Training and Certification

“From a nurse practitioner: This was what I was hoping for.  I now have a much clearer understanding of Sensate Focus and how to approach it with patients.  The videos of the couple were highly illustrative and helpful.”

“Direct. Explicit. Learned a lot. Good material. Well organized.”

“Your presentation on becoming comfortable discussing the sexuality concerns of cancer patients and offering beginning suggestions was immediately put to use by staff.”

“Thank you for the great Sensate Focus workshop! It was one of a kind. Looking forward to upcoming seminars.”

“The workshops are always a motivational experience!”

“I regularly use Sensate Focus with couples and this offered good information on making that more expansive.”

“This was a great presentation! Very informative without being too in-depth for beginners. I want to thank you for your work in writing the Sensate Focus book--it has transformed my understanding of sensate focus, and reinvigorated both my personal practice and my work with clients. One of my greatest challenges with couples’ therapy has been the effective delivery, tracking, and follow through with home based sexual explorations. Through your book, I have realized many of my mistakes, and in beginning to remedy them, have already experienced new breakthroughs. Thank you!”
—Zoe, MFT

“I felt like I gained a much deeper understanding as well as practical knowledge that I can use right away.”

“Very knowledgeable presenter with lots of professionalism. Good resources. Scholarly resources, too.”

“The workshop "Sensate Focus: The Art & Science of Mindful Touch" was fantastic! … It really shook up my prior learning about sensate focus techniques!”

“I attended your Sensate Focus Workshop... It was the best workshop I have ever attended in terms of useful material that I could take with me and apply immediately with my clients. I can't say enough about how wonderful Sensate Focus has been for my couple clients!”

“I really appreciated your openness to any kind of questions; your matter of fact, down-to-earth style; and the mix of presentation, video, and small groups.”

“...I attended your Sensate Focus workshop at the conference... and I'm feeling the excitement about all the things my brain has absorbed. Today I saw one of my couples where one partner is a self proclaimed "sex addict" in recovery. They've been starting to do sensate focus exercises but we're still early in working together. I love that I was able to apply pieces of your training immediately with this couple. Today we talked about refining their plan, committing to 2 specific times for practice each week, and separating sexual touch from the exercises. Thank you for the specific tips and nuance in successfully guiding sensate focus with couples. I really enjoyed your training and appreciate your sense of humor, too. I'll be buying the book. :)”
~M.A. LCSW, ACS

“I particularly enjoyed the deep dive into addressing client resistance to doing the exercises. This is so common and was never really emphasized in my training.”

“This was terrific nuts and bolts information.  This helped me hugely in conceptualizing HOW to go about this with patients. I have your book but as an auditory learner the webinar with the videos was perfect in helping me put it all together.”

“Linda Weiner presented in an incredibly informative, conversational, and enjoyable manner. Her clinical examples, responsiveness to our questions, and sense of humor made for an excellent training day!”