Working with psychosexual problems
- HIV and sexual health
About
This event will be a brief training session for psychologists working in different settings wishing to improve their confidence and skills with working with psychosexual difficulties.
We will cover basic theory and skills for working with issues around anxiety and pain during sex, difficulties with desire, difficulties with orgasm, and difficulties with erection / ejaculation.
The event will be practical and with a focus on skills training. It will include presentations as well as small group work.
Registration
Registration is only available online.
Delegate category | |
| BPS Member | £30 |
| Non-member | £60 |
| Faculty of HIV and Sexual Health Member | £10 |
| Concession member | £10 |
Returning Customers (Members and non-members)
In order to register for the event, you will need to sign in using your BPS website log in details. We have implemented a new Membership Database (CRM) recently and if you haven't received your pre-registration email please contact [email protected] to request a re-send and follow the instructions received. Once pre-registered on the CRM use your username and password to log in to register for the event.
Non-returning customers (Members and non-members)
If you are not a returning customer, you will need to create a free account. Once set up use your username and password to log in to register for the event.
Joining instructions will be sent the one week and 24-hours prior to the event, these will be sent to your BPS registered email address.
Speakers
Jane Vosper is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of sexual health and HIV for over a decade. She currently works for Barts Health NHS Trust at the Royal London Hospital (Whitechapel) and Sir Ludvig Gutman Centre (Stratford). She has previously worked as a lecturer in clinical psychology at Royal Holloway University of London and continues to work as an Associate Clinical Tutor on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme. She remains research active in the field of HIV and sexual health and continues to supervise doctoral research in this area.
Felicity Saunders (she/her) is a Senior Clinical Psychologist working in the sexual health and HIV field at both The Royal London Hospital and Mortimer Market Centre. She co-leads on the My Body Back clinic which supports women who have been sexually assaulted to have their cervical smear test and runs the Female Sexual Wellbeing Service at The Ambrose King Centre. She frequently uses Compassion Focussed Therapy approaches to inform her clinical work and has recently published a paper on the use of Compassion Focussed Psychosexual Therapy in an NHS group setting for women with GPPPD.
Philip Kelly (he/him) is a senior clinical psychologist working at both The Royal London Hospital and TransPlus Dean Street. At the Royal London, he works with both sexual health and HIV and leads on the LINK clinic, an MDT supporting complex HIV care. At TransPlus, Phil provides face-to-face therapy and running workshops on promoting wellbeing and managing difficulties, such as stress and worry. Phil has been a psychologist in different roles for over 10 years and believes in the power of integrated health, social and mental wellbeing services such as TransPlus.
Christopher McCormack (he/him) is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychosexual Therapist at Barts Health NHS Trust. In his NHS role, he works in across sexual health and HIV services and leads on delivering psychological services to people struggling with compulsive sexual behaviours and/or chemsex. He is also a Lecturer and Clinical Tutor in the Psychological Therapies Division at the University of Essex, where he teaches on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme.