Friday, September 28, 2018
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM 
The Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro, Vermont 
6 CE Contact Hours
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Dr. Kort is an AASECT provider. He will provide AASECT continuing education certificates for AASECT practitioners. 

Joe Kort, PhD

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Course Description: 

Clients with sexual abuse histories often come to therapy with questions about their sexuality and the obstacles they encounter in intimate relationships. They may find themselves engaging in trauma reenactment rather than safe, sane, and consensual sex and need a protected, non-judgmental space to explore a very personal definition of sexual recovery.   Even well-trained trauma therapists often lack the language, the comfort level, and skill-set necessary to assist their clients through this process. Dr. Kort will provide attending clinicians with the courage and the strategies that help trauma survivors live sexually healthy lives.

Learning Objectives - at the end of this conference, participants will be able to: 

1. Define sexual abuse and trauma and how it manifests in individuals. 
2. Differentiate the difference between trauma re-enactment and trauma play. 
3. Identify at least 5 ways to help clients manage their sexual behaviors. 
4. Educate clients about healthy sexual expression versus unhealthy expression and how its meaning can be very different for different individuals 
5. Explore countertransference and client sexual expression.
6. Summarize at least 3 different types of trauma and how they manifest in out-of-control sexual behaviors. 

Joe Kort, PhD, is a licensed sex and relationship therapist. He specializes in sex therapy, LGBTQ issues and Imago Relationship Therapy. He is the author of four books: 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives: Revised and Updated, 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love, LGBTQ Clients in Therapy: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies, and Is My Husband Gay, Straight, or Bi?: A Guide for Women Concerned about Their Men. A regular blogger for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, Dr. Kort is on the teaching faculty of the University of Michigan’s Sexual Health Certificate Program. Dr. Kort is also in partnership with Modern Sex Therapy Institute offering an LGBTQIA Affirmative Certification for helping professionals working with this population.