To register or get more information, please contact:
Joan Sughrue
Email: Joan@RelationshipTherapy.net
Phone: 770-516-1949
Joan Sughrue is an approved provider for AASECT continuing education credits.

2010 Training Schedule
Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) Workshop

Saturday, January 30 Atlanta, GA
Saturday, February 27 West Palm Beach, FL
Saturday, March 20 Houston, TX
Saturday, April 24 Location TBA

WHAT IS A SAR?
The Sexual Attitude Reassessment workshop (SAR) is a proceess-oriented, structured group experience to promote participants' awareness of their attitudes and values related to sexuality, and to assist them in understanding how these attitudes and values affect them professionally and personally. Since the primary purpose of a SAR is the examination of attitudes and values, it is not a traditional academic experience designed to disseminate cognitive information, nor is it psychotherapy directed toward the resolution of personal problems.

NEEDS ASSESSMENT and APPLICATION OF THE SAR TRAINING
Many individuals educate or counsel in the area of human sexuality or wish to be trained in the discipline. It is crucial that people who deal with issues of human sexuality be aware of their own attitudes and understand how they may impact their work. The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) requires the completion of an attitude/values training experience as one of the requirements for certification as a sexuality educator, counselor or therapist. Certification is an important part of practicing in the field of sexuality, and candidates most often satisfy this requirement by participation in a Sexual Attitude Reassessment Seminar (SAR). Requirements for certification can be found on the AASECT website at www.aasect.org under the tab For Professionals.

WORKSHOP DESIGN
The SAR is an intensive workshop experience that gives participants an opportunity to examine their own values, beliefs and attitudes on various issues in sexuality. Topics to be explored include developmental sexuality; sexual myths; masturbation; heterosexual, gay, lesbian and bisexual relationships; transgender; alternative relationships; BDSM; disability and aging. In 2004 the AASECT Board of Directors approved the SAR minimum requirement of 10 hours. The new 10 hour format will begin promptly at 8AM and conclude at 6PM. Morning and afternoon refreshment breaks and lunch are included. Participants must attend the entire day (8-6) in order to receive AASECT continuing education credits (10) and documentation of having met the SAR requirement.

SAR LEADER
Joan Sughrue, MEd, BSN, RN has been an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist since 1983 and a Diplomate of Sex Therapy since 2003. She became an approved provider for AASECT continuing education credits in June 2008. Joan worked in her late husband's medical practice for over 30 years where they specialized in individual and couples' sex therapy. Joan has been on the adjunct faculty at the Medical Univ of SC, The Citadel, Trident Technical College (all in Charleston, SC). She is currently on the guest faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Joan has attended/facilitated
17 SARs.

REGISTRATION AND FEES
To register: Please email the following information to Joan@RelationshipTherapy.net:
Name as you want it on the CE certificate
Academic degree(s)
Mailing address
Email address
Cell phone number and a work or home number
Are you an AASECT member/student member? (You do not have to be an AASECT member to attend.)
Are you working on AASECT certification?
A brief statement of your clinical or educational practice and your interest in the sexuality field.

The registration fee for the SAR is $365 and includes refreshments and lunch. Payment may be made by check or credit card. Fees must be paid prior to the SAR. Refunds, less a $50 administrative fee, will be given for cancellations up to 15 business days before the SAR. Late cancellations will receive a credit for a future workshop. SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER EARLY. Late registrations are permitted if space is available. Undergraduate and master's level student registration fee is $240.

Payment information
Make check payable to Joan Sughrue.
Mail to 306 Harbor Pointe Drive, Apt 5, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464.

Credit/debit card payment
When you register, please indicate if you are attending one or both workshops.
You will be sent a PayPal invoice to make your payment. If you have a PayPal account, you may use it. If not, follow the instructions to send your payment. You do not have to register with PayPal to use this service.

SAR Registration: $365 for professionals and $240 for students (undergraduate or masters).
SPECIAL VALUE: There is a $50 discount if registering for both Fri/Sat workshops for a total of $540. This does not apply to the already discounted student fee.
2009 GRADUATES MAY USE STUDENT RATES.

2010 SEXUALITY TRAINING

THE BASICS OF SEXUAL ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY
and
MEDICAL/HEALTH FACTORS AFFECTING SEXUAL FUNCTION

Friday, January 29 Atlanta, GA
Friday, February 26 West Palm Beach, FL
Friday, March 19 Houston, TX
Friday, April 23 Location TBA

WORKSHOP INFORMATION
This is 6 hour workshop is from 8AM-4PM with an hour for lunch. The workshop will present the basics of sexual anatomy and physiology and a variety of medical and health factors that affect sexual function. The perspective for both topics is to teach the participant how to integrate this knowledge into an educational or therapeutic setting.

The first segment of the workshop will cover the basics of human sexual anatomy and physiology, the male and female response cycles, and the hormonal regulation of sexual function and behavior. Participants will be introduced to the core content that will provide a foundation for knowledge in male and female sexual functioning.The second segment of the workshop will cover the basics of how medical and health factors affect sexual function. Topics to be included are illness, disability, medications, pregnancy and pregnancy termination, contraception and fertility and sexually transmitted diseases.

WORKSHOP LEADER
Joan Sughrue, MEd, BSN, RN has been an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist since 1983 and a Diplomate of Sex Therapy since 2003. She became an approved provider for AASECT continuing education credits in June 2008. Joan worked in her late husband's obgyn medical practice for over 30 years where they specialized in individual and couples sex therapy. Joan has been on the adjunct faculty at the Medical Univ of SC, Graduate Nursing Program; The Citadel, Marriage and Family Program; and Trident Technical College School of Nursing (all in Charleston, SC). Currently, she is on the guest faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA where she teaches sexual anatomy and physiology in the human sexuality elective to 4th year medical students.