ONLINE SAR: Sexual Attitude Reassessment (10 CE Hours)

Your last opportunity to complete a SAR Online…And for 10 hours! After January 2022, the SAR requirement changes to 14 hours.
Friday, November 12 – 5 pm to 8 pm EST
Saturday, November 13 – 9 am to 5 pm EST

(This program will not offer NBCC, APA, or ASWB credit)

SAR NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE LIVE VIA WEBINAR!

Login instructions will be provided closer to the event date. This course is AASECT approved.

Course Description

This Sexuality Attitude Re-Assessment (SAR) will be ten (10) clock hours of structured group experience consisting of a process oriented exploration of the participant’s own feelings, attitudes, values, and beliefs regarding human sexuality and sexual behavior.  This portion of the training will not be personal psychotherapy or an academic experience in which the primary emphasis is on cognitive information.  This will involve viewing sexually explicit and non-sexually explicit films, engaging in structured activities, and brief lecturettes.

The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) have defined a SAR as follows:

…a process-oriented seminar that uses lecture, media, experiential methods, activities and small group discussions. The objective of a SAR is to give participants the opportunity to explore their attitudes, values, feelings and beliefs about sexuality and how these impact their professional interactions. A SAR is not a traditional academic experience to disseminate cognitive information, nor is it psychotherapy directed toward the resolution of personal problems. It is a highly personal, internal exploration that will be different for each participant. Small group discussions have demonstrated efficacy in achieving this self-exploration and awareness and is essential to the SAR process. To meet AASECT standards, a SAR must be a minimum of 10 hours in length. (AASECT, 2006, p. 1)

In addition to AASECT’s definition, contemporary SAR trainings typically incorporate the viewing and analysis of sexually explicit media.  This may often include videos portraying naturalistic, undirected patterns of sexual expression.  Sitron and Dyson (2009) have explored the efficacy of the SAR for sexuality educators and therapists (sexologists):

The Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR) has been established as a routine training intervention for sexuality professionals. The SAR has been used to train American sexologists and other helping professionals to be sensitive to sexual diversity and the sexual behavior of others. (p. 158)

Sitron and Dyson (2009) cite Stayton (1998)’s work addressing that health professionals are often “placed in a position of being the ‘expert,’ and yet he or she may know less and be more traumatized, ignorant, and secretive than the patient, client or student” (p. 27). In addition, this imbalance may create challenges for sexologist’s ability to deliver culturally competent services without such SAR training.

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MSTI is an approved CE organizational provider for APA, AASECT, 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.
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    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.

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