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Dominic Davies, Developing Critical Sexology Training, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 14, Issue Supplement_4b, May 2017, Page e291, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.401
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Mainstream sexological trainings focus on ensuring cisgender heterosexual couples are able to functionally reproduce and maintain monogamy and have developed treatments to any obstacles to this. Based on what we know about sexual behaviour, identity and relationships this is not addressing the lived needs and experiences of a vast amount of the population.
For the past 20 years we have pioneered critical sexological approaches to train therapists to work with a wide range of gender, sexuality and relationship diverse clients. We are one of the few organisations in the world to work even beyond LGBTIQA and include training therapists to work with people engaged in consensual BDSM and non-monogamous relationships. For example, like AASECT we are critical of ‘Sex Addiction’ as a concept.
Our approach has been to explore a wider range of human sexualities, genders, behaviours, practices and identities and use non-pathologising approaches to sexual health to facilitate a sexual empowerment model to well-being.
