OK, the title is tongue-in-cheek.
Of course, a SARS is an important and necessary part of qualifying to be a Psychosexual Therapist. It ensures that we are open-minded about sex and comfortable with the wide range of sexual possibilities that we might be presented with clinically.
However, can we be too comfortable? Most of our clients are not extreme in their sexual expression, in fact quite the opposite. Most clients’ experience of sex is tame rather than shocking, they are limited rather than expansive. We need to meet them where they are at in their discomfort around sex, their struggles with shame, guilt, fear, inadequacy, trauma and confusion.
So, if we come into session all gung-ho with talk of permissions and rights and detailed information, we may inadvertently be damaging the therapeutic relationship, and possibly even risk traumatising our clients.
In this presentation Jacqueline will delve into her over 10,000 hours of clinical experience (and another two thousand or so of workshops and retreats) plus mentoring and supervising to explore how we can meet our clients where they are at and how we can gently help them get to where they want to be.
We’ll be covering language, metaphor, presence, connection, and other elements of the psychosexual therapeutic alliance.
Bring an open mind and all your questions!
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jacqueline Hellyer is the founder of the LoveLife Clinic, and a total Sex Geek! She is unabashedly fascinated by sex, love and intimacy in all its aspects, from the biological to the psychological to the spiritual. She believes sex is a celebration of life and our sexual energy is our fundamental life energy. Her knowledge and experience, from the scientific to the esoteric, is as broad as it gets and she shares it in an incredibly open and inspiring way. Over 20 years, with ten thousand clinical hours and another three thousand running workshops and retreats, she has created an exceptional career working with couples and individuals clinically and in workshops and retreats, as well as through online courses, books, blog, podcasts, videos, social and traditional media, to help people understand the importance of an integrated and healthy sexuality.
Jacqueline is highly qualified, including a Master of Science in Sexology and a Master of Science in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology. She takes a psychobiological, somatic and transpersonal approach to working with clients around all issues to do with sex, love and intimacy. Her aim is to help people become fully in touch with their sexuality and to use this powerful, positive energy to create extraordinary lives. She brings a spiritual depth to the art and science of sex.
The Society of Australian Sexologists Ltd (SAS) represents health and allied health professionals working in the area of sex therapy, sexuality education, sexual health and sexology.
