  • Sexual issues related to side-effects from taking psychotropic medications
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sexuality and faith
  • Substance use disorders and sexual dysfunction
  • Unwanted painful sex

Qualifications

All speakers must be pre-licensed individuals with an MA/MS or licensed professionals with an PhD, PsyD, or MD. Speakers with a background in sex therapy, sexuality counseling, psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy or a related field are strongly encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Speakers will have submitted a proposal (<200 words) for a 1 to 5 hour training. Although it is not required that speakers be psychologists, they must have expertise and be competent in the areas in which they teach.

Once invited, speakers must provide the course materials in the form of a slide deck file, including one learning objective and 6 post-test questions per hour of presentation content. The slide deck must include current citations and references in APA 7 format, and speakers must adhere to the APA continuing education guidelines. All learning objectives should be measurable, learner-focused, and rich with actionable behaviors. Proposals that do not adhere to APA format and/or are missing information will not be considered.

All presentations are currently virtual and presenters must have access to a stable internet connection, a computer with a camera, and a microphone.

Benefits

  • Sex positive community
  • Supportive environment of leaders and learners
  • Online exposure
  • Compensation: $150 per hour (Speakers will be considered independent contractors)

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