Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify, define and use the PLISSIT model
Identify and integrate 2 communication techniques for effective communication regarding sex in relational therapy and family systems
Name and utilize the 3 stages of kink scene planning in kink and vanilla dynamics
Participants will be able to identify how to ethically discuss and work with desire discrepancy and desire development development.
Participants will be able to identify communication and negotiation techniques that center queer and kink identities and challenge preconceived notions of healthy sex that privileges heterosexuality.

Agenda

10:00-10:15: Introduction
10:15-10:30: What is Sex Therapy?
- PLISSIT Model
10:30-11:00: Desire Discrepancy and Development
- Define Desire
- What Happens when Desire is Mismatched?
- Painful Sex
  - Shame, Trauma, and Body Stuff
- What Builds Desire?
  - Slow Sex
  - Erogenous Zone Exploration
  - Communication
11:00-11:30: Kink and BDSM
- Intro
- Kink roles
- Cultural Baggage
- Communication helpful for kinksters and Vanilla folks
  - 3 parts of Kink Scenes
11:30-11:45: Non-Monogamy
- Introduction
- How to Talk about it
- Some cultural narratives
- Let’s come back to this at a later date (Polyam Jam)
11:45-12:00
- Wrap up
- Questions and Answers

*2 hours of Continuing Education pending approval by the MN Board of Marriage & Family Therapy and MN Board of Behavioral Health & Therapy.* 1 ethics CEU, 2 Cultural Competency

Questions? Looking for student or group discounts? Contact Melanie Vinton: melanie@ilifecounseling.com

Contact the host of The Birds, The Bees, and The Therapies: An Introduction to Sex Positive Therapy