Educational Events and Webinars

October 12, 2019

A REVIEW OF ITS USE IN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND HEALTH 24TH CONGRESS, WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH

September 13, 2019

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR VARIED SEXUAL DISTRESSES AND CHALLENGING COUPLES

July 15, 2019

Sensate Focus is a highly useful adjunct to relationship therapy, serving to foster emotional connection in the couple. It is, as well, a technique that forms the basis of sex therapy. In this highly practical advanced workshop participants will be offered updates regarding best practices, re- introduced to the underpinnings of Sensate Focus in Somatic Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Practice, and offered the opportunity to delve deeper in applying Sensate Focus suggestions to specific sexual difficulties. Case Studies will be utilized in a step by step illustration of the use of the Sensate Focus hierarchy with varying sexual dysfunctions as well as with challenging couple presentations. Participants are invited to bring case summaries for discussion.Video demonstrations of Sensate Focus positions and instructions will also be utilized.“Sensate Focus: The Alchemy of Healing Touch, Part I” is a pre-requisite for this course. If you did not attend that course, please contact CPID for further information by emailing Zoya Simakhodskaya at zoya@cpidnyc.com.

April 12, 2019

April 6, 2019

Sensate Focus Touching is a highly useful adjunct to sex therapy for both mental health and allied health professionals to address sexual desire as well as a spate of sexual distresses and dysfunctions. Sensate Focus touching was developed by Masters & Johnson on the basis of their research and experience. It serves to foster a mindful connection to self and partner as well as diminish anxiety through repeated touching experiences. In a structured hierarchy of touching experiences, clients learn to turn off their internal chatter and tune into their body, managing their mind’s negative messages, building comfort and accumulating sexual tension. This is Sensate Focus, a simple but elegant and effective strategy. It is helpful for identifying and managing blocks to sexual feeling and expression, and for promoting healthy adaptions to the biopsychosocial challenges following cancer and other illness. Too often these challenges lead to sexual alienation, and to ongoing but unnecessary sexual dysfunctions. In this highly practical workshop participants will learn updates regarding best practices, be introduced to the underpinnings of Sensate Focus in Somatic Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Practice. They will be offered the opportunity to learn to apply Sensate Focus suggestions to diverse populations. This includes people with varied sexual concerns, those who have experienced sexual trauma, and those affected by chronic illness and disability. The program includes case consultation as well as video demonstrations of Sensate Focus positions and instructions.