Fundamentals for Initiating Client Sexual Health Conversations

How can it be that you know that it is important to have conversations about sexual health with your clients yet it still doesn't happen? Clinicians often don’t have the mentoring or training that adequately prepares them to confidently initiate sexual health conversations. Meanwhile clients are often wanting their therapists to initiate relevant conversations with them about their sexual worries or problems as part of assessment and treatment. Many therapists unwittingly hinder this expectation and avoid the sexual health conversation altogether or refer clients to the local "sex expert." Unfortunately, this often means that a pro-active conversation never happens in psychotherapy and that the client begins to believe that sex only gets talked about reactively when there is a crisis or after someone has been hurt.

Certified sex therapist, author, trainer, and co-founder of The Harvey Institute, Douglas Braun-Harvey will outline fundamental tools and strategies for sexual health conversations…