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Digital Seminar

Self-Led Sexuality through IFS Therapy

A Parts Work Approach for Healing, Intimacy, Pleasure and Connection

Speaker:
Patricia Rich, LCSW, CST-S
Duration:
1 Hour
Language:
Presented in EN, handouts in EN and FR
Copyright:
Feb 20, 2026
Product Code:
POS150606
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

There are few issues that trigger our parts more than sex.

When you work with clients who struggle with sexual issues, they’re often dealing with shame, guilt, confusion, and a lack of understanding about their own experiences.

Plus, the sensitive nature of sexual topics can make it difficult for clients (and let’s face it, many therapists) to open up and explore these issues in therapy at all.

But sex and sexuality are huge parts of your clients’ lives … and you need to be able to address them in their treatment.

In this session you will gain:

  • Strategies to address common sexual concerns clients have in therapy
  • An IFS therapy-based conceptual framework that incorporates insights from the field of sex therapy and more
  • A better understanding of the internal sexual system and what it means to be sexually Self-Led
  • Guided meditation tools for finding and unblending parts related to a sexual trailhead

This is your chance to welcome all parts and bring a new lens to this often-exiled but crucially important topic!

 

This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

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Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

 


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 1.0 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This self-study activity is approved for 1.0 credit hours.


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2029. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

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Canada Credit - Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 1.0 continuing education clock hours as required by many national and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Speaker

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Patricia Rich, LCSW, CST-S (she/her) is an IFS Institute Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist and approved clinical consultant and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor. She has developed a unique integrative model for self-led sexuality to help people find more ease, joy, and confidence in the bedroom and beyond. She has originated IFS-informed concepts such as Internal Consent and The Six S’s of Sexual Self-Energy. Patty has presented at the IFS Annual Conference, taught a module for the IFS Institute Online Continuity program, led workshops internationally, and authored a chapter in IFS Integration: A Comprehensive Guide to Applying Internal Family Systems Across Modalities, Populations, and Clinical Presentations. She offers training and consultation to professionals and loves helping people to BeHold and Lead their Internal Sexual Systems (BLISS)™. She hosts Self-Led in Bed: An IFS & Sexuality Podcast and lives in the Philadelphia area where she also has a private practice. You can get her free guide to The Six S’s and learn more about her offerings at www.patriciarich.com or follow her on Instagram @patriciarichcounsulting.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Patricia Rich maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with The Relating Well Center, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Patricia Rich has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

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Please Note

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.


Objectives

  1. Summarize the primary types of parts in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and the roles they may take on in relation to sexuality.
  2. Identify three common protector fears and how they may impact clients’ sexuality.
  3. Identify common challenges therapists face when working with sexuality in therapy and how IFS therapy offers a framework for overcoming them.

Outline

  • Primary types of parts in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy
  • The roles parts take in sexuality
  • Common protector fears and their impact on clients
  • IFS framework for common challenges with sexuality in therapy
  • Risks and limitations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Nurses
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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