Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional

• Hold a full clinical membership with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
• Hold a full membership as a MBACP with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy or MBACP-Senior Accredited or higher with the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
• Be a Senior Accredited Registrant (MNCS Snr Accred) or a Fellow Registrant with the National Counselling Society (NCS)
• Hold a Full Membership with the Association of Child Psychotherapists with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy
• Hold a Full Membership with BABCP with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy
• Hold a Registered Counsellor Membership with the Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) with a with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy
• Be a COSCA or UK Body Accredited Member of the Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland (COCSA) with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy

• Hold a registration with the Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
• Hold a full registration as a Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS)

• Hold a registration with the Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
• Hold a Working or Independent Membership with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW

• Hold a Full Membership with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)

• Hold a Full Membership with the British Association of Play Therapists with a MA/ MSc in Counselling or Psychotherapy

• Hold a Full, General or Specialist registration with the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP)

• Registered or credentialed professionals whose professional scope of practice allows them to diagnose and provide clinical mental health treatment plans for mental health disorders and have met the registration or credentialing requirements in the United Kingdom are welcome to apply.
• Provisional or student registration or membership does not meet the standards for certification.
• By applying for certification, the applicant agrees to adhere to Evergreen Certifications’ Professional Code of Ethics

The applicant must complete the following education criteria (total minimum of 14 CPD hours):

• Core Sex Therapy Educational Competency Areas:
  • Assessment – understand the assessment process and how to conduct sex history assessment
  • Diagnosis – understand sexual and pleasure disorders, including desire, arousal, and the impact on relationships
  • Treatment of Sexual Issues – sex therapy treatment models, including PLISSIT
  • Interventions – how to apply interventions for sexual and pleasure disorders in various settings, crisis management (including infidelity), techniques to facilitate recovery and personal growth
  • Relationship Dynamics – knowledge of relationship theory, culture of the relationship (including sexual relations, developmental states, etc.), infidelity, explore relationship types and agreements
  • Therapeutic Dynamics – countertransference, triangulation, roles of the therapist, professional boundaries Integrative
  • Systems – understanding of individual client needs (including race, sexual orientation, gender, etc.)

Suitable education sources are approved CPD as documented by certificates of completion from the accredited training organization.

Evergreen Certifications will accept courses that have been completed within 3 years of initial application for certification.

Please note that Evergreen Certifications does not offer CPD, all training must be purchased directly through the accredited training organization. Training is not included in the certification fee.