August Workshop

What Every Psychologist Should Know About Sex Therapy

Presented by Drs. Kim Wallace-Young and Taryn Acosta Lentz

Receive 2 CE's

Participants will engage in an interactive workshop to increase comfort with addressing sexual concerns with clients. The facilitators will model therapeutic language to foster a safe therapeutic environment where patients feel affirmed, respected, and regarded as they navigate concerns related to sexuality. Participants will observe interventions used to support patients in their journey to beautifully erotic life.

Presenters: 

Drs. Kim Wallace-Young and Taryn Acosta Lentz are Clinical Assistant Professors in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Kansas Medical Center. Drs. Wallace-Young and Acosta Lentz are committed to helping patients heal and thrive as they cope with reproductive challenges, such as infertility, high risk pregnancy, postpartum depression/anxiety, pregnancy loss, sexual concerns, menopause, sexual orientation/gender identity issues

• Participants will be able to identify 1-2 personal barriers to inquiring about sex/sexuality.

•  Identify 1-2 strategies and obtain therapeutic language to ask about and regard patient's identity as a sexual being. 
• Identify 3 sex therapy techniques used by sex therapist to facilitate sexual intimacy. 

LOCATION: Zoom Meeting. Attendees will receive the meeting link in their emails. Deadline to register is 6 PM on August 26th.

COST: Free for GKCPA members. $15 for nonmembers/guests.

This is only approved as a live, interactive CE presentation. Participants will have the same physical presence expectations through video that would be required for in-person events to gain CE credit.

Greater Kansas City Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Greater Kansas City Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.