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Digital Seminar

When One Partner is Kinky: Mixed Erotic Orientations


Speaker:
Joe Kort, PhD, LMSW
Duration:
1 Hour 01 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 26, 2023
Product Code:
POS059487


Description

It’s increasingly common for one partner in a relationship to have certain erotic kinks, fetishes, or sexual fantasies that the other partner doesn’t share. These differences in erotic orientation run the risk of creating shame, betrayal, secrecy, and defensiveness that can lead to intense relationship distress. But it doesn’t need to be that way. Being able to give clients a sexual and relational roadmap to navigate these differences can make all the difference. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to: 

  • Use “erotic compassion” in individual and couples sessions 
  • De-mystify kinks and fetishes for clients and their partners and uncover the non-erotic origins of many erotic interests 
  • Create a sexual roadmap that considers both the kinky and non-kinky partner’s interests and comfort levels 

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Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



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Speaker

Joe Kort, PhD, LMSW's Profile

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Center for Relationship and Sexual Health


Joe Kort, PhD, LMSW, is a board-certified sexologist and the founder of The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, and runs a private practice in Royal Oak, Michigan. Dr. Kort, a therapist, coach and author, has been practicing psychotherapy for more than 38 years and has spoken internationally on the subject of gay counseling. He specializes in sex therapy, LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy, sexually compulsive behaviors, and IMAGO relationship therapy designed for couples to enhance their relationship through improved communication. Dr. Kort is a blogger for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today on issues of sexuality. He has been a guest on the various television programs on mixed orientation marriages and “sexual addiction”. Dr. Kort is the author of several books, including, LGBTQ Clients in Therapy, 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love, and Is My Husband Gay, Straight or Bisexual.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Joe Kort maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. He receives royalties as a published author, and he receives a speaking honorarium and book and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Joe Kort is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.


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Program Information

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Objectives

  1. Teach partners erotic compassion toward themselves and each other.
  2. Evaluate the non-erotic meaning of one’s erotic interests related to sexual and erotic orientations.
  3. Utilize couples differentiation to allow for erotic differences to improve treatment outcomes.
  4. Apply ethical standards to conduct and evaluate sexual health and practice.

Outline

Teach partners erotic compassion toward themselves and each other 
  • Invite the couple to talk about sexual health and sexual issues between them to become more open and honest about what they do and don’t enjoy.  
  • Normalize erotic fantasies and pleasure 
Understand the non-erotic meaning of one’s erotic interests 
  • Create a genogram and social history to understand the origin of erotic fantasies 
  • Help each partner understand the difference between sexual and erotic orientation  
Teach couples differentiation to allow for erotic differences  
  • Help couples avoid judging each other’s erotic interest and tolerate and accept each other’s and their own.  
  • Use Schnarch model intervention to help couples find mutual pleasure with erotic differences 
Apply ethical standards to conduct and evaluate sexual health and practice 
  • Teach therapists about the science and research of sexual health 
  • Review ethics of sexual health  

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners 
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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