This self-access class gives a comprehensive overview of the most common sexual difficulties for women presenting for PST, it will include treatment options in psychosexual and relationship therapies and integration of pharmacological interventions where appropriate or necessary giving psychosexual and relationship therapists insights into the key issues that lead women to seek therapy in these fields.
Our expert speaker guides you through:
- Understanding Common Sexual Difficulties: Explore the various sexual difficulties women face, from desire discrepancies to arousal issues, and how these can affect their relationships and overall well-being.
- Effective Treatment Options: Learn about innovative treatment approaches in psychosexual therapy, tailored to address the unique needs of women. Discover how to create a supportive therapeutic environment that fosters healing and growth.
- Integrating Pharmacological Interventions: Understand when and how to incorporate pharmacological interventions effectively and ethically, ensuring a holistic approach to treatment.
*This self-access class is a recording from a live session that took place in January 2025.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the most common female sexual difficulties, including low libido, sexual pain disorders (such as vaginismus and dyspareunia), arousal issues, and orgasmic challenges.
- Explore the biopsychosocial model and its application in understanding female sexual dysfunction.
- Understand the role of mental health, trauma, body image, and relationship dynamics in female sexual difficulties.
- Learn therapeutic strategies for addressing sexual difficulties in women.
- Review recent developments in sexual medicine and pharmacological treatments for female sexual dysfunction.
The emphasis is to increase confidence in liaising with other professionals in the field, in order to develop an integrated approach to their practice, which in turn will optimise treatment options for clients.
About the Trainer
Trudy Hannington is the Senior Psychosexual Therapist who leads a team of 4 psychosexual therapists at the Leger clinic at Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
Trudy has worked in sexual health for over 25 years and specialised as a psychosexual therapist in 2002 after training at the Porterbrook Clinic at Sheffield.
Trudy’s specialist interest is combining medical treatments with sex therapy to optimise outcomes for patients.
She is one of the founders of STOPSO (Special Treatment Organisation for Perpetrators and Survivors of Sexual Offending).
Trudy was also the specialist psychosexual therapist in the Channel 4 documentary “The Week The Women Came”
- Wrote the chapter on sex therapy in the 4th edition of the ABC of Sex
- Wrote the concluding chapter in the book “Testosterone Deficiency” by Professor Hugh Jones
- Written contribution to the BSSM (British Society For Sexual Medicine) Women’s Health Book including case studies.
- You tube video release on prostate cancer with male care
- Various radio and newspaper contributions
- Written the chapter for the new to be released book for STOPSO on why non offending partners stay with a sex offender titled “should I stay or should I go”
Senior Accredited member and Supervisor of COSRT (College for Sex & Relationship Therapists) and Fellow of COSRT. A former Chair of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT).
Won Yorkshire Woman of the Year award in 2004.
She is also a Committee Member for the British Society of Sexual Medicine and current Treasurer.
Highly qualified in this field Trudy Hannington’s team has NHS contracts with a number of NHS areas in the region and also sees patients on a private basis.
She has lectured nationally and internationally, on the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, most recently in Florida, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Leger Clinic is a flagship service, which offers a “one stop shop” for all areas of sexual difficulty, either medical or psychological. For more information visit our website at www.legerclinic.co.uk
