2-Day Essentials of Sex Therapy with Tammy Nelson: Effective Strategies for Creating Deep Sexual Connection and Fulfillment

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Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, a relationship and international speaker, an author, a faculty member and teacher with a Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Sexology. She is a board-certified sexologist, a diplomate of the American Board of Sexologists, a licensed professional counselor, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, a registered art therapist, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and an Advanced Imago Clinician as well as an ISTI Certified Sex and Couples Therapist.

Dr. Tammy is the author of six books, including Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement (2021), Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy: A Therapist’s Guide to New and Innovative Approaches (2020), When You’re the One Who Cheats: Ten Things You Need to Know (2019), The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity (2013), Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together (2008), and What’s Eating You? A Workbook for Anorexia and Bulimia (2004). She is also the creator of Date Night Card Deck (2023), a TEDx speaker, host of the podcast The Trouble with Sex, and founder and executive director of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Tammy Nelson maintains a private practice and is executive director and primary faculty at Integrated Sex Therapy Training Institute (ISTI) and has employment relationships with Daybreak University and the California Institute of Integral Studies. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc., and she additionally receives royalties from New Harbinger and Sounds True. She is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. Dr. Nelson has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tammy Nelson serves on the board of advisors for the World Association of Sex Coaches. She is a member of the American Art Therapy Association, American Association of Sex Educators, Sex Counselors, and Sex Therapists (AASECT), American Comprehensive Energy Psychology Association (ACEP), American Counseling Association, American Family Therapy Academy, American Family Therapy Association (AFTA), American Psychological Association (APA), Connecticut Counselors, Imago Relationships International Association of Professional and Certified Therapists, International Board of Sexologists, International Institute for Sexuality and Human Development, Nonfiction Authors Association, Society Scientific Study Sexuality (SSSS), and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR).

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Objectives

1. Identify the core principles of a trauma-informed, intersectional framework in clinical practice. 
2. Implement Nelson’s Anatomy–Relationship–Pleasure (ARP) model to sexual health assessment, integrating considerations related to therapist bias and countertransference. 
3. Apply appropriate strategies for establishing and maintaining clinical boundaries with individuals, couples in sex therapy. 
4. Differentiate between healthy sexual interests and harmful behaviors using clinical criteria 
5. Incorporate consent models, sexual templates, and somatic tools into clinical practice to enhance erotic agency and self-expression. 
6. Identify key symptoms and diagnostic considerations for pleasure disorders  
7. Facilitate client conversations about secrecy, technology, and sexual narratives in session to support transparency and  reduce shame. 
8. Integrate the three phases of treatment—Narrative/Crisis, Integration/Grief, and Vision/Action—into client-centered treatment planning. 
9. Analyze the clinical presentation of pornography use, paraphilias, and nontraditional sexual expressions to distinguish between pathology, client preference, and therapist bias. 
10. Demonstrate the use of consent wheels and safety frameworks as interventions in individual and couple therapy. 
11. Identify the components of somatic fluency and embodied expression that support clients in reclaiming erotic voice and agency.  
12. Develop interventions that provide clients with long-term tools for sexual healing, transformation, and expanded erotic intelligence. 
13. Assist clients in integrating sexuality into the broader aspects of their lives to promote vitality, intimacy, and authentic relationships. 

Outline

Sex Therapy Skills Training and Interventions: Part I 

• Defining Sex Therapy 
• Sex Therapy from a Trauma-Informed Lens 
• Intersectionality in Sex Therapy  
• The Three “Silos” of Assessment 
• Sexual Attitude Reassessment  
• Boundaries in Sex Therapy: Bias, countertransference, technology, and more  
• Addressing Boundary Crossing in Session 
• Sex Therapy with Couples 
• The Three Phases of Sex Therapy  

Sex Therapy Skills Training and Interventions: Part 2:   

• Working with Fantasy 
• Working with Special Interest Sexuality, Fetish, Pornography and More 
• Differentiating Healthy from Harmful in Sex Therapy 
• Safety and Consent 
• Sexual Templates: Developmental, Arousal and the Central Nervous System 
• Identifying your Client’s Sexual Templates 
• Recognizing and Differentiating Pleasure Disorders 
• Somatic Fluency: Giving a Voice to the Body 
• A Six Week Protocol for Erotic Recovery 
• Barriers to Healing: Culture, Transgenerational Messaging, Gender Roles and More  
• Transformation in Sex Therapy: Creating Freedom and Aliveness Without Apology of Fear 

Target Audience

• Counselors 
• Social Workers 
• Psychologists 
• Psychotherapists 
• Therapists 
• Marriage & Family Therapists 
• Addiction Counselors 
• Case Managers 
• Physicians 
• Other Mental Health Professionals 

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