Sex Therapy After Purity Culture: Tools for Reclaiming Pleasure & Autonomy
2.5 CE Training for Therapists On-Demand for $80
Approved CE Provider: NBCC & AASECT
Purity culture often leaves clients with lasting shame, fear, and disconnection around sex and their bodies. In this training, therapists will learn to identify how these messages show up in the therapy room and gain practical, trauma-informed strategies to help clients reconnect with their bodies, reclaim pleasure, and build a sexual ethic grounded in their own values. Ideal for individual and couple therapists working with faith-background clients or anyone navigating sexual shame, this training empowers you with tools you can apply immediately in practice.
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Course Objectives
1. Describe the psychological and relational impacts of purity culture on clients’ sexual development and functioning.
2. Identify core messages of purity culture and the ways these may present in clinical settings.
3. Demonstrate values-based and trauma-informed interventions that support clients in deconstructing sexual shame.
4. Apply body-based, narrative, and psychoeducational tools to help clients reclaim agency, pleasure, and sexual self-trust.
2. Identify core messages of purity culture and the ways these may present in clinical settings.
3. Demonstrate values-based and trauma-informed interventions that support clients in deconstructing sexual shame.
4. Apply body-based, narrative, and psychoeducational tools to help clients reclaim agency, pleasure, and sexual self-trust.
Why This Training Matters
Purity culture messages don’t disappear when clients leave their faith communities. They often linger as sexual shame, fear, and disconnection from the body and showing up in the therapy room in ways that impact desire, intimacy, and self-worth.
This training helps therapists understand the lasting impact of purity culture and provides tools to support clients in deconstructing shame, reclaiming their sexuality, and building values-aligned sexual ethics.
This training helps therapists understand the lasting impact of purity culture and provides tools to support clients in deconstructing shame, reclaiming their sexuality, and building values-aligned sexual ethics.
Who This Training is For
This course is designed for:
- Therapists and counselors working with clients from conservative or religious backgrounds\
- Sex therapists seeking deeper understanding of purity culture’s impact
- Clinicians supporting individuals and couples struggling with shame, desire, or sexual identity conflicts
- Professionals wanting trauma-informed, sex-positive tools they can immediately use in practice
Course Details
- Length: 2.5 hours (recorded training — learn at your own pace)
- CEs: 2.5 Continuing Education credits
- Cost: $80
- Approved Providers: NBCC & AASECT
Why Take This Training?
You’ll leave with:
- A deeper understanding of how purity culture impacts clients long after leaving faith communities
- Practical interventions that blend psychoeducation, values clarification, and body-based tools
- Confidence to guide clients toward an empowered, sex-positive ethic that aligns with their authentic values
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