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Treating Sexual Trauma

Sunday, January 10th, 2027   1:45 PM EST -4:45 PM EST
CB Eisner
$59.99 USD

This course provides mental health clinicians with a comprehensive, trauma-informed framework for understanding and treating sexual trauma and its impact on sexuality, relationships, attachment, identity, and the body. Participants will examine the neurobiological, psychological, relational, and sociocultural dimensions of sexual trauma across the lifespan, including childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, coercion, betrayal trauma, religious and cultural sexual shame, medical trauma, and traumatic sexual experiences within intimate relationships. The course will explore how sexual trauma commonly presents in clinical practice, including through anxiety, dissociation, avoidance, compulsivity, sexual dysfunction, relational distress, somatic symptoms, shame, and difficulties with desire, arousal, trust, and embodiment.

Using an integrative and evidence-informed approach, participants will learn practical assessment and treatment strategies for working with sexual trauma in individual and relational therapy. The course will include discussion of trauma-informed sexual history taking, pacing and stabilization, attachment dynamics, consent and boundaries, nervous system regulation, and the role of culture and meaning-making in sexual healing. Clinical interventions will draw from modalities including EMDR, parts work/IFS-informed approaches, somatic interventions, attachment-based therapy, psychoeducation, and sex therapy frameworks. Ethical considerations, scope of practice, countertransference, and clinician discomfort when addressing sexuality and trauma will also be addressed. The goal of the course is to help clinicians develop greater competence, confidence, and sensitivity in treating the complex intersection of trauma and sexuality.

About the Presenter

CB Eisner, MSW, RCSWI, is a trauma and sex therapist specializing in trauma, sexuality, intimacy, and relational concerns. She is a board-certified sex therapist and doctoral candidate in Clinical Sexology, with advanced training in EMDR, addiction, trauma-informed treatment, and psychosexual therapy. CB works with individuals and couples navigating a wide range of relational, emotional, and sexual challenges, integrating warmth, depth, and practical application into her clinical work. In addition to her clinical practice, CB is passionate about preventative and educational work surrounding sexuality, relationships, and emotional health. She teaches classes for high school and post-high school students focused on healthy relationships, intimacy, communication, and developing a thoughtful, grounded approach to sexuality and emotional connection.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the impact of sexual trauma on emotional functioning, relationships, sexuality, and the nervous system.
  2. Identify common signs and symptoms of sexual trauma in clinical practice, including shame, dissociation, avoidance, and intimacy difficulties.
  3. Demonstrate trauma-informed assessment skills, including sexual history taking and identification of trauma-related concerns.
  4. Explain trauma-informed treatment approaches and interventions for working with sexual trauma in individual and couples therapy.

Agenda:

Treating Sexual Trauma

Introduction and Course Overview

  • Introduction to course objectives and framework
  • Defining sexual trauma and exploring its impact across the lifespan
  • Exploring clinician discomfort and barriers when addressing trauma and sexuality
  • Guided discussion


Understanding Sexual Trauma

  • Psychological, neurobiological, relational, developmental, and sociocultural dimensions of sexual trauma
  • Common emotional, behavioral, relational, and sexual responses to trauma
  • Attachment, shame, dissociation, avoidance, and nervous system responses
  • Cultural, religious, relational, and developmental considerations
  • Case examples and guided discussion


Assessment and Clinical Considerations

  • Trauma-informed assessment and sexual history taking
  • Identifying common presentations of sexual trauma in clinical practice
  • Assessing relational dynamics, coping strategies, sexual functioning, and emotional safety
  • Diagnostic and clinical considerations
  • Guided discussion and clinical reflection



Treatment Approaches and Interventions

  • Establishing safety, stabilization, and therapeutic pacing
  • Integrative and trauma-informed treatment approaches
  • Addressing shame, triggers, intimacy concerns, and relational challenges
  • Supporting clients in rebuilding safety, agency, boundaries, and connection
  • Ethical considerations and scope of practice


Group Exercise and Case Discussion

  • Clinical case discussion and conceptualization
  • Identifying treatment goals and intervention strategies
  • Group processing and feedback


Relational and Couples Considerations

  • The impact of sexual trauma on intimacy and relationships
  • Communication, trust, triggers, and relational dynamics
  • Clinical considerations when working with couples and partners
  • Guided discussion


Review and Closing Discussion

  • Review of key concepts and clinical interventions
  • Questions and answers
  • Clinical takeaways and resources for continued learning


This workshop offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
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Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.