SUZANNE IASENZA
2-hour workshop
Integrating Couple Therapy & Sex Therapy in
an Expansive Relational World
Suzanne Iasenza is a practicing psychologist who specializes in and writes on topics such as human sexuality, sex therapy for individuals and couples, sexual orientation and gender identity.
About this workshop:
Sexuality is ever present in couple therapy. Some couple therapists feel unprepared to raise sexual issues because they have not had sufficient training in human sexuality. Others are unsure how to raise the issue if the couple doesn’t. What is proper timing? How does one proceed once the issue is raised? How does one explore expansive sexual and relational issues that traditional couple training often ignores?
This workshop will describe how to create safe rapport to inquire about sexuality in couple therapy. It will include how to utilize expanded models of sexual response, how to conduct a culturally sensitive relational sexual history, and how to help couples who would like to engage in growth-enhancing open relationships, including polyamory.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Describe how to raise sexuality issues in couple therapy.
- Identify expansive models of sexual response.
- Explain how to conduct a culturally sensitive rational sexual history.
- Describe how to help couples practice growth enhancing open relationships, including polyamory.
About Suzanne Iasenza
Suzanne Iasenza is a practicing psychologist who specializes in and writes on topics such as human sexuality, sex therapy for individuals and couples, sexual orientation and gender identity.
She teaches at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, Adelphi University’s Derner Institute Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis, the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, the Family Institute of Westchester, and the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy in NYC, where she co-founded the Sex Therapy Training Program (STP).
Her latest book, Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy was published by Routledge.