Take Your Counseling Career Further with a Sex Therapy Certificate
UW-Stout's Sex Therapy Certificate will enhance your knowledge of human sexuality, sexual and gender diversity, and best practice sex-related psycho-therapeutic care for people dealing with issues related to sexuality, gender and close relationships. The program's hybrid course delivery and summer scheduling with online classes and weekend synchronous Zoom class meetings is designed to allow you—working professionals and graduate students—to take classes from anywhere.
Note: Graduate credits earned in UW-Stout's Sex Therapy Certificate will not expire and may meet continuing education requirements for licensure and certifications.
Career-Defining Curriculum
Our nationally recognized faculty and program affiliates are engaged in cutting-edge research focused on eco-sexuality, multi-partnered relationships, management of technology in intimate relationships, and combating cisgenderism and monogamism in clinical practice, and we integrate these opportunities into program coursework for a unique learning experience.
Certificate Requirements
Certificate Courses
The Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy (STC) requires the following four classes for a total of 11 graduate credit hours:
- Advanced Human Sexuality (HDFS 730, 3 Credits) (48 CEs) (hybrid, synchronous and asynchronous)
- Sexual & Gender Diversity (HDFS 731, 3 Credits) (48 CEs) (asynchronous)
- SAR (MFT 732, 1 Credit) (16 CEs) (hybrid, synchronous and asynchronous)
- Advanced Sex Therapy (MFT 733, 4 Credits) (64 CEs) (hybrid, synchronous and asynchronous)
- AASECT Continuing Education Credits (60 minutes = 1 CE Credit)
Apply Your Certificate to a Graduate Degree
Whether you continue now or pursue a graduate degree when the time is right for you, the credits you earn in this professional certificate program can be applied to any of the following degree programs.
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AASECT Certification
American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) offers three certifications: Sex Therapist, Sexuality Educator, and Sexuality Counselor.
Completion of the program is designed to meet the training requirements (Core Knowledge, SAR, and Sex Therapy Training) for the AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST) credential. The STC also gives you graduate-level credit, with a letter grade, and AASECT CEs for each class. The program also is an approved by AASECT for continuing education credits. These continuing education credits may be applied toward AASECT Certification and renewal of certification.
Please Note: The AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST) requirement for certification is separate from the requirement for the STC from UW-Stout, and there are additional steps to completing earning an AASECT credential.
Program Application Requirements
- Must be current in a current licensed mental health profession or currently enrolled in a graduate-level program leading to a clinical mental health licensure.
- Meet the minimum technology requirements for Stout Online.
- Individual approval for individual class, like the SAR can made. Please contact the Certificate Advisor for more info.
Customized Tuition & Fees
UW-Stout degree programs using the customized instruction model are designed with the adult learner in mind. If you're comparing UW-Stout's online degree customized instruction (CI) tuition to our competitors, keep in mind:
- Customized instruction tuition rate includes the textbook rental fee.
- There are no additional or hidden university-based semester or technology fees.
- Students in customized instruction programs pay the same rate of tuition regardless of where you live--Wisconsin, California, Texas, or in a foreign country.
More Value for Your Money
Customized Instruction also provides:
- Program Director/Coordinator: Faculty with academic and industry expertise.
- Student Services Advisor: One point of contact, providing dedicated support throughout your degree program.
- Course Sequences & Matrices: Plan ahead with clear program outlines so you know what courses are offered when.
- Stackable Courses & Programs: Many of our courses and certificates can be applied to our degree programs.
- Flexibility: Courses are designed to offer the flexibility and convenience working professionals need to get ahead in their careers without sacrificing their current income and responsibilities.
Other universities will present costs and value differently, so make sure you're comparing apples to apples.