Sex is hard to talk about - even for therapists who are used to talking about anything and everything.
And whether their inhibitions are due to shame, fear, or just not thinking it’s important – your clients likely aren’t bringing sex up in session, either.
But sex and sexuality are such a big part of who your clients are.
And whether you’re working with individuals or couples, not talking about it leaves out an important piece of the therapeutic puzzle – you miss the chance to help them work through issues that impact their relationships, intimacy, and even their self-esteem.
Now you don’t have to rely on words. Art therapy interventions offer a unique, non-verbal path, helping clients more fully understand and more easily talk about their sex-based beliefs, fears, and desires.
Watch esteemed expert Pamela Malkoff Hayes, LPC, MFT, LMHC, ATR-BC in this immersive training packed with experiential exercises and real-world case studies. You’ll get powerful, easy-to-learn art therapy tools to facilitate safe exploration and expression of sexual identity and sexuality.
And here’s the best part: you don’t need any artistic background to facilitate these interventions. This training provides straightforward, accessible strategies you can confidently use with clients, no matter your experience with art, so that you can:
Purchase TODAY to get the tools you need to help your clients explore their sexual self without shame!
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Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Sex-Positive Therapy (12.4 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sex-Positive Therapy - French (12.4 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sex-Positive Therapy - Italian (12.4 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sex-Positive Therapy - German (12.4 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sex-Positive Therapy - Spanish (12.4 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Pamela Hayes Malkoff, LPC, MFT, LMHC, ATR-BC, is a clinician, artist, educator, and author of The Creative Cognitive Therapy Method: Combining Traditional CBT with Art Therapy for Real Change. Her specialties include alcohol and drug addictions, relationships, families and parenting, depression and anxiety, grief, LGBTQ, gender identity and sexuality. She is also a court-certified sexual abuse evaluator and trained in Hypnotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).
Over the course of her 30+ career, she has worked in schools, hospitals, prison, foster and residential care, and private practice. She is a noted speaker and educator, lecturing throughout the United States. She has taught art therapy courses at Phillips Graduate University, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and Chicago School for Professional Psychology. She stars in the video podcast, 3 Minute Art Therapy, and was recently featured on The Science of Happiness/Soul Pancake as the expert art therapist.
Ms. Malkoff lives in Atlanta, Georgia where she has a private practice and provides art therapy groups to multiple agencies. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Parsons School of Design and a Graduate Degree in marriage and family therapy and art therapy from The Notre Dame de Namur University.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Pamela Hayes Malkoff maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Pamela Malkoff Hayes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Pamela Hayes Malkoff is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Art Therapy Association.
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