Sexual Health and Relationship Communication

Sexual Health and Relationship Communication brings together three complementary courses, each with eight modules. The curriculum combines subject knowledge, responsible role boundaries and practical work.

Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. Adults seeking awareness of communication, mutual respect and privacy; healthcare and mental-health professionals with relevant foundational qualifications; and people interested in client communication, training coordination or administrative healthcare support.

Curriculum

Sex Therapy

1. Sexual health and wellbeing

Focus on the concept of sexual health, life stages and addressing misinformation.

2. Consent, privacy and boundaries

Explain explicit consent, safe relationships, personal boundaries and communication free from pressure.

3. Talking between partners

Practise raising sensitive topics respectfully and listening without judgement.

4. Myths and social attitudes

Develop skills in evaluating stigma, cultural attitudes to privacy and reliable information sources.

5. Overview of sexual-function difficulties

Introduce physical and psychological factors at a conceptual level without making diagnoses.

6. Awareness of violence and abuse

Cover coercive behaviour, safety risks and survivor-centred referral principles.

7. Multidisciplinary referral

Explain the professional boundaries of physicians, mental-health professionals and other authorised specialists.

8. Ethical cases and communication

Practise responding to fictional questions while protecting privacy and recognising when referral is needed.

Marriage Counselling

1. Foundations of marriage and shared living

Cover shared values, expectations, living arrangements and sociocultural influences on relationships.

2. Expectations and sharing responsibilities

Work on fair division of household labour, financial responsibility, career commitments and family relationships.

3. Effective speaking and listening

Practise expressing needs without escalating arguments, restorative conversations and feedback methods.

4. Problem-solving meetings

Illustrate setting an agenda, generating options, reaching agreement and following up decisions.

5. Boundaries and extended-family relationships

Explore agreed boundaries concerning relatives, friends and digital privacy.

6. Shared budgeting and planning

Learn to discuss income and expenses, financial goals and shared plans for uncertainty.

7. Transition to parenting and change

Examine new responsibilities, work-home balance and changes in communication between partners.

8. Conflict, safety and referral

Distinguish violence and controlling behaviour; prioritise safety and referral when joint conversations are inappropriate.

Couples Therapy

1. Introduction to couples therapy and ethics

Learn its scope, consent, privacy, competence boundaries and principles of joint consultations.

2. Couples' interaction patterns

Analyse recurring interaction cycles such as arguing, withdrawal and defensiveness at a theoretical level.

3. A relationship-assessment framework

Explore a structured understanding of relationship history, shared goals and areas of difficulty.

4. Communication-skills education

Work on general techniques such as listening, reflection and expressing needs clearly.

5. Trust and commitment themes

Examine loss of trust, jealousy, shared decisions and emotional closeness through case analysis.

6. Emotional regulation during conflict

Evaluate pausing arguments, reducing tension and maintaining safety during conversations.

7. Violence, coercion and risk

Cover the risks of joint work and the need for referral where partner violence or control is present.

8. Case formulation and referral

Use a fictional case to identify matters requiring specialist supervision and map referrals to appropriate services.

Integrated practical portfolio

Create consent and privacy-awareness information, a respectful-communication workshop plan and a referral decision tree for a high-risk fictional case.

Professional boundaries and certificate scope

Sex therapy is performed by authorised clinical professionals within their education and professional scope; this certificate alone does not confer that authority. Professional counselling and therapy are subject to legislation and qualification requirements. Couples therapy requires relevant professional authority, adequate clinical training and supervision; a certificate alone does not confer the right to practise therapy.

Frequently asked questions

Which courses are included?

Sex Therapy · Marriage Counselling · Couples Therapy

Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. Adults seeking awareness of communication, mutual respect and privacy; healthcare and mental-health professionals with relevant foundational qualifications; and people interested in client communication, training coordination or administrative healthcare support.

Does this package confer professional practice authority?

Sex therapy is performed by authorised clinical professionals within their education and professional scope; this certificate alone does not confer that authority. Professional counselling and therapy are subject to legislation and qualification requirements. Couples therapy requires relevant professional authority, adequate clinical training and supervision; a certificate alone does not confer the right to practise therapy.