Navigating Sexual Changes Due to Menopause: Sex Therapy for Creating Sex Worth Wanting At Any Age
$160.00
Presented by: Rachel Zar, Ph.D.
4 CE Hours
Friday, July 17, 2026 | 2PM – 6PM EST
Live via Webinar (Zoom) or Available on demand via recording
AASECT Category: Human Sexuality, Section H and Sex Therapy, Section D
Decription
This course discusses the potential impacts of perimenopause and menopause onm sexual desire, arousal, and pleasure. Dr. Rachel Zar discusses sex therapy concepts and real world applications for clients who are presenting with sexual functioning concerns after menopause.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss two potential impacts of peri-menopause and menopause on sexual desire, arousal, and pleasure.
- Explain sex therapy concepts that can be applied to clients who present with sexual functioning concerns after menopause.
- Discuss specific interventions to help clients develop greater sexual self understanding and re-write limiting sexual scripts.
Speaker Bios
Rachel Zar is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, and Clinical Sexologist who specializes in relationship and sex therapy. She also holds certificates in sex therapy and sexuality education. Dr. Zar sees individuals and couples and provides clinical supervision at Avid Intimacy, a private group therapy practice in Chicago. Dr. Zar is proudly an LGBTQ-, kink-, and poly- affirmative clinician. Dr. Zar is passionate about educating and mentoring other clinicians, and she frequently lectures, writes, and provide expert interviews for the media on myriad sex and relationship topics.
Rachel holds a PhD in Clinical Sexology from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, a Master’s of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, and certificates in sex therapy and sexuality education from University of Michigan. She’s worked in multiple private therapy practices throughout Chicago and spent five years with Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Sexual Medicine, working alongside specialized physicians to treat sexual functioning concerns. Rachel is passionate about mentoring other clinicians, and she frequently lectures, writes, and provide expert interviews for the media on myriad sex and relationship topics.
Class originally recorded: 7/18/2025.
Social workers completing this course receive 3 general 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.