| | | If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here | | | | | | | On Helping and Being Helped With Sex | Aside from the emails I get telling me I don't know what I'm talking about (less common than I expect) and the emails from people who like to make fun of my hair (more common than I could have ever imagined), the two kinds of emails I get the most are from folks either looking for some kind of sexual help, or looking to become a sexual helper. In both cases, I'm struck by how hard it is for people who don't already work in sex, to know where to start.
I shouldn't be surprised by this. In my experience most of us aren't clear on the differences between a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a therapist. Throw a sexual specialty into the mix and it's something we talk about even less in school, in the media, and in our homes. So I began to write about sex professions. I'm not completely satisfied with this distinction between sex professions that "help" and those that don't (I have spoken to many people who say that they learned more and felt more supported in experiences where they paid for sex than they did going to a sex therapist) but it's reasonable to identify those jobs that are explicitly about helping others, and doing so shouldn't deny the reality that there are all sorts of ways of getting and giving help, and not all of them mesh with the laws and practices of every community.
So whether you're looking for information or support, or a career change, I hope you'll find something in this week's newsletter that you didn't already know. ~ Cory | | | | | Sexuality Helping Professions | | What's the difference between a sex therapist and sex educator? How about a sex researcher and sexologist? If I'm looking for information or help, who should I talk to? Is there a sex Ghostbusters? Find out here (spoiler alert: there isn't a sex Ghostbusters). | | | | | | How Do I Become a Professional Sex Educator? | | Anyone can call themselves a sex educator, and plenty of people without any education or training in sex education do. So if you want to be a sex educator, and you aren't interested in faking it until you make it, where do you begin? The path you take will depend largely on where you want to end up, but here are seven steps that every sex educator should take, regardless of where they want to end up. | | | | | | What Training do Sex Therapists Receive? | | Answers to frequently asked questions about sex therapy, including what is sex therapy, who goes to sex therapy, how are sex therapists trained, when is the right time to go to sex therapy, and where can I find a sex therapist. | | | | | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Sexuality newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here.
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