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Sunday, January 11, 2026
"Talking With Your Patients About Sex - An integrative Approach"
Presented by Kenneth M. Pollock, Ph.D., CGP
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2026
Time:
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - CE Course
10:30 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. - HVPA members are
invited to join for a brief update meeting
starting 30 minutes before presentation time and ending 5 minutes before the presentation.
Location: This will be a Zoom presentation. (You will receive the Zoom login information the week before the presentation takes place.)
Program Summary
This program aims to enhance clinicians’ skills in initiating and engaging in both conversations as well as basic treatments for the sexual problems of patients. It will provide a framework for initiating such conversations which is often a major challenge for both providers and patients, due to anxiety in both parties as well as cultural norms. It will provide an overview of the most common sexual problems in men and women, including specific guidelines needed to make a valid diagnosis.
The program will include a framework based upon a focus on the multiple causal factors which underlie most sexual problems, and which are often ignored. These include etiologies which are physiological/biological, psychological, and relationship based as well as the very interaction between these factors. This assessment/ diagnostic approach can be used to help psychotherapists decide upon, and in consultation with the patient, implement a plan of treatment, which may often include referrals to a specialist, including communication with their physician. Overall, the focus will be upon normalizing conversations about sex, reducing stigma, and improving both problem treatment assessment and treatment outcomes through informed and empathetic care.
Presenter: Kenneth M. Pollock, Ph.D., CGP
Kenneth Pollock is a clinical psychologist, group therapist, psychoanalyst and sex therapist He has been a long-standing faculty member in both graduate schools and psychiatric residency programs and was director of group psychotherapy training at New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center. His work involves an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to sexual health in both women and men. He has delivered more than 150 grand rounds, written a number of book chapters and articles on sex and group therapy and presented at many national conferences on sexual problems. He is particularly interested in the issues surrounding multifactorial causes of sexual problems, paying attention to the role of biological, psychological and relationship factors multiplying and interacting and creating some of the challenges that people have around sex.
Target Audience: All mental health professionals. NOTE: Only Doctoral Level NY State licensed Psychologists can receive CE credits.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this program participant will be able to:
- Develop and implement communication strategies to initiate and normalize conversations about sexual problems and health.
- List and briefly describe all of the major categories of sexual problems/diagnoses in men and women.
- Describe overall how the three major sexual problem etiologies play a role in sexual problems and to employ knowledge of such in conducting a diagnosis and treatment plan. They are: Individual/psychological, biological, and relationships.
- List and explain several widespread major and patient-destructive errors and myths held by the majority of practitioners and patients regarding problems and treatments for both male and female sexual problems, including those about estrogen, testosterone, the use of lab assays, and “black box” warnings.
- Employ a few key therapeutic interventions in treatment of their patients’ sexual difficulties.
FEES:
FREE for HVPA Members
$60.00 for Non-HVPA Members
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CE INFORMATION
Statement of Sponsorship: Hudson Valley Psychological Association (HVPA) 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-0200.
CE Credits: 2 CE credits for NYS Psychologists (only) are provided upon course's completion. HVPA is authorized to provide CE credits ONLY to NYS Psychologists.
To receive continuing education (CE) credit, you need to attend the program in its entirety. CE certificates will be provided for all NYS psychologists who attend this program in full and who complete/return an online program evaluation. Please indicate your license type and license number on your registration form.
FOR ONLINE COURSES: We verify your online attendance at the beginning & end of the program and by your completion of the evaluation form.
If you have questions, contact ContinuingEd@hvpa.org.