Coming Summer 2025!

When Sexuality Enters the Session

an asynchronous Continung Education program to build your confidence + competence in sex-positive client conversations

Your new go-to resource for all things sexuality + gender

You don’t want to be a sex therapist per se, but you do want to feel confident in the knowledge, resources, and skills required to engage in these conversations with clients when they enter the session.

90% of adults in the US say that their sex education had not prepared them for real-world sexual experiences.

The average medical student receives 10 hours of sexuality education.

Most mental health masters programs provide an average of 1 course on sexuality.

Sexuality is a lifelong part of the human experience. Yet, most of us were never given the information, support, or space to identify how to move through this part of our lives with confidence + joy.

Sexual health concerns, desire discrepancies, and sexual shame brought on by society’s harmful messaging will enter your office with your clients.

You and your clients deserve the sexuality know-how to thrive.

A self-guided program with 10+ hours of sexuality education essentials!

Allow this course to be your foundational learning (and unlearning) resource! Through this self-paced course, you will be able to...

  • Understand evidence-based + shame-free sex education essentials to build your knowledge base (Turns out, it's more than reproduction + STIs)

  • Identify your personal sexual value system, so that you can notice and bracket it in real time during sessions, making more space for clients to identify their own

  • Recognize and clarify common sex + sexual health myths that add to a culture of sexual shame

  • Practice necessary skills to integrate sex-positive approaches to conversations with clients + answer sexuality questions with confidence

  • Break down the foundations of desire, sexual identity, and gender identity with cultural competence and humility

  • Utilize the massive (and ever-growing) resource guide provided in this course, so that as you and your clients keep learning, you can trust that the support you seek is coming from trusted and vetted sources

  • Help clients work through the provided worksheets, activities, and reflection prompts with integrity and understanding. 

What’s included?

  • Learn at your own pace with 20 distinct video modules covering topics like:

    • The Science of Desire

    • STI myths and protection

    • Pleasure Anatomy

    • Foundations of Kink

    • The Expansive World of Non-monogamy

    • Challenging Sexual Shame

    • Foundations of LGBTQ+ identities

    • Communicating about Sex + Gender

    to name just a few!

  • What do I do with all this newfound knowledge?

    Fear not! There is an entire section of this course dedicated to concrete activities you might use to help clients explore these topics as they arise. Each resource will have an accompanying “how-to” tutorial from yours truly!

  • Growing our confidence in these topics is best done in community. In addition to the real-time support available as you complete the program, you’ll receive free access to The Clinician tier of The Dress Rehearsal Studio on Patreon. There, you’ll get:

    • First dibs and discounts on Dress Rehearsal professional development trainings

    • Monthly drop of new worksheets + activities to use with clients, complete with an accompanying "How-To" video tutorial from yours truly

    • Access to my monthly "Office Hours" where folks can Q&A (HIPPA compliant questions only, pls!)

    • Virtual Book Club Membership

  • As this program launches, it will be submitted for NBCC continuing education accreditation. If all goes according to plan…

    After completing the program (including its quiz assessments), participants will receive a certificate of completion and CEs toward licensure renewal.

  • “Veronica is an incredible resource. On several occasions, I encountered a situation with a client that was outside my knowledge and expertise, and felt lost about what resources to provide my clients or where to begin learning to expand my own competence. Veronica was quick to provide the exact resources and information I needed. I trust that I can refer clients to her for trauma-informed sex and intimacy coaching, while I continue to work with them on other clinical issues.”

    -Jane Saffles-Granville, LCSW

  • “Sex and intimacy education was absolutely not a part of my graduate training, and it's really has required a lot of intentional learning and effort on my part. Like so many areas, I was a bit unsure where to start and where to find the affirming, consent centered education I was looking for. Consulting with Veronica, who is frankly brilliant in this area, has supported me in being able to process with and support my clients in these areas. She has also been an excellent resource in supporting therapists that I supervise, in providing incredibly valuable insight and information about how we can think about the impacts of intimacy and/or the lack thereof - from an inclusive and affirming lense.”

    -Erica Smith, MSW, LCSW

About your Facilitator

Veronica Dress, CSE

A Certified Sexuality Educator through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, Veronica has dedicated her career to disrupting the “shoulds” of sex and sexuality to make more space to get curious about what brings us pleasure and authentic joy. She often works with people exploring their sexual and gender identities, looking to infuse more pleasure into their relationships, and embracing sexuality free from purity culture’s shame-based messages.

With over in the decade in the field of sexuality education, Veronica has taught everywhere from classrooms to shelters to zoom rooms with audiences ranging through the lifespan.

She specializes in creating learning spaces that center evidence-based approaches with a large helping of creative curiosity— because the information is only helpful if it can be applied in your practice! You’ll likely get Ms Frizzle vibes from this theater-kid turned educator— because the process itself should be pleasurable.