What Is Sex Educator Certification?

Sex educator certification is professional training that provides knowledge and skills to proficiently educate a variety of audiences and in multiple settings. Some of these settings include medical, mental health/clinical, film and theater, community, and advocacy work.

Sex Educators can teach everything from sexual health and function to personal empowerment, advocacy, relationships and intimacy skills, effective communication, accessibility, and more. 

ISEE provides holistic, comprehensive sex education training online, both on-demand and live-streaming, with occasional options to attend in-person if desired. ISEE's Certified Holistic Sex Educator® Training offers approxinately 200 hours/ CEs.  When you are complete you will be awarded the right to use the CHSE credential after your name. 

ISEE is an approved provider of continuing education (CEs) with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.  Should you desire AASECT Certification, the Certified Holistic Sex Educator® training program offers all educational hours (CEs) required for application to AASECT as well as AASECT Certified Sex Educator Supervision hours*.

Certified Holistic Sex Educator® Training Program Overview

How? Online classes both on-demand (self-paced), and live-streaming. You will have 2 years to complete all live-streaming classes, which are offered multiple times per year for your scheduling flexibility. We will train you to either improve the sex education you are already practicing or to create spaces and opportunties to educate and/or coach.

Who? Educators, health care aides, advocates, activitist, coaches, bloggers, influencers, doulas, midwives, film & theater professionals, healthcare professionals, researchers, writers, and anyone who wants to provide sexuality education in clinical, educational, entertaiment or community settings.

When?  Start any time. Enrollment happens throughout the year.

How to Become a Certified Sex Educator

Step 1. Begin with a bachelor's degree in any field. Education or public health is ideal.

Step 2: Complete Specialized Sexuality Education Training
Professionals who want to become sex educators pursue comprehesive training with qualified, credentialed professionals. Sex Educator training programs include core knowledge in human sexuality as well as training-of-trainers skills development. ISEE is one such program, and is widely recognized as one of the very top programs of its kind due to its exceptional academic standards, focus on inclusivity and representation of all, and the excellence of its faculty.

Step 3: Work Experience
Sex educators work in a variety of fields and in various ways. Some of these include patient education, podcasting, writing, YouTube channels, Intimacy Coordination, general education and more. ISEE offers students opportunties to teach classes, run discussion groups, book groups and more.

Step 4: Professional Certification
Students who complete ISEE's Certified Holistic Sex Educator®  Program are fully certified as Holistic Sex Educators® (CHSE) upon graduation from the program and are prepared to teach in multiple capacities. Professionals who meet eligibility requirements can also apply for certification through AASECT*. ISEE offers all CE hours required to apply to AASECT as well as Supervision with AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator Supervisors.

ISEE is the global leader for excellence in human sexuality education for professionals. Founded in 2011, ISEE has students and alumni on 6 continents, and a very low rate of dropout. ISEE alumni teach worldwide.

What Is Sex Therapist Certification?

Sex Therapist certification is professional training that provides knowledge and skills to proficiently treat a variety of sexual concerns.

Sex therapists work with issues such as sexual dysfunction, recovering from infidelity, desire discrepancy in couples, compulsive sexual behavior, reframing sex in later life, sex with a disability, communcation problems, coming out issues, and more. 

ISEE provides holistic, comprehensive sex therapy training online, both on-demand and live-streaming, with occasional options to attend in-person if desired. ISEE's Certified Holistic Sex Therapist® Training offers approxinately 200 hours/ CEs.  When you are complete you will be awarded the right to use the CHST credential after your name. 

ISEE is an approved provider of continuing education (CEs) with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT).  Should you desire AASECT Certification, the Certified Holistic Sex Therapist® training program offers all educational hours (CEs) required for application to AASECT as well as access to many AASECT Certified Sex Therapist Supervisors at reduced rates*.

Certified Holistic Sex Therapist® Training Program Overview

How? Online classes both on-demand (self-paced), and live-streaming. You will have 2 years to complete all live-streaming classes, which are offered multiple times per year for your scheduling flexibility. We will train you to either improve the sex therapy you are already practicing or to develop knowledge and skills for sex therapy specialization.

Who? Anyone already practicing therapy, whether with a provisional license or a full license. We also accept people in their last year of graduate school, if you are already seeing clients.

When?  Start any time. Enrollment happens throughout the year.

How to Become a Certified Sex Therapist

Step 1. Begin with a Master's degree or higher in applied psychology such as clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, etc. 

Step 2: Complete Specialized Sexuality Education Training
Professionals who want to become sex therapists pursue comprehesive training with qualified, credentialed professionals. Sex Therapy training programs include core knowledge in human sexuality as well as sex therapy skills development. ISEE is one such program, and is widely recognized as one of the very top programs of its kind due to its exceptional academic standards, focus on inclusivity and representation of all, and the excellence of its faculty.

Step 3: Work Experience
Sex therapists must establish a period of work in the field and they may work in a variety of settings. Some of these include private practice, clinics, mental health institutions, and others. 

Step 4: Professional Certification
Students who complete ISEE's Certified Holistic Sex Therapy®  Program are fully certified as Holistic Sex Therapists® (CHST) upon graduation from the program and are prepared to perform therapy in multiple capacities. Professionals who meet eligibility requirements can also apply for certification through AASECT*. ISEE offers all CE hours required to apply to AASECT as well as access to reduced rate supervision with many AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator Supervisors.

ISEE is the global leader for excellence in human sexuality education for professionals. The ISEE focus is quality. Founded in 2011, ISEE has students and alumni on 6 continents, and a very low rate of dropout. ISEE alumni practice worldwide.

*Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment, Provider #11-113-C. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.