• Develop competency in conducting sexual health assessments and using sexual health assessment tools.
• Recognize age-related changes in sexuality.
• Assess the challenges associated with the pharmaceutical treatment of physical ailments/psychiatric disorders and sexual dysfunction.
• Define and discuss ethical sex therapy and how it has changed with the flow of history.
• Reexamine the long-held traditional conceptualizations of sexual identity and sexual/gender expression, and define the three basic components of sexual identity.
• Apply the Sexual Tipping Point model to a case of erectile dysfunction.
• Recognize the interconnections between sexuality and stress/trauma.
• Apply mindfulness-based techniques for better sexual satisfaction.
• Assess and create a treatment plan for desire disorders, female genital pain, erectile dysfunction, and ejaculatory problems.
• Apply innovative methods in treating patients with sexual trauma.
• List the three models of multicultural training and development which promote cultural competency.
• Address sexual health concerns of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender clients.
• Discuss the umbrella term called consensual non-monogamous relationship (CNM).
• In partnership with people living with disabilities, promote sexual freedoms within different disability communities.
• Offer and discuss with women the potential changes in sexual health in pregnancy and postpartum.
• List nine different forms of paraphilia.
• Practice treatment techniques for men who use pornography and other compulsive behaviors.
• Utilize assessment tools when evaluating patient’s level of sexual satisfaction and health, as well as risk of sexual offending.