Sexual History Assessment (Live)
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 7-9pm (EST)
The SWEET Institute is excited to announce a two-hour interactive course tailored for clinicians seeking to enhance their skills and confidence in conducting comprehensive sexual history assessments.
This course addresses the barriers and challenges clinicians often face, offering a practical, person-centered, and trauma-informed approach to gathering this critical information while fostering trust, safety, and collaboration with clients.
Hosted by SWEET Institute
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Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time: 7-9pm (EST)
CEUs: 2
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Audience: Open to clinicians, including therapists, social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals.
Course Description
A sexual history assessment is a vital yet sensitive component of holistic care. Many clinicians, however, feel uncertain about how to navigate these conversations effectively and respectfully. This course offers practical strategies to guide clinicians through the process, ensuring the assessment is person-centered, culturally competent, and trauma-informed.
Participants will gain tools to address diverse client needs, foster open dialogue, and integrate sexual health into treatment plans, helping to improve overall client well-being.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the purpose and importance of sexual history assessments in clinical practice.
- Use a structured, step-by-step framework to guide these conversations with ease and confidence.
- Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive principles during sensitive discussions.
- Overcome common challenges, such as discomfort, stigma, and resistance.
- Tailor the sexual history assessment to different client populations, including those with complex needs such as trauma, substance use, or justice involvement.
Key Highlights
- Practical Framework: Includes a clear, adaptable structure for conducting assessments.
- Person-Centered Approach: Focus on creating a safe, nonjudgmental space for clients to share.
- Tools and Prompts: Ready-to-use questions and strategies for navigating difficult conversations.
- Special Considerations: Addresses specific client populations, including LGBTQIA+ individuals, those with histories of trauma, and medically underserved groups.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your clinical practice with a skillset that empowers clients, fosters trust, and addresses a crucial aspect of holistic care.
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Who is this for?
This course is for any clinician invested in learning new or honing existing skills to be able to use in dynamic ways to support their patients and clients and to end suffering.
KEY INFORMATION:
This course is eligible for 2 CEU for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologists in New York State
For more information about CEU approval, please click here.
Format: Live Online Seminar
Date and Time: Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 7-9pm (EST)
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Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD, is a Harvard-trained Quadruple Board Certified Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, School of Physicians and Surgeons, trained in and taught all major psychotherapeutic modalities, including and not limited to CBT, DBT, Family Systems, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He is also the author of 11 books including Journey to Empowerment, Discovering Your Worth, The Power of Faith. and, The Art of Living. Dr. Sidor has worked both as a primary care physician and Medical Director in three different settings, including a Chief Medical Officer of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). He is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute. His 11th book, entitled, NLP for Clinicians is now available to the public.
Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW, is a Columbia-trained Social Worker with wide clinical, teaching, and supervision experience. She also has a background in management, mentorship, and leadership that spans more than 20 years. Her added passion is in advocacy and coaching. She has previously held Executive level positions, and two other directorships in different organizations. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She also maintains a private practice, provides supervision, and clinical and management training. She is also a personal and executive-level coach. She is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute.