Pleasure Enhancement Skills Presenter: Ricky Siegel, Ph.D.

$140.00

4 CE Hours

Presenter: Ricky Siegel, LMHC, Ph.D.

Recorded workshop available via video on demand

AASECT Category:

Human Sexuality Education
Section M

Description:

This workshop will cover the concept of “pleasure,” in physical, emotional and sexual contexts, and the role of pleasure in sex therapy, different ways to enhance sexual pleasure, and will support therapists in comfort when discussing sexuality with clients.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss broadly the concept of “pleasure,” in physical, emotional and sexual contexts, and the role of pleasure in sex therapy
List 5 types of sex toys for pleasure enhancement.
Explain the rationale of using a pleasure-based vs. deficit-based approach to sexual function and dysfunction.
Demonstrate comfort and ability to discuss sexuality with clients.

Speaker Bio:

RICHARD M. SIEGEL, Ph.D., LMHC, CST, is the Director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, a postgraduate continuing education institute training sex therapists and sexual medicine specialists at multiple sites throughout the country. Dr. Siegel is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor and Board-certified sex therapist, and is certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as a sex therapist and supervisor. He has a rich experiential background, including over 20 years working in sexuality education and addiction treatment, teaching on college campuses, and maintaining a private sex therapy practice. He enjoys a reputation as a seasoned and in-demand workshop and conference presenter, in addition to his work in training and supervising sex therapists.

Dr. Siegel has served AASECT as conference co-chair for three consecutive years, followed by two elected terms as Board Secretary, and has been appointed as the chair of the Supervisor Certification Committee. He is also a Clinical Member of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR), and served on the Executive Committee of that organization as its Membership Officer from 2015-2017.

He completed his Doctoral dissertation at the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists in Orlando, FL, with a research focus on the integration of healthy sexuality and addiction treatment. He has worked enthusiastically to integrate traditional sex therapy into the emergent specialty of sexual medicine, as well as the addiction treatment field.

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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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