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Sex Therapy Programs: Your

If you are a mental health professional, therapist, or counselor looking to specialize in an impactful and rewarding area of practice, sex therapy programs offer a pathway to broaden your expertise and better serve your clients. Sex therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy that...

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A therapist sitting with her client discussing sexual competence.
Why Therapists Need to

In the field of mental health, the importance of addressing every facet of a client’s well-being cannot be overstated. One crucial yet often overlooked aspect is sexual competence. For therapists, being sexually competent means having the knowledge, comfort, and skills to discuss and address sexual...

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The Boogeymen of Gender

The Boogeymen of Gender Transition: Reframing the Fear of Regret and Detransition   Visit: https://9547.short.gy/boogeymen

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Upcoming Sex Therapy Events

Register for October’s Workshops & Webinars Modern Sex Therapy Institutes offers a vast course catalog leading to various sex therapy certifications and degrees. In addition though, their strong network of though leaders offers workshops and webinars each and every month — many applicable for CEs too. Check out...

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“There’s a humanistic element

“There’s a humanistic element to the instruction method.” — An interview with a Modern Sex Therapy Institutes’ alumnus Catching up with Jared Boot, MA, TLLP What’s your full name? Jared Boot What is your professional title? Master’s level psychotherapist and clinical psychology doctoral student What programs/certifications did you participate in?...

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Modern Sex Therapy Institutes

Introducing Modern Sex Therapy Institutes (MSTI) Meet Our Executive Directors Team! www.modernsextherapyinstitutes.com About six years ago, Dr. Rachel Needle, Dr. Joe Kort, and Dr. Ricky Siegel decided to combine their more than 30 years of sex therapy and sexuality certification training experience to provide a...

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The Problem of Bi-Erasure

It’s been a long road to acceptance for bi-sexuals September 23 is National Bisexual Day Even today when more of us recognize that someone’s sexual attraction can evolve over time, and that there is a wide spectrum of sexual identities being recognized, there remain people who...

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“It was transformative.” — An interview

“It was transformative.” — An interview with a Modern Sex Therapy Institutes’ alumna Catching up with Lena Elkhatib, LMFT, CST What’s your full name? Lena Elkhatib What is your professional title? LMFT, CST (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist) What programs/certifications did you participate in? The...

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Surprising Reasons Sex is

Celebrating World Sexual Health Day Today (and Beyond!) Today, September 4, 2020, is World Sexual Health Day! First thing’s first, sex is important. Sexual satisfaction contributes to overall quality of life AND relationship satisfaction. Plus, sex is good for you — truly! Take some time today to listen to...

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Creating Space for Black

An Upcoming Webinar: September 26, 2020 With the safety precautions in place for COVID-19, many of us have found some extra downtime on our hands. But downtime can be productive! Webinars have become an even more popular medium these days as one can participate during the...

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Definitions of Sexual Health

Two Directors Of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes and Modern Sexuality Training Institute share their definitions of sexual health! “Sexual health is defined differently for each person. To many, being sexually healthy includes being comfortable with your own sexuality and making decisions related to and communicating about...

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What’s Behind the Erectile

What’s Behind the Erectile Disfunction Phenomenon Among Teens and Millennials? PART I: ED Problems in Young Men Today We at Modern Sex Therapy Institutes have noticed a growing phenomenon in recent years: young men showing up in our offices with erectile dysfunction (ED) problems. They come...

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