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Female Sexuality: Menopause and Later in Life

Previously Recorded
Rivka Sidorsky, LCSW, AASECT
$30.00 USD

This 1-hour training will introduce participants to the sexual concerns for women 50+. This course will discuss the common concerns women and couples may experience as women experiencing the natural aging process in their 50s and beyond. Participants will learn about the process of menopause and its impact on sexual functioning. Participants will be exposed to the medical and physical as well as psychological and relational impacts that this life stage has on the women themselves and on their relationships.

About the Presenter

Rivka is an IAPST Certified Psychosexual Therapist, an IAPST Certified Psychosexual Supervisor, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor, a licensed clinical social worker, a Social Work Board Certified Supervisor, a Faculty Lecturer, a published author, a Harvard University research fellowship recipient, and an experienced lecturer. She is the owner and director of a group psychotherapy practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was personally mentored and was trained in sexual dysfunction and sex therapy from internationally renowned Dr. Laura Berman, Oprah’s relationship and sex expert, at the Berman Center in Chicago. In addition to her private practice, Rivka is an invited guest to train doctors, nurses, faculty, fellow therapists, and students at The University of Maryland. She is a Faculty Lecturer at The Integrative Sex Therapy Institute on topics which include female sexual dysfunction, sexual pain, vaginismus, sexual aversion, couples sexual issues, and performing sex therapy with diverse religions and cultures. She lives in Silver Spring with her husband and their five children.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to describe the 3 concerns, norms, and safety of sex throughout the process of menopause and later in life.
  2. Participants will be able to demonstrate 3 clinical/therapeutic interventions to help women experiencing menopause and aging cope with their challenges in individual or couples therapy.

Agenda:

1 HOUR

AASECT Knowledge Areas: Developmental sexuality, Socio-cultural and familial, Intimacy Skills, Sexual and reproductive anatomy, Health/medical factors, Range of sexual functioning and behavior, Pleasure Enhancement Skills, Learning theory and its application, Professional communication and personal reflection. May be used for Sex Therapy Training ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST7.

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.