The Clinicians Compass: Sex and Ethics Workshop

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.

Workshop 1: Sex Therapy 101

Building Comfort, Competence, and Clinical Skill**

Instructor- Kristin Trudeau LPC-MHSP, LADAC II, CSAT, 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.

Workshop 2: Beyond Talk Therapy: Resolving the Double Binds of Modern Clinical Practice

Navigating Non-Directive Ideals, Medical Necessity, and Real-World Clinical Demands**

Instructor- Stacy Phillips, LPC-MHSP, S, C-DBT

Therapists today are squeezed between contradictory expectations:
Be directive, but not too directive.
Listen, but also use measurable interventions.
Support autonomy, but meet medical necessity.
No wonder clinicians feel stuck in systemic double binds.

This training shows you how we got here, why these contradictions exist, and—most importantly—how to practice ethically, confidently, and coherently within them.

You will learn to:
✔ Identify the historical roots of the non-directive ideal in clinical training
✔ Understand regulatory, ethical, and structural forces shaping modern practice
✔ Work with medical necessity, diagnosis, and insurance expectations without losing your therapeutic identity
✔ Use structured interventions ethically and within your scope—CBT, DBT, ACT, MI, and more
✔ Distinguish ethical intervention from out-of-scope advice or guidance
✔ Document necessity and progress in measurable, compliant language
✔ Apply real-world decision-making models to guide clinical direction with confidence

Outcome:
You will leave with a grounded, coherent ethical framework—one that aligns real-world expectations with your therapeutic values and restores a sense of confidence in your clinical decision-making.

This full day workshop is 6 Continuing Education Hours.

Where: The Hampton Inn- 7101 Berry Farms Crossing, Franklin, TN 37064

When : Friday, February 20th, 2026

Time: 9-4:30pm

CE’s- 6 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

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