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SUMMARY:Professional Certificate in Working with Vaginismus – 4th Intake!
DESCRIPTION:COURSE OVERVIEW \nVaginismus is a sexual condition that causes difficulty or impossibility of penetration for individuals with vaginas. It is primarily a psychological condition associated with the fear of pain during penetration. \nThis comprehensive practitioner training equips you with the necessary skills and knowledge to assist your clients in overcoming this condition. By doing so\, they can regain a sense of bodily safety and experience pain-free sexual pleasure. \nDrawing on her extensive expertise as a Relationship Counselor and Clinical Sexologist\, Dr. Martha Tara Lee has developed this training based on her 16 years of specialization in supporting clients with Vaginismus. It encompasses sex education\, sex therapy\, somatic approaches\, and her unique Formula\, enabling you to effectively guide clients towards overcoming Vaginismus. \nLEARNING OUTCOMES \n On successful completion of the training\, you will be able to: \n\nDemonstrate an understanding of Dr Martha’s online Sex Program “Sex Possible”\nDemonstrate competency in sex counseling skills\nAnswer commonly asked questions from clients with Vaginismus\nDemonstrate competency teaching and applying Dr Lee’s formula to overcoming Vaginismus\nFormulate a client treatment plan\n\nCOURSE REQUIREMENTS \nTo attain the certificate\, you are required to: \n\nAttend 6 weekly virtual training (3 hours) and 6 triad practices (1.5 hours)\nPass a verbal and a written exam\nDemonstrate competency in three recorded sessions with volunteer clients (We will support you in finding these clients.)\n\nPRE-REQUISITES \nThis training is for people with existing training and qualifications in working with sex\, including Certified Sexological Bodyworkers\, sex educators\, sex counsellors\, sex therapists or related helping professionals. \nCOURSE STRUCTURE \nWEEK 1 – WHAT IS VAGINISMUS? \n\nWelcome and Overview of training\nCourse Expectations & Requirements\nWhat is Vaginismus?\nCommon treatments – why they work/ why they don’t\nPLISSIT – a model for sex education\nConducting a successful intake\nPrinciples of and difference between Coaching/ Counseling\nCounseling techniques: Paraphrasing\, Summarisation and Reflection of Feeling\nHow to locate the vagina?\n\nWEEK 2 – WHAT’S THE FORMULAE?  \n\nKegels – does it make Vaginismus worse?\nDown regulation\, progressive muscle relaxation\nMartha’s Signature Formulae\nMartha’s Flow Chart of Pleasure\n\nWEEK 3 – WHAT IS AN ORGASM? \n\nSexual Response Cycle\nSexual Anatomy\nDescribing – What is an orgasm?\nHow do I get an orgasm?\nHow to masturbate if I don’t feel like it?\nHow to deal with persistent dryness?\n\nWEEK 4 – WHAT TO USE FOR DILATION? \n\nPain vs Pleasure\, Practice vs Play\nWhat to use for dilation\n3 common reasons why women are afraid of penetration with their partner\n3 inserting methods\n6 fingering techniques\nWorking with the most inhibited clients\n\nWEEK 5 – BUT I’M STUCK AT SIZE 2?  \n\nMotivation/ Affirmations/ Positive thinking\nBeyond being present and relaxed\nSex positions + Angle of penetration\nTime management/ mood setting/ communication with partner\nKegels\, Advanced Kegels\, Heart-Vulva connection\, Anal breathing\n\nWEEK 6 – AND MY SITUATION? \n\nAnswering commonly asked questions from people with Vaginismus\nClients with other conditions – Dyspareunia\, unconsummated marriage\, sexual trauma/ abuse\nWorking with the partner\nUnderstanding couple dynamics – opposites attract\, difficult to talk about sex\, ego\, not about giving only\nComing up with a Treatment Plan\nCase recording and keeping\n\nWEEK 7 – EXAM WEEK \n\nVerbal and written exam\nYou will submit 3 volunteer client recordings (People with Vaginismus)\nFinal reflections\n\nDATES/ TIMES \n The virtual training will run Wed 26 Mar – 30 Apr 2025 for six weeks. It will be 9a.m. Singapore time/ 12p.m. AEDT/ 5p.m. PST (previous day) and 1a.m. GMT for 3 hours). The weekly triad session is to be decided with your group members. \nSUPPLEMENTARY ONLINE SUPPORT \nYou will receive \n\nSupport to find your three volunteer clients.\nAccess to Dr Martha Lee’s online training program on overcoming Vaginismus http://www.eroscoaching.com/sex-possible/ is included. It contains 28 videos released over 28 days.\nSix months of optional virtual group peer support.\nListing in Dr Martha’s directory of Recommended Vaginismus Practitioners\n\nENROLMENT PROCESS \nThe enrolment process includes a Zoom meeting with Martha. To be part of this important training\, please send your completed enrolment form\, along with 3 possible dates and times for a Zoom meeting to: DRMARTHALEE@EROSCOACHING.COM \nPRICE \nEarly bird price:        AU$1\,200 \nThe early bird price is available for full payment before Feb 24\, 2025. \nFull price:                   AU$1\,500 \nFull payment must be made by March 15\, 2025. \nPrices are in Australian dollars\, and include GST \nREFUND POLICY  \nThere is a non-refundable administration fee of $300 Australian dollars\, which secures your place in the training. \nIf you decide you cannot participate in the training before March 15\, you will be refunded your money minus the non-refundable deposit of AU$300. There is no refund if you withdraw after the training commences on March 24\, 2025. \nFACILITATED BY DR MARTHA LEE \nRelationship Counselor and Clinical Sexologist Dr. Martha Tara Lee of Eros Coaching has been in practice for 15 years (since 2009)\, and her clients are predominantly people who have inhibitions around sex and sexuality – especially unconsummated marriage and Vaginismus. She estimates she has worked with over 1\,000 couples with Vaginismus or unconsummated marriages. For testimonials specific to clients who overcame Vaginismus\, click here \nhttp://www.eroscoaching.com/2014/12/testimonials-ladies-who-overcame-vaginismus/ \nThese are her credentials: \n\nDoctorate in Human Sexuality\nMaster’s in Counselling\nCertificate in Sex Therapy\nCertificate in Coaching\nCertificate in Practical Counseling\nAASECT certified sexuality educator\nAASECT certified sexuality educator supervisor\n\nFor more about Dr Martha and her work\, please click here: https://www.eroscoaching.com/profile/ \nDetails in the Appendix. \nDr Martha welcomes people of all genders\, sexualities\, cultural backgrounds and relationship choices in her work. \nAPPENDIX \nDr Martha Lee is an AASECT CE Provider (Individual Provider). She will be able to issue 1 CE point for each hour of training. \nMORE ON AASECT CE PROVIDER \nAn AASECT CE Provider is an individual or organization\, approved by AASECT and committed to providing education that meets AASECT standards for helping individuals earn or maintain AASECT Certification. \nTYPES OF AASECT CE PROVIDERS \nIndividual Provider – An Individual Provider must be an AASECT Certified Member and must present at least 80% of the training of each event. (Note: if presenting training with a partner who is presenting more than 20% of the total material the Provider must apply to be an Organizational Provider.) \nOrganizational Provider I – An individual\, group of individuals\, private training center\, school\, accredited university/college\, or other organization. Organizational Providers must have an AASECT Certified Member overseeing the planning of all training. The Organizational Provider I offers 40 or fewer AASECT CE credits per year and uses more than one expert to deliver the training. \nOrganizational Provider II – An individual\, group of individuals\, private training center\, school\, accredited university/college\, or other organization. Organizational Providers must have an AASECT Certified Member overseeing the planning of all training. The Organizational Provider II offers more than 40 AASECT CE credits per year and uses more than one expert to deliver the training. \nWhen calculating CE credits\, please use the following information: \n\n60 minutes = 1 CE credit; 90 minutes = 1.5 CE credits.\n\nEach credit hour must have one learning objective\nIncrements of\, 15 or 45 minutes are not permitted for 0.25 or 0.75 credits. For example\, a segment scheduled for 1 hour 15 minutes will count as 1 credit; a segment scheduled for 1 hour 45 minutes will count as 1.5 credits.\n\n\n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION \nhttps://www.aasect.org/sites/default/files/documents/AASECT%20CE%20Provider%20Expectations.pdf \n\nTestimonials: \n\n\n\n\n\n“I really enjoyed the Professional Certificate of working with Vaginismus. It took my knowledge of how to treat the issue to the next level! The course is really easy to understand and has already started yielding positive results with my clients.” – Tyler Mathews\, Dec 2023\n\n\n\n“I enjoyed attending this program\, it is the most comprehensive program about vaginismus program I have attended so far. I appreciate that the teacher is from a conservative culture\, which is much like mine. It validated my experience as a somatic sexologist and helped me embrace the challenges I face with my clients and appreciate and respect my culture and values. Thank you\, Martha\, for being so generous with your knowledge and answering every single question we had. I felt supported throughout the program and the application process.” – Yasmine\, 2023 \n\n\n\n“It was a pleasure to learn from some with such an amazing experience with clients like Dr Martha. Her passion about teaching Vaginismus is contagious in a good way. I really enjoyed the content of the course and the methodology. I would recommend this course to anyone who is interested in working with Vaginas. – Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us\, Juan”\, Nov 2023
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LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Relationships,Sexuality
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