Jan. 15, 2027
12:30-3:45 p.m. PT (includes one 10-min. break)
$275

3 AASECT CEs

Facilitator: Serina Payan Hazelwood, PhD, MAIS, CSE

This course is open to all sexuality professionals. It is required for those completing the EDST Sex Therapy Certification.

This course meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 3 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.

This course covers the following AASECT Core Knowledge Areas:

A. Ethics and ethical behavior

B. Developmental sexuality from a bio-psycho-social perspective across the life course.

C. Socio-cultural & familial factors (e.g., ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socioeconomic status, family values), in relation to sexual values and behaviors.

D. Topics related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: issues and themes impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual people; heterosexuality; gender identity and expression.

F. Diversities in sexual expression and lifestyles including, but not limited to relationship structures (e.g., polyamory, swinging, consensual non-monogamy) and sexually diverse communities (e.g., BDSM, kink).

H. Health/medical factors that may influence sexuality including, but not limited to, illness, disability, drugs, mental health, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy termination, contraception, fertility, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infection, other infections, sexual trauma, injury and safer sex practices.*

J. Sexual exploitation including sexual abuse, sexual harassment and sexual assault.

N. Learning theory and its application.

O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills.

This course covers the following AASECT Sex Therapy Training Skills:

B. Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the “Psychosexual Disorders” described in the current edition of the DSM.

C. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems

D. Theory and method of approach to medical intervention in the evaluation and treatment of psychosexual disorders. **

F. Ethical Decision Making and Best Practice