Certificate in Sex Therapy

Program objectives

The mission of the Certificate in Sex Therapy is to prepare socially responsible professionals with core knowledge of human sexuality and sex therapy training that meets the highest standards of the field, including an ethical consciousness and cultural competence.

Core knowledge

To provide students with core knowledge on the full spectrum of human sexuality.

Self-assessment

To create the opportunity for students to self-assess and understand their own attitudes and values (i.e., self-of-the-therapist), through a social justice perspective.

Ethical practice

To train students in the ethical practice of sex therapy preparing them to engage in the required clinical component and supervision.

Responsible practitioners

To graduate socially responsible practitioners of sex therapy sensitive to social justice and diversity with a goal of inclusion and advocacy consistent with Adlerian principles.