Sex Therapy Certification

Certificate in Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing

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Elevate your practice with our comprehensive Certificate in Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing, designed to empower mental health professionals with cutting-edge, evidence-based tools to transform clients’ sexual and relational lives. This seven-module program offers a structured, skill-intensive approach to mastering therapeutic techniques for addressing intimacy challenges, sexual trauma, infidelity, compulsive sexual behaviors, and relational betrayal. Led by world-class experts, including Megan Salar and Dr. Holly Richmond, this training equips you to help clients rebuild trust, restore pleasure, and foster meaningful connections.

Upon completion, you’ll earn the prestigious SIRH-PT® (Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing Practitioner-Trained) credential, showcasing your specialized expertise in one of the most critical areas of mental health today. Whether you’re working with couples, trauma survivors, or individuals struggling with sexual addiction or narcissism, this program provides the practical skills and neuroscience-backed strategies to drive lasting change.

 

Why You Should Enroll:

 

  • Comprehensive Skill Development: From somatic interventions to betrayal recovery, this program covers the full spectrum of sex and intimacy challenges, ensuring you’re prepared for any client scenario.
  • Immediate Application: Access worksheets, scripts, and role-play demos to start using new techniques with clients the next day, enhancing your practice’s impact.
  • Neuroscience Integration: Understand how trauma, addiction, and relational stress affect the brain, and leverage this knowledge to design effective, brain-based interventions.
  • 31 CE’s & Lifetime Access: Retain course materials for reference and refreshers, with no additional costs, supporting your ongoing professional growth.

Program Courses

 

Program Instructors

  • Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT

    Dr. Holly Richmond is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST). This unique combination of credentials enables her to focus on clients’ cognitive processes as well as mind-body health. She works with women, men, couples and gender-diverse individuals on relationship and sexuality issues, offering sex therapy and sexual health coaching nationally and internationally. Her treatment specialties include low libido, sexual dysfunction, compulsive sexuality (often called “addiction”), desire discrepancies in couples, recovery from sexual assault and abuse, and alternative/non-traditional sexual expression. Her newly released book "Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life" (New Harbinger, Oct. 2021) is an innovative look at both somatic and psychological factors in survivors’ erotic recovery. Dr. Holly is regularly quoted in publications and media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Shape, NBC, Wired, Forbes, Oprah, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health. She is a sought-after consultant in the sextech industry and is seen as a pioneer in the clinical exploration of sex and technology, and how they work together as human sexuality evolves in the 21 st  century. Each interlinked facet of her work is grounded in a sex-positive perspective: all sex is good sex as long as it is consensual and pleasurable. This non-judgmental position allows her to assist clients in discovering their true needs, desires and personal path to wellness. www.drhollyrichmond.com www.next-sex.com

  • Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC

    Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC, is an EMDR Clinician, Trainer and Author who earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2011. She has been extensively trained on the use of EMDR and other trauma-based interventions, and she specializes in the areas of trauma, abuse, attachment and substance abuse. Megan has trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. and internationally to help them get the most out of EMDR, trauma and addiction treatment skills and evidence-informed best practices. Megan is the author of "EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories, and Take Back Your Life", released by New Harbinger Publications in May of 2023. She is set to release "EMDR for Dummies" with Wiley Publishing in May of 2024. Megan previously owned/operated an intensive outpatient treatment center that was voted best in practice in 2019. She currently owns and operates her own Counseling, Consulting, and Training Business and is passionate about genuinely changing the landscape of mental health and trauma treatment through an authentic hands-on perspective that is uniquely her own.

  • Wendy Behary, MSW, LCSW

    With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 20 years. Wendy was on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York (until the Institutes merged in 2012), where she trained and worked with Dr. Jeffrey Young since 1989. She is a founding fellow and consulting supervisor for The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck’s Institute). Wendy served as the President of the Executive Board of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) from 2010-2014 and served as the Training and Certification Coordinator for the ISST Executive Board from 2008-2010. She is currently the chair of the Schema Therapy Development Programs Sub-Committee for the ISST. Wendy Behary has co-authored several chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of an international bestselling book, "Disarming the Narcissist...” translated in 15 languages. The Third Edition was recently released. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. As an author and an expert on the subject of narcissism, she is a contributing chapter author of several chapters on schema therapy for narcissism for professional readers. She lectures both nationally and internationally to professional and general audiences on schema therapy, narcissism, interpersonal relationships, anger, and dealing with difficult people. She receives consistent high praise for her clear and articulate teaching style and her ability to bring the therapy to life through dramatic demonstrations of client interactions in the treatment room. Her work industry business speaking engagements focus on interpersonal conflict resolution. Her private practice is primarily devoted to treating narcissists, partners/people dealing with them, and couples experiencing relationship problems.

  • Katherine Helm, PhD

    Katherine Helm, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Programs in Counseling at Lewis University, Romeoville, IL. She is also a practicing psychologist in part-time private where she sees individuals and couples. Katherine has authored several publications about racial and cultural issues in mental health, couples’ issues, and pedagogy in multicultural courses and has an extensive background facilitating counselor trainings. Katherine has had several media appearances on radio and video and is a TEDx speaker. She is a sought-after author, presenter, public speaker, professional trainer, and clinical supervisor.

  • Tiffani Dilworth, LCPC, CGCS

    Tiffani Dilworth is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief. In addition to maintaining a private practice, Ms. Dilworth is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates, Inc, located in Baltimore, MD. Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Ms. Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice. As the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief she is also the Host of Managing My Grief Podcast. Ms. Dilworth has a history of being the Founder of a nonprofit organization, being Co-Host of an afternoon radio talk show, and starting multiple businesses. Ms. Dilworth received her Master's in Community Counseling from Oklahoma State University. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist.

  • Corey Petersen, PhD, LCMFT

    Dr. Corey Petersen is a communication specialist and the owner of Communication and Connection Therapy. She completed her Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Kansas, where her research focused on psychotherapeutic language and communication ethics. Prior to her Ph.D., Corey earned Master’s degrees in Marriage and Family Studies and Professional Communication. In addition to her formal education, she has completed training in four Gottman Method programs (Level 1, Level 2, Seven Principles, and Bringing Baby Home), Collaborative Language Couples Therapy, and has further training with various other relationship-oriented theories and models. Corey has been teaching collegiately for over 9 years in both the psychology and communication fields. When she is not teaching, she meets with clients in her private practice.

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Included in this certificate program (31 CE's) is...

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Practical, Skill-Based Training: Dive into actionable tools, like somatic exercises, betrayal recovery protocols, and emotional sobriety frameworks, that you can apply immediately with clients.

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Exclusive Instruction From Leading Experts: Train under renowned clinicians like Dr. Holly Richmond, a certified sex therapist, whose insights bridge neuroscience, psychophysiology, and relational healing.

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Success-Proven, Evidence-Based Techniques: Gain proficiency in empirically validated approaches, including somatic sex therapy, trauma-informed interventions, and trust-rebuilding strategies, tailored to diverse client presentations.

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Flexible, Self-Paced Learning: Complete 31 hours of training at your own pace, 24/7, with no deadlines or recurring fees. Access courses anytime, anywhere, and revisit materials as needed – lifetime access included!

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Free Support Included: Benefit from up to four 1-hour group consultations with trauma experts to receive help applying these skills in practice, at no extra cost.

Why Choose Us?

Why Choose Our Certificate in Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing?

Simple – it’s completely comprehensive, expert-led, negrounded in research, loaded with proven clinical tools and techniques, AND affordable (i.e. you can get it on a payment plan with instant access, or as part of our cost-effective “Everything Plan” membership). Better yet – you can ask us for a special discount!

Our program is multi-leveled, covering clinical trauma treatment from A-Z, with a focus on the delivery of skills and techniques you can use with any therapy approach. With the goal of bridging theory to practice, the Level 1 curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation of the mechanisms of psychological trauma, clinical assessment, and introductory treatment techniques (e.g. neural desensitization tools, eye movements, solution-focused treatments, and memory reconsolidation, etc.).

You don’t need any prior trauma training or treatment experience to complete our comprehensive, multi-tiered clinical trauma treatment certificate program, which is designed to take you from beginner to expert (each level is about 30-33 hours in length). You can enroll and receive instant access – take your time to complete each module, with no due dates or time limits to complete!

Better yet, this comprehensive certificate program does not require that you pay money over and over just to keep your certificate and SIRH-PT® credential. We believe that when you’ve gained these industry best-practice sexual and relational trauma treatment skills, you don’t lose them after one year, or five years. The most important part of maintaining your competence in trauma practice is to obtain expert-led continuing education, practice your skills, and seek consultation or supervision as appropriate.

We’ve got you covered!

If you find that you’re getting a little dusty, or feeling a little tentative, we welcome you to attend our 1 hour group consultations in trauma treatment (included with your enrollment), retake one or more of your on-demand courses at no additional cost, or register for additional courses. Individual consultation sessions with Dr. Jennifer Sweeton are also available if you’d like some dyad practice or more individualized help.

When you earn your Certificate in Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing (SIRH-PT®), it becomes a credibility marker that can help you communicate to potential clients that you’re ready and excited to help them begin processing and healing from their sexual and relational trauma! And because your program certificate doesn’t expire, you don’t have to worry about anyone telling you to stop listing your credential on your website, directory listings, etc.

We’re eager to help you start your Sexual and Relational Health learning adventure! If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at cc@onlinececredits.com.

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