Pelvic Health Sexuality Counseling Certificate Program
Applications for Cohort 2 will be accepted March 1 - April 1, 2023.
Who is this for?
This program is for PT, OT, MD/DO, NP, RN, PA, and other licensed medical providers that have experience working with patients with genital/pelvic/sexual health and are looking for advanced, inclusive, clinical skill development in sexual health.
Who is this for?
This program is for PT, OT, MD/DO, NP, RN, PA, and other licensed medical providers that have experience working with patients with genital/pelvic/sexual health and are looking for advanced, inclusive, clinical skill development in sexual health.
- 30 PT/OT CEUs in 50 states applied for
- 30 AASECT CEs
- Payment plans available
- Self-paced content with 3x/month live office hours
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Timeline for Cohort 2:
March 1, 2023
Applications Open
First come, First served among qualified applicants. Apply early! (If you already applied for Cohort 1 and got an acceptance letter for Cohort 2, you do not need to apply again)
First come, First served among qualified applicants. Apply early! (If you already applied for Cohort 1 and got an acceptance letter for Cohort 2, you do not need to apply again)
April 1, 2023
Applications Close
Applicants will be notified of status on April 7th
Applicants will be notified of status on April 7th
May 15, 2023
Cohort 2 begins
Live-online orientation on 5/15.
Payment & Registration due by 5/8 for Cohort 1
Live-online orientation on 5/15.
Payment & Registration due by 5/8 for Cohort 1
August 15, 2023
Cohort 1 ends
This is a program for the disrupters.
Have lots of fun learning complex content!
What can I expect?
Program Objectives
(in accordance with AASECT counseling guidelines):
- Participants will be able to describe two theories and methods in personal/individual pelvic health sexual counseling.
- Participants will be able to describe two approaches for pelvic health sex counseling that are appropriate for specific populations (e.g., youth, older adults, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).
- Participants will be able to implement approaches to intervention for working within relationship systems as applicable to pelvic health sexuality counseling.
- Participants will be able list three clinical decision-making processes for sexually related medical interventions for all genders.
- Participants will be able to discuss two ethical issues in sexuality counseling as related to pelvic health.
- Participants will be able to implement a practice of consultation, collaboration, and referral as applicable to pelvic health.
Does this program get me AASECT certified?
No. However, participants will be able to use the credits from this program toward an application for AASECT certification to earn the Certified Sex Counselor (CSC) title.
At the end of this certificate program, participants will:
Hold a Certificate in Pelvic Health Sexual Counseling through Pelvic Global Academy.
Feel confident in calling themselves Pelvic Sexual Health Providers!
At the end of this certificate program, participants will:
Hold a Certificate in Pelvic Health Sexual Counseling through Pelvic Global Academy.
Feel confident in calling themselves Pelvic Sexual Health Providers!
Accommodations
Meet the instructorS
Heather Edwards, PT, CSC-SIT, CSE
Heather Edwards, PT, CSC (she/they) has been a pelvic physical therapist since 2003 and is an AASECT certified Sexuality Counselor as well as a Sex Educator. They achieved their dual certificate at the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program. They have presented at APTA, AASECT (sex therapy, counseling, and education), Teen PEP (comprehensive sex ed in schools), InterConnect (intersex advocacy), and transgender conferences and teaches for Pelvic Global Academy on the topic of Trans-Inclusive Sexual & Pelvic Health. They have a series of courses that address specific sexual psychosocial aspects of medical care called Clinical Blindspots. They provide community sex edutainment live and online as Vino & Vulvas and Bubbles & Bubbly. In addition to education and clinical work, Heather is an artist, illustrator, and author of the coloring book series "Coloring Books for the Crotch Enthusiast" an illustrated story about a nonbinary vulva, “Finding VaJoyJoy”, and mostly recently of a novel, June Full Moon. Her latest is erotica that is pelvic-health informed, consent-focused, and models emotionally intelligent diaologue as a new platform for her sex education work. They are an advocate of promoting the inclusion of all minorities into sexual health, especially those who have historically faced many barriers to care.
Uchenna "UC" Ossai, PT, DPT, WCS, CSC
Dr. Uchenna “UC” Ossai is a sex-positive pelvic health physical therapist, sexuality educator and AASECT certified sexuality counselor. Dr. UC received her clinical doctorate from University of Illinois Chicago and completed her resident in Women’s Health and Movement Science at Washington University at St. Louis. She currently serves in the role as assistant professor at University of Utah in Salt Lake City in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training. She is also currently on faculty for the University of Michigan School of Social Work’s Sexual Health Certification Program. Dr. UC previously served as assistant professor at the University of Texas Dell Medical School in Austin as well as pelvic health program manager and clinical education rotation director at UT Health Austin for five years. Dr. UC has clinical, research, and educational expertise in complex pelvic floor disorders, sexual function and dysfunction that centers intersectionality and biopsychosocial factors. She is a national and international speaker and is on the medical advisory boards for Origin, O.School, and Dame Products. Dr. UC also serves as a consultant for DEI strategy as well as clinical and educational audit and planning for small businesses and large start-ups. When it comes to sexual intelligence and great sex education, UC embraces always being unapologetically real, happily crunk, and deliciously kind.
Curriculum Outline
The following topics will be covered:
Pricing
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