Improving Low Desire and Having Better Sex Through Mindfulness

Improving Low Desire and Having Better Sex Through Mindfulness

Presenter: Lori Brotto, PhD

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Time: 9:00 am PST – 12:10 pm PST

Duration:Approximately 3 hours

About Dr. Lori Brotto:

Dr. Lori Brotto is a Professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a Registered Psychologist in Vancouver, Canada.  She has been the Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute of BC located at BC Women’s Hospital since 2016.  Dr. Brotto holds a Canada Research Chair in Women’s Sexual Health.  She is the author of Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire and The Better Sex Through Mindfulness Workbook (October 2022).

Audience and Level of Instruction:

This webinar is tailored for practicing mental health practitioners and will include advanced content taught at the post-doctoral level.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

1. Apply the science of mindfulness-based therapy in the treatment of low desire for women
2. Describe the psychoeducational content essential for managing low sexual desire
3. Discuss the mechanisms by which mindfulness and psychoeducation improve low sexual desire in women
4. Utilize the contents of an 8-session mindfulness-based therapy for women with low desire and an 8-session supportive-expressive psychoeducational group therapy for low desire

Continuing Education Information:

This Program is elligible for eligible for three AASECT and/or APA CE units.

The Olsen Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Olsen Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 4 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.

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Event Recording:

A recording of this event will be made available online for all participants for a period of 30 days.  The recording will be made available as soon as possible after the event, but no later than 2 weeks following the event.

References List:

Brotto, L. A. (2018). Better sex through mindfulness: How women can cultivate desire. Vancouver: Greystone Books.

Brotto, L.A. (2022). The Better Sex Through Mindfulness Workbook. Vancouver: Greystone Books

Brotto, L. A., Basson, R., Smith, K. B., Driscoll, M., & Sadownik, L. (2015). Mindfulness-based group therapy for women with provoked vestibulodynia. Mindfulness, 6, 417-432.

Brotto, L. A., Bergeron, S., Zdaniuk, B., Driscoll, M., Grabovac, A., Sadownik, L. A., ... & Basson, R. (2019). A comparison of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of provoked vestibulodynia in a hospital clinic setting. The journal of sexual medicine, 16(6), 909-923.

Brotto, L. A., Chivers, M. L., Millman, R. D., & Albert, A. (2016). Mindfulness-based sex therapy improves genital-subjective arousal concordance in women with sexual desire/arousal difficulties. Archives of sexual behavior, 45, 1907-1921.

Brotto, L. A., & Goldmeier, D. (2015). Mindfulness interventions for treating sexual dysfunctions: the gentle science of finding focus in a multitask world. The journal of sexual medicine, 12(8), 1687-1689.

Brotto, L. A., Seal, B. N., & Rellini, A. (2012). Pilot study of a brief cognitive behavioral versus mindfulness-based intervention for women with sexual distress and a history of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 38(1), 1-27.

Brotto, L. A., Stephenson, K. R., & Zippan, N. (2022). Feasibility of an online mindfulness-based intervention for women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. Mindfulness, 13(3), 647-659.

Brotto, L. A., Zdaniuk, B., Chivers, M. L., Jabs, F., Grabovac, A., Lalumière, M. L., ... & Basson, R. (2021). A randomized trial comparing group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with group supportive sex education and therapy for the treatment of female sexual interest/arousal disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(7), 626.

Brotto, L. A., Zdaniuk, B., Chivers, M. L., Jabs, F., Grabovac, A. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2022). Mindfulness and Sex Education for Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Outcome. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-14.

Velten, J., Brotto, L. A., Chivers, M. L., Hirschfeld, G., & Margraf, J. (2020). The power of the present: effects of three mindfulness tasks on women’s sexual response. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(1), 125-138.

Velten, J., Margraf, J., Chivers, M. L., & Brotto, L. A. (2018). Effects of a mindfulness task on women’s sexual response. The Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 747-757.

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