Anxiety is the most common underlying cause of difficulties with sexual functioning. With nearly half of the United States having legalized recreational marijuana use, it is no surprise that many of our clients are utilizing marijuana as a strategy for coping with anxiety, both inside and outside of the bedroom. In the first half of this training, participants will gain a key foundational understanding of the relationship between anxiety and sexual functioning. In the second half of this training, participants will focus in on marijuana and what the research has to tell us about its benefits, risks, relationship to anxiety, and relationship to sex and intimacy.
Join us via Zoom to participate in this training. Participants must attend in full to be eligible to receive CE credit for the course. This course is only available to attend live, and will not be recorded for later viewing.
Participants who are enrolled in South Shore Sexual Health Center’s Sex Therapy Training Program should email info@ssshealthcenter.com to register for this course.
Training schedule (All listed times are Eastern Standard Time):
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Sex and Anxiety: When Anxiety Enters the Bedroom
Presented by: Paola Andrea Rodriuez, LMHC, CST
Anxiety and desire are poor partners in bed. In this three-hour course, participants will deepen their understanding of anxiety’s impact on sexual functioning and relational intimacy. The training examines how anxiety manifests at both the individual and couple levels, including its developmental roots, attachment influences, cognitive patterns, and physiological arousal processes. Participants will explore how anxiety disrupts embodiment, interferes with desire, and shapes relational dynamics within sexual contexts.
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: 15 minute break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Sex and Anxiety: When Anxiety Enters the Bedroom, continued
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM: Lunch
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM: Marijuana, Sex, and Anxiety
Presented by Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT, CST
Descripton coming soon!
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM: 15 minute break
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM:
Marijuana, Sex, and Anxiety, continued
This 6 CE credit course meets the criteria for the following Sex Therapy Training Content Areas:
2 CE credits in Criteria Letter A (Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models)
2 CE credits in Criteria Letter C (Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems)
2 CE credits in Criteria Letter D (Theory and method of approach to medical intervention in the evaluation and treatment of psychosexual disorders)
This program meets the requirements for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 6 total CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT Certification and renewal of certification. South Shore Sexual Health Center, LLC, Provider #15-784-S. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.