What can we tell clients about “normal” masturbation? (2 CE Hours)
$80.00
Presented by: Nicole Prause, Ph.D.
2 CE Hours
Friday, October 16, 2026 | 4PM – 6PM EST
Live via Webinar (Zoom) or Available on demand via recording
AASECT Category: Sex Therapy, Section A and Section F
Course Description:
Modern anti-masturbation movements are changing the landscape of self-pleasure. This review describes the strongest data we have concerning how often people masturbate, what characterizes those practices, and the reasons people cite for engaging in masturbation. Data describing the novel opposition to masturbation from “manosphere” influencers is provided with examples from media. New data from a large laboratory study of male masturbation are included in these discussions.
Learning Objectives:
– Describe how often men and women report engaging in masturbation
– Identify the most common reasons that people report that they engage in masturbation
– Name the emotion that improves most reliably after orgasm from masturbation in ongoing laboratory research
– Identify two strategies to help clients distressed by masturbation within their romantic relationship partner(s)
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.
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