Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Women’s Sexual Health Concerns

The prevalence and major categories of women’s sexual dysfunctions is an often-overlooked area in mental health professions. Lori Brotto, PhD, R Psych will use Dr. Rosemary Basson’s circular sexual response cycle, which emphasizes the role of responsive sexual desire, to anchor her discussion of strategies for addressing these issues.

In this 2-hour continuing education web conference, Dr. Lori Brotto will discuss and demonstrate the application of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in her program tailored to a population of women with low sexual desire. She will discuss how certain practices are customized to a population of women with genital pain and women with sexual abuse histories. 

This web conference will be tailored for clinicians with some basic knowledge about mindfulness. Attendees of this web conference will not need to be experts in mindfulness, nor to have used it in their practice to find this presentation useful.

This intermediate instructional level continuing education web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Explain the types and prevalence of sexual health concerns in women.
2. Use the circular sexual response cycle as a tool for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
3. Analyze the literature on evidence-based psychological approaches for female sexual dysfunction.
4. Discuss the science of mindful sex.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: The contents of this program are based primarily on publications from the speaker, Dr. Lori Brotto as well as the available published literature on women’s sexual response. Contents are also guided by statements from consensus documents such as the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine. Some interpretation and analysis presented is made by Dr. Brotto. Statements about applications to clinical therapy are according to presenter’s understanding of the literature at the time of the program. The presenter may not know how to apply all research discussed to every clinical scenario presented by women. This program discusses strategies for improving sexual complaints in women.

Declaration of conflicts of interest and commercial support: None

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety.

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