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SELF-PACED PROGRAMS

Deep Clinical Training, on Your Schedule

Short, focused, and clinically rich. Each of these programs takes you deep into a specific area of sex therapy – building real expertise, without the pressure of live sessions or long-term commitment.

Work through them at your own pace. Return to the material when you need it. And bring what you learn directly into your sessions.

  • Sex & Trauma: Helping Clients Move Beyond Trauma & Reclaim Their Sexuality

    This program equips therapists with the skills to support clients in reclaiming their sexual voices after trauma, integrating trauma-informed assessment, treatment planning, and interventions that restore safety, boundaries, and pleasure.

  • BDSM: Working with Kinky Clients

    A dynamic, evidence-informed online program for mental health and wellness professionals that explores the historical, neurological, psychological, and social-cultural dimensions of BDSM and equips practitioners with the clinical tools and confidence to work ethically and effectively with kink-identifying clients, including expert interviews.

  • Painful Sex: Working with Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorders (GPPPD)

    An advanced program for psychotherapists, counselors, and health professionals, offering 55 detailed lessons – including expert interviews, handouts, and assessment tools – designed to deepen understanding of conditions like vaginismus and dyspareunia and equip clinicians with trauma-informed, evidence-based strategies for support.

  • Penis Problems: Working with Premature & Delayed Ejaculation (PE/DE)

    A focused online training program featuring 21 lessons that guide therapists through understanding, assessing, and treating both premature and delayed ejaculation – covering clinical considerations, underlying causes, intervention techniques, and reflective case studies in a trauma-informed context.

  • Penis Problems: Working with Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

    A self-paced program featuring 41 lessons that guide therapists through the PLISSIT model, physiological, psychological, and cultural causes of ED, trauma-informed clinical assessment and treatment planning, consideration for trans clients, case studies, expert interviews, and curated resources – designed to deepen understanding and enhance therapeutic competence in working with erectile concerns.

  • The Basics: Sexual Consent & Communication

    A mini training that equips clinicians with practical tools for defining, communicating, and navigating consent – covering consent frameworks, legal considerations in Canada, the impact of alcohol/drugs, and BDSM consent, alongside self-reflection around biases and helpful client resources.

therapist upgrades her sex therapy competence with online self-paced courses in canada

Specialist Training That Fits Around Your Practice

These programs are designed for therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, and allied health professionals who want to go deeper on specific areas of sexuality – without committing to a full program or working around fixed live session schedules.

They’re a good fit if you’re already seeing clients with particular concerns and want a structured, clinical framework to support that work. Or if you’ve completed foundational sex therapy training and want to build out your expertise in targeted areas.

You’ll work through guided lessons, case studies, expert interviews, and reflective exercises – at whatever pace suits you. There’s no cohort schedule to keep up with and no live sessions to fit into your diary.

Just focused, evidence-based learning you can apply right away.

These programs are for you if …

  • A specific client concern has come up in your practice and you want a structured way to address it

  • You’ve completed foundational training and want to deepen your expertise in a particular area

  • Your schedule doesn’t allow for live sessions or cohort-based learning right now

  • You want CE credits you can earn at your own pace

  • You prefer to go deep on one topic rather than broad across many

If you’re looking for a comprehensive foundation in sex therapy rather than specialist training in a specific area, our flagship program – The Sexually Competent Therapist: Foundations – is the better starting point.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Think about what’s showing up most in your sessions right now – and let that guide you. Each of these programs is designed to give you something you can use immediately.