Join Us In Riviera Maya, Mexico for:
Sex Therapy 101
Expanding Clinical Confidence in Sexual Health, Intimacy & Desire
February 26 - March 01, 2026 with Kate Morrissey Stahl, PhD, LCSW, CST
at the Iberostar Paraíso
Train in the morning, vacation in the afternoon!
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Early Registration Price:
$775.00
Price After Deadline:
$825.00
Early Registration Deadline:
Jan 01, 2026
Registration does not include hotel accommodation or airfare
Hotel and travel information can be found by scrolling down or clicking HERE
Continuing education information can be found HERE
Sexuality is an essential part of human well-being, yet many therapists feel unprepared to address it.
This training brings essential sex therapy concepts into the hands of all therapists—whether you work with individuals, couples, or families. Explore topics like pleasure across the lifespan, fantasy, dysfunction, consent, sexualities, and gender affirmation. Through guided self-reflection and group discussions, you’ll deepen your understanding of your own sexual story and how it shapes your work with clients.
Learn practical, evidence-based tools to integrate sex therapy into your practice.
This training goes beyond theory, offering active learning exercises, case studies, and hands-on techniques for addressing common sexual concerns. You’ll gain strategies to navigate discussions around intimacy, desire, and dysfunction while building confidence in your ability to help clients explore their sexual health.
Walk away with new skills, strategies, and a clearer sense of your scope.
Clinicians will have opportunities to bring in real-world cases, ask tough questions, and refine their approach to sexuality in therapy. Whether you’re looking to expand your competence in sex therapy or simply want to better support your clients in discussions around sex and relationships, this intensive provides the knowledge and tools you need.
Daily Schedule
Day 1
- 9:00am-10:30am
- What is “optimal sex” and “good enough sex”?
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Supporting sexual pleasure across the life span
Day 2
- 9:00am-10:30am
- Unpacking consent
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Case practice with issues in consent in different relational structures
Day 3
- 9:00am-10:30am
- Defining and applying understanding of sex, sexuality, and gender
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Media and sexuality—how popular culture impacts race and gender conceptions
Day 4
- 9:00am -10:30am
- Approaches to treating sexual trauma
- 10:30am-10:45am
- Break
- 10:45am-12:15pm
- Case studies in trauma and sexuality treatment
Registration does not include hotel accommodation or airfare.
Hotel and travel information can be found by scrolling down or clicking HERE.
About Kate Morrissey Stahl, PhD, LCSW, CST
Dr. Kate Morrissey Stahl is an AASECT-certified sex therapist and supervisor who specializes in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral interventions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and trauma sensitive yoga. With couple work, she brings in a Gottman perspective, as well as Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She is a clinical associate professor at the University of Georgia School of Social Work.
She has master’s degrees in both communication and social work, certificates in marriage and family therapy and gerontology, is clinically licensed as a social worker, and is an AASECT certified sex therapist and an E-RYT 500 registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences, for which she received doctoral-level supervision as a couple and family therapist. In her sex therapy work, she has specialized in supporting individuals and couples with desire issues, and around sexual function, recovery from sexual trauma, exploring sexual orientation, and supporting authentic gender expression. She is queer- and poly-affirming and works from an anti-racist framework.
Kate loves gathering communities to comb through ideas we have learned about sex and pleasure that have empowered us, as well as those ideas that we want to let go of and support our clients in letting go of. Many of us care about supporting healthy sexuality and yet receive very little training about it—this is a chance to remediate that and to promote deep reflection with the support of a beautiful location.
Iberostar Paraíso All-Inclusive Resort
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Use promo code FEBMX26 when booking your room until January 25, 2026.
Participants are required to stay on-site and must book their accommodations directly through the Iberostar website link below using the promo code provided by EBTS. Reservations made through third-party vendors, such as travel agencies, cannot be included in our group.
After January 25th, hotels can still be booked at regular rates and must still be booked directly through the Iberostar links below.
There are 5 hotels on the resort property, and participants are free to book at the hotel of their choice. When using our code, participants will be allowed to add up to 3 days to the beginning and/or end of their stay, if so desired.
- Iberostar Waves Paraíso Beach | BUDGET FRIENDLY
- Iberostar Waves Paraíso Del Mar | BUDGET FRIENDLY
- Iberostar Selection Paraíso Lindo | MID-TIER
- Iberostar Selection Paraíso Maya Suites | MID-TIER
- JOIA Paraíso by Iberostar | ADULTS ONLY, HIGH-TIER
- The hotel requires a minimum booking of February 25 – March 1, 2026.
- Hotel rooms are subject to availability. Don’t wait to secure yours!
- Participants are strongly encouraged to complete their training registration and hotel booking at the same time. Guest rooms and training spots are limited, and EBTS cannot guarantee availability of either. EBTS is not responsible if the training or guest rooms sell out.
The training will be held in the Convention Center near the entrance to the resort complex.
Paraiso Waves Beach, Paraiso Lindo and Paraiso Waves Del Mar are the closest resorts, with a walk of 2-4 minutes. Paraiso Suites and JOIA Paraiso are slightly further with walk times of 6 and 11 minutes, respectively. Golf carts are available across the complex for those who do not wish to walk.
- Iberostar Paraíso
- +52-984-877-2800
- Carretera Chetumal - P. Juarez Km 309
- Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo , 77710
- Mexico
Getting There
Closest International Airport:
Cancun International Airport (CUN)
Time from airport to resort:
30 minutes down the scenic coastal highway
Transportation to/from the resort:
Uber and other rideshares are prohibited from entering the Cancun Airport. You can easily get a taxi using the airport’s authorized taxi service or preschedule a shared or private shuttle and there is an abundance of options online. For your return trip, the hotel can call a taxi for you, or you can preschedule a shuttle.
Registration does not include hotel accommodation or airfare.
Hotel and travel information can be found by scrolling down or clicking HERE.
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Terms and Conditions
- Attendees are required to book their accommodations directly through the Iberostar website using the promo code provided by EBTS. Reservations made through third-party vendors, such as travel agencies, cannot be included in our group.
- Attendees are required to stay on site at the Iberostar complex for this training. It is strongly recommended that you book your accommodation prior to registering for this training to ensure the complex/your preferred room is not sold out.
- Due to frequent flight cancellations and delays, we strongly recommend flying out on or before the Tuesday before the training. No refunds, transfers, or continuing education credit will be given for any portion missed due to flight disruptions.
- Due to unforeseen circumstances, EBTS holds the right to change trainers to someone of equal expertise in the subject.
- Cancellations must be submitted in writing to info@ebtrainingsolutions.com no later than 30 calendar days before the first day of the event. A full refund minus a 6% processing fee will be issued. Past this date, no refunds will be provided.
- All grievance must be in writing to info@ebtrainingsolutions.com, and will be replied to within 5-10 business days
- EBTS has no part in the financial agreement between you, the participant, and the hotel
- If the training must be canceled on the part of EBTS for unforeseen reasons, a full refund will be issued. In this case, EBTS holds no financial responsibility for changes to airfare and other miscellaneous charges
- Audio and/or visual recording of the training is prohibited
- This venue is located outside of the United States and may not meet the United States ADA standard
- EBTS fees do not include room and board and participants are required to book and manage their own accommodations.
- There are no known conflicts of interest for this training
- Please review our frequently asked questions page for more information
Learning Objectives
Upon Completion of This Training, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Identify models of sexual wellbeing, including McCarthy’s Good Enough Sex model and Ogden’s Four-Dimensional Wheel
- Recognize key dimensions of consent, including Betty Martin’s Wheel of Consent
- Describe desire discrepancy and models for managing it
- Describe components of “magnificent sex”
- Apply models of sexual wellbeing to cases
- Identify common myths about sexuality
- Identify personal beliefs around sex, sexuality, and gender, and how media depictions influence these
- Create treatment plans around common sexual problems
- Course Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate
- Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFTs & other mental health providers
Continuing Education
- Continuing Education Credits sponsored by CE-Classes.com.
- Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form.
- Licensed professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.
- Participants will be awarded 12 CEs following the successful completion of this course.
This CE-Classes.com Course Is Approved for CE Credit by:
- The American Psychological Association (APA) CE-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
- California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0627 Expires 06-2027
- California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2026.
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2027
- Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2026 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
- Florida Certification Board
- Illinois - CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois. License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2025
- Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD)
- New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. 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-0260
- New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
- New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.
- Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board - Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
- Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
- South Carolina - CE-Classes.com is approved by the S.C. Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialists (#4696).
- Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
- This course is NOT available for NBCC credit.
- This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.
- Many state boards of social work, counseling and MFT do accept CEs that are approved by the APA or other state boards (such as those listed above). We encourage you to check with your state board regarding the applicability of these credits.