Earn all of your AASECT licensure requirements with MSTI! With over 100 workshops to choose from, you can get all of your CE Hours for AASECT or your LICENSE online or in-person! Check below to see where our online and live workshops fit in with the requirements for AASECT Certification. If you have any questions, please reach out – we are happy to help you navigate the AASECT requirements and point you in the right direction! Call Dr. Rachel Needle at (561) 379-7207.
AASECT Topics |
Approved MSTI Workshops |
|---|---|
| Ethics and ethical behavior | Ethics and Sex Therapy: A Neglected Dimension (2 of 4 hrs.)
Ethics in Sex Therapy (4 of 8 hrs.) Legal, Ethical, and Forensic Issues in Sex Therapy (4 hrs.) |
| Developmental sexuality from a bio-psycho-social perspective across the life course | Developmental Sexuality Across the Lifespan (8 hrs.)
Normative Sexual Development & Behavior ( 8 hrs.) |
| Socio-cultural, familial factors (e.g., ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socioeconomic status, family values) in relation to sexual values and behaviors | Socio-Cultural Factors (Ethnicity, Religion, Socio-economic Status) in Sexual Values and Behaviors (8 hrs.)
Queer Affirmative Therapy in the 21st Century (4 of 8 hrs.) Cultural Sensitivity (4 hrs.) Millennials, High Achievers and Sex: An Overview Intersection of Sexuality & Religion (2 hrs.) Rethinking Sexual Addiction (8 hrs.) |
| Issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: heterosexuality, issues and themes impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual people, gender identity and expression | Gender, Orientation & Identity Issues (8 hrs.)
Queer Affirmative Therapy in the 21st Century (4 of 8 hrs.) |
| Intimacy skills (e.g., social, emotional, sexual), intimate relationships, interpersonal, relationship and family dynamics | Interaction Between Sexuality and Dynamics of Interpersonal and Family Relationships (4 of 8 hrs.)
Finding the Sex You Lost – Transforming Limiting Beliefs (8 hrs.) |
| Diversities in sexual expression and lifestyles, including, but not limited to polyamory, swinging, BDSM, tantra | Diversities in Sexual Expression & Lifestyles (4 hrs.)
Working with Kinky and Polyamorous Clients (4 hrs.) Working with Relationships in Transition and Alternative Sexualities (4 hrs.) |
| Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology | Human Sexual Response and Assessment |
| Health/medical factors that may influence sexuality including, but not limited to illness, disability, drugs, mental health, conception, fertility, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, sexual trauma, injury, and safer sex practices | Medical Factors Related to Sexuality and Sexual Functioning (4 of 8 hrs.)
Cancer and Sexuality (3 of 6 hrs.) Sexual Transmitted Infections (3 of 4 hrs.) Eating Disorders, Sexual Health & Fertility (2 hrs.) Sexuality & Disability (4 hrs.) |
| Range of sexual functioning and behavior, from optimal to problematic, including but not limited to common issues such as: desire discrepancy, lack of desire, difficulty achieving or maintaining arousal, sexual pain and penetration problems, difficulty with orgasm | Sexual Functioning and Behavior (8 hrs.)
Treating Modern Sexual Problems Without Assuming Pathology or Disease (4 of 8 hrs.) |
| Sexual exploitation, including sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual assault | Sexual Abuse Treatment (4 of 8 hrs.)
Childhood Sexual Abuse, Assessment & Behavior (4 hrs.) Victimology and Victim Therapy (4 hrs.) |
| Cyber sexuality and social media | Integrating Porn, Sex & Love (4 hrs.)
A Sex Positive Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Impulsive/Compulsive Sexual Behavior (4 hrs.) Problem Sexual Behaviors: From Sex Addiction to #Metoo (4 hrs) |
| Substance use/abuse and sexuality | Sexuality Issues In Substance Abuse, Treatment & Recovery (4 hrs.) |
| Pleasure enhancement skills | Pleasure Enhancement Skills (4 hrs.) |
| Learning theory and its application | Learning Theory and its Application (4 hrs.) |
| Professional communication and personal reflection skills | Professional Communication and Reflection Skills (4 hrs.)
Talking About Sex: Supervision, Consultation, Collaboration & Referral in Sex Therapy and Sexuality Counseling (4 hrs.) |
| History of the discipline of sex research, theory, education, counseling, and therapy | The History of Sex Research, Theory, Education, and Therapy |
| Principles of sexuality research and research methods | Research on Sexual Dysfunctions Disorders and Deviancy (3 hours) |
| AASECT Topics | Approved MSTI Workshops |
|---|---|
| Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models | Overview of Sex Therapy and the Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunction & Disorders (4 hrs.)
Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunction (8 hrs.) |
| Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the ‘Psychosexual Disorders’ described in the current DSM-5 | Overview of Sex Therapy and the Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunction & Disorders (4 hrs.)
Diagnosis of Sexual Dysfunction (8 hrs.) Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction (8 hrs.) Assessment and Treatment: Patients with Multiple, Complicated, and Co-Morbid Sexual Issues (8 hrs.) A Sex Positive Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Impulsive/Compulsive Sexual Behavior (4 hrs.) |
| Theory & methods of intervention in relationship systems, sex & intimacy problems | Interaction Between Sexuality and Dynamics of Interpersonal and Family Relationships (4 of 8 hrs.)
Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Sexual Offending Behaviors (8) Treating Modern Sexual Problems Without Assuming Pathology or Disease (4 of 8 hrs.) Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior (4 hrs) More Tech, More Talking: How Evolving Sex Tech Impacts Fidelity Agreements (4 hrs) Addressing Sexual Health Problems from a Values-Based Model, using Evidence Based Techniques to Support People Struggling with Sex and Porn (4 hrs.) |
| Theory & methods of medical intervention in evaluation of treatment of Psychosexual disorders | Medical Factors Related to Sexuality and Sexual Functioning (4 of 8 hrs.)
Sexual Transmitted Infections (1 of 4 hrs.) |
| Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral | Talking About Sex: Supervision, Consultation, Collaboration & Referral in Sex Therapy and Sexuality Counseling (4 hrs.) |
| Ethical decision making and best practices | Ethics and Sex Therapy: A Neglected Dimension (2 of 4 hrs.) |
| Practicum experience | Practicum/Case Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction (4 hrs.) |
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