Health Benefits of Porn (2 CE Hours)
$80.00
Presented by: Nicole Prause, Ph.D.
2 CE Hours
Friday, October 16, 2026 | 2PM – 4PM EST
Live via Webinar (Zoom) or Available on demand via recording
AASECT Category: Sex Therapy, Section A and Section F
Course Description:
Pornography is a unique medium in that it is opposed in the United States by people of all political persuasions, albeit for different reasons. This has caused an avalanche of medical misinformation and disinformation, leading to frequent claims that pornography has “no” benefits and is entirely harmful. Science has documented that pornography is overwhelmingly positive (or neutral) for most who view it. This talk will review acute and longer term direct and indirect health benefits of pornography, the networks disseminating the false medical claims, and how to balance discussions with clients concerned about their pornography viewing habits.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe 3 empirically-supported acute health benefits of viewing pornography.
- Describe 3 empirically-supported long-term health benefits of viewing pornography.
- Describe 3 areas where empirical-data have mixed or negative harmful effects
- Identify two strategies for helping clients describe their own personal values about pornography
Speaker Bio:
Nicole Prause, PhD, is a clinical scientist trained in experimental research and licensed as a psychologist (CA #27778). She co-authored the authoritative chapter on sexual psychophysiology research methods in the Handbook of Psychophysiology. Her research methods have included laboratory neuroscience, cognitive-behavioral experiments, online questionnaires, clinical interviews, and natural language coding approaches, giving her background to assist students with a variety of interests and approaches to sex research. She also has been employed as a full-time statistician, including work on projects for the National Institutes of Health and private foundation research grants.s the addiction treatment field.
Class originally recorded: upcoming
Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.
MSTI is an approved CE organizational provider for IBOSP, AASECT, and ASWB. Modern Sex Therapy Institutes is part of the Advanced Mental Health Training Institute. The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6901. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
MSTI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. The Modern Sex Therapy Institutes maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Modern Sex Therapy Institutes (MSTI), provider #1787, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: [1/7/22-1/7/26].
Attendees must attend the entire course and complete a course evaluation to be eligible for CE credit
For Live Courses: To obtain CE credits, attendees must attend the entire course and complete an evaluation to receive credit.
For asynchronous/recorded courses, Attendees must pass the multiple choice posttest with a minimum score of 80% in 3 attempts to be eligible for CE credit.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded immediately upon course completion.