Rainbow Therapy in Scotland: Exploring Sexual Scripts in Therapy
Exploring Sexual Scripts in Therapy: A WorkshopSex doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Our culture, history, experiences & values all come with us into the bedroom. This workshop provides space for participants- in their capacity as therapists, as clients and as individuals navigating their own sexual lives- to reflect upon the normalised sexual scripts of our society & the impact these have on our intimate lives. We will explore the ways mainstream scripts show up in therapy & identify how to support ourselves & our clients to challenge the life-limiting constraints that unconscious, rigid adherence to these mainstream scripts has on our sexual health and wellbeing. Questions we will explore through guided activities, reflection & discussion:What are Sexual Scripts and what impact do they have?How do sexual scripts show up in therapy?How can therapists avoid perpetuating harmful scripts without compromising alliance or asserting their own agenda? Why do people have sex? How to explore sexual motivations with clientsWhat sex-positivity is & how to incorporate into therapeutic practice Talking about sex in GSRD- inclusive way How to go off-script / support clients to go off-script⭐All attendees of this event will receive a unique discount code for the Rainbow Therapy conference on 26th September 2025! ⭐Ruth Heneke Eliot (she/her) is a specialist trainer, facilitator, consultant & author in relationships & sexuality education (RSE), sexual & gender-based violence (SGBV) and gender, sex & relationship diversity (GSRD). She has over 10 years’ experience facilitating RSE, SGBV and GRSD workshops & CPD training to young people and professionals. She has trained counsellors & psychotherapists of diverse modalities to work sex-positively with sexual themes including pleasure, kink, queerness, sexual violence, and consensual non-monogamy. Ruth has worked with multiple sector-leading organisations: previous roles include Head of Training & Sexual Violence Prevention Specialist at national, award-winning RSE provider The School of Sexuality Education & Training Lead at a Rape Crisis Centre. As well as training professionals Ruth facilitates RSE workshops with adults (most of us didn’t get any when we were at school!), is founding partner at the professionals’ CPD provider Training Works, and is currently studying psychosexual therapy at the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology.Ruth’s lived experience of seeking psychotherapeutic support about sex as a GRSD-minority client plus the reality of how few qualification pathways include any sexological training have left Ruth passionately committed to supporting therapists to expand their confidence & competence to work with sexual themes.
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