Today’s therapists are navigating a clinical landscape that is more demanding, more complex, and more ethically intricate than ever. The Clinician’s Compass Sex and Ethics Workshop is a two-lesson workshop series designed to ground clinicians in the practical, ethical, and evidence-informed skills they need to thrive. This training cuts through confusion, builds genuine confidence, and equips practitioners to handle two areas where clinicians consistently report feeling the least prepared: ethics in real-world practice and sexual health in therapy.
Whether you’re early in your career or a seasoned provider looking to sharpen your tools, this workshop series provides clarity, structure, and the kind of grounded professional empowerment clinicians rarely receive in graduate programs.
Building Comfort, Competence, and Clinical Skill**
Instructor- Kristin Trudeau LPC-MHSP, LADAC II, CST, CFRC
Most clinicians were never trained to talk comfortably or competently about sex—yet sexual wellbeing intersects with trauma, mood, relationships, stress, attachment, and identity in nearly every caseload.
This foundational training demystifies sexual health, dissolves clinician discomfort, and gives you frameworks you can use immediately and ethically with clients.
You will learn to:
✔ Understand desire, arousal, and common presentations such as desire discrepancy
✔ Differentiate spontaneous vs. responsive desire
✔ Use permission-based, attuned language to normalize sexual concerns
✔ Apply the PLISSIT Model, BETTER Model, and Five-Domain Sexual Health Intake
✔ Recognize pelvic pain disorders, hormonal contributors, and medication impacts
✔ Practice within scope while knowing when and how to collaborate with medical and sexual health specialists
✔ Build comfort and fluency through experiential exercises and case-based practice
Outcome:
You leave ready to talk about sexual health confidently, ethically, and without hesitation—because you’ll know exactly what to say, what to assess, and what belongs in (or outside) your scope.
Grounded in AASECT core competencies and aligned with professional ethics standards across major counseling bodies, this experiential training explores the real-world ethical dilemmas that arise when working with sex, intimacy, identity, trauma, desire, and relationships.
Participants will examine the intersection of power, boundaries, consent, scope of practice, values, documentation, consultation, and risk management through case examples, interactive discussion, and applied skill-building. The goal is not only to protect clients and clinicians—but to strengthen the work itself.
This training is ideal for:
Therapists who discuss sexual health in their work
Sex therapists and sex therapy–adjacent clinicians
Clinicians seeking ethics CE hours that feel practical and relevant
Providers who want greater confidence navigating sensitive topics
Anyone who believes sex-positive practice must also be ethics-strong
Expect a learning environment that is thoughtful, engaging, reflective, and grounded in clinical reality—professional, but never sterile.
Where: The Hampton Inn- 7101 Berry Farms Crossing, Franklin, TN 37064
When : Friday, February 20th, 2026
Time: 9-4:30pm
CE’s- The FULL DAY workshop is 6 AASECT and state approved Continuing Education hours (3 Ethics)
Lunch/Snacks Included
Financial Investment: $300
$50 off until from January 9th- February 6th- Use Coupon Code 50OFF
Please read our Course Agreement Form
Registering for this course signifies you have read and agree to the terms.
Join Kristin, our AASECT-approved provider and educator, as she guides clinicians on a transformative journey into one of the most underdeveloped—and most essential—areas of clinical training: sex and sexuality.
Whether you work with individuals, couples, or clients across the lifespan, conversations about sex inevitably arise. This training is designed to help clinicians move beyond discomfort or avoidance and toward confidence, competence, and clarity. Participants will develop the skills to thoughtfully assess, discuss, and address sexual concerns in a way that is ethical, inclusive, and clinically grounded—supporting clients in one of the most intimate areas of their lives.
If sex shows up in your therapy room (and it does), you don’t have to feel unprepared. This experience empowers clinicians to meet these conversations with confidence and care.
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
Identify common barriers clinicians experience when discussing sexual wellbeing with clients
Describe key sexual response models and their application to clinical work
Differentiate between spontaneous and responsive desire and assess for desire discrepancy
Utilize permission-based language to normalize sexual health concerns within therapeutic scope
Screen for common pelvic pain disorders and basic hormonal influences on sexual functioning
Apply the PLISSIT Model, BETTER Model, and Five-Domain Intake during sexual health assessments
Recognize when referral or interdisciplinary collaboration is clinically indicated
You can sign up here for the 3 hour course for $150 OR sign up for both Sex Therapy and Beyond Talk Therapy for $300, receive a $50 off coupon, and get lunch for free!
Sex therapy and sexual health conversations invite some of the most vulnerable, nuanced, and ethically complex moments in clinical work. This 3-hour ethics-focused training is designed to help clinicians navigate those moments with clarity, confidence, and integrity—without losing warmth, authenticity, or clinical effectiveness.
Grounded in AASECT core competencies and aligned with professional ethics standards across major counseling bodies, this experiential training explores the real-world ethical dilemmas that arise when working with sex, intimacy, identity, trauma, desire, and relationships.
Participants will examine the intersection of power, boundaries, consent, scope of practice, values, documentation, consultation, and risk management through case examples, interactive discussion, and applied skill-building. The goal is not only to protect clients and clinicians—but to strengthen the work itself.
This training is ideal for:
Therapists who discuss sexual health in their work
Sex therapists and sex therapy–adjacent clinicians
Clinicians seeking ethics CE hours that feel practical and relevant
Providers who want greater confidence navigating sensitive topics
Anyone who believes sex-positive practice must also be ethics-strong.
Expect a learning environment that is thoughtful, engaging, reflective, and grounded in clinical reality—professional, but never sterile.
Join us for this live 6 Hour NBCC approved CE event where Stacy Phillips, LPC-MHSP, S and Stacy Jagger , DMin, LMFT, RPT-S take clinicians through a full day of experiential learning in the areas of Ethical Models and Cyber Trauma Treatment.
Session 1- Ethical Decision Making in Mental Health Treatment: Models, Mandates and Confidence Building
Instructor- Stacy Phillips, LPC-MHSP, S, C-DBT
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Understand the hierarchy of ethical decision-making in mental health practice
Recognize legal mandates versus ethical mandates and prioritize them appropriately.
Apply clinically researched ethical decision-making models in practical scenarios.
Develop confidence in addressing ethical dilemmas in therapeutic practice.
Reduce anxiety and imposter syndrome related to ethical decision-making.
Practice ethical decision-making through role-plays simulating real-life scenarios.
Session 2: Treating Cyber Trauma; An Integrated and Systemic Approach
Instructor- Stacy Jagger, DMin, LMFT, RPT-S
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the theoretical framework and clinical application for treating cyber trauma.
Identify the phases of the treatment and the clinician’s role in supporting client progress.
Demonstrate at least three integrative and systemic techniques designed to enhance client regulation and self-awareness.
Evaluate clinical scenarios to determine when and how the integrative and family systemic approach can be integrated into greater family systems treatment.
Apply the clinical process ethically and effectively within their current scope of practice.
Where: The Hampton Inn- 7101 Berry Farms Crossing, Franklin, TN 37064
When : Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Time: 9-4:30pm
CE’s- 6 NBCC approved hours (3 ethics)
Lunch/Snacks Included
Financial Investment: $300
$50 off until January 16th- Use Coupon Code FIRST50
Please read our Course Agreement Form.
Registering for this course signifies you have read and agree to the terms.
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