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Advanced Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (A-SAR) Workshop

August 29 – September 1 2026 | Toronto, Ontario

Are you ready to take your clinical expertise and reflective practice in sex therapy to the next level?

Enhance your clinical skills, reflective practice, and professional development in our 4 day Advanced Sexual Attitude Reassessment (A-SAR) workshop. Limited to 10 participants to ensure individualized feedback and engagement.

This advanced workshop is the next step in your continuing education journey, and goes beyond the foundational SAR; offering deep exploration of personal beliefs, professional biases, and countertransference that affect sexual health practice. Participants engage in interactive panels using pre-submitted anonymized clinical cases, allowing for hands-on case consultation, peer feedback, and reflective discussion. Experiential exercises help clinicians integrate insights directly into clinical practice, enhance ethical decision-making, and strengthen self-awareness in their sexual therapeutic practice.

Our Advanced Sexual Attitude Reassessment (A-SAR) workshop is is designed to provide practical, hands-on strategies that you can immediately apply in your clinical practice while fostering deep personal and professional reflection. This program is specifically created for experienced sex therapists, CRPO-registered psychotherapists, and OCSWSSW social workers who have completed a Sexplore foundational SAR.

Facilitated by Sexplore with Den Temin, this A-SAR is the only workshop in Canada that provides 40 CEUs (CCPA) recognized by CCPA, CRPO, and OCSWSSW.

This immersive advance training integrates diverse learning methods including explicit media, guided reflections, group dialogue, engaging field trips, and guest speakers. Participants leave with a deeper understanding and renewed perspective, making it a truly transformational experience.

Accepted participants will pre-submit one current clinical case. Cases will be used for guided small-group discussion and panel consultation, ensuring real-world application of reflective strategies.

🐦Early Bird Pricing (until February 28 2026)

🎓 Student: $2,200 + HST
👥 Regular: $2,350 + HST

💳 Regular Pricing (starting March 1 2026)

🎓 Student: $2,250 + HST (limited/proof required)
👥 Regular: $2,450 + HST

Your registration fee includes:
🥐🍎 Continental Breakfast | Coffee~Tea Breaks | Lunch | Field trips to Sexual Spaces in Toronto

Workshop Hours:

Saturday August 22: 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST virtual preparation session

Saturday August 29: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM 🥐🍎

Sunday August 30: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM 🥐🍎
Monday August 31: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM 🥐🍎
Tuesday September 1: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM 🥐🍎
Saturday September 19: 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST virtual debrief session

Register Now for the A-SAR Workshop

Advance your journey in anti-oppressive sexuality education, clinical competency, and self-empowerment.

Take the next step toward certification, self-discovery, and effective communication about sex, sexuality, and gender.

Review our cancellation & refund policy before registering
Once your application is accepted, you’ll receive instructions for payment.
Your registration is not confirmed until full payment is received.

📝 Case Submission: Accepted participants submit one current clinical case. Cases guide small-group panels and experiential exercises. Deadline to submit your clinical case is May 10th 2026.

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What is the Advanced SAR Workshop ?

The Advanced Sexual Attitude Reassessment (A-SAR) workshop is an intensive 4 day in-person / 2 day virtual program for experienced clinicians, including sex therapists, CRPO-registered psychotherapists, and OCSWSSW social workers, who have completed a Sexplore foundational SAR. It is a custom tailored workshop co-created by participants and facilitators by selecting panel subjects based on pre-submitted clinical cases.

Our A-SAR workshop is not traditional continuing education—it’s a deeply personal, emotionally engaging, and professionally enriching experience. We offer a unique and unconventional experience that allows you to deepen the experience participants had in our foundational SAR.

Participants engage in:

Reflective exercises on personal values and beliefs
Ethical decision-making and countertransference management
Interactive case consultation panels using pre-submitted clinical cases
Experiential learning for professional growth

Why do accepted participants need to pre-submit a clinical case?

Each A-SAR workshop is uniquely designed based on the needs of accepted participants. The subjects, as well as the panelists will be selected as a result of the clinical cases submitted.

Cases will be used for:

Small-group panel discussions
Ethical and reflective peer consultation
Experiential learning exercises

Confidentiality is strictly maintained. All case information must be anonymized.

Whether for certification, career development, or personal exploration, this program builds confidence and skill in engaging with diverse sexual identities and experiences.

Who can attend the workshop?

This A-SAR training in Toronto is ideal for:

Experienced sex therapists, mental health professionals, sexualy sepcialists, social workers & ASTO candidates who have completed a foundational SAR
Registered Psychotherapists (CRPO) needing CE credits for their portfolio
Social Workers (OCSWSSW) including the workshop in their CCP
Clinicians interested in hands-on case consultation, ethical reflection, and professional development

Why is an A-SAR training important for therapists, clinicians, and medical professionals?

1. Increases Self-Awareness

Sexuality is an essential part of many clients’ lives, yet many therapists feel unprepared to address it. Many people avoid discussing sexual issues unless the provider initiates. SAR training:

Reduces discomfort and judgment
Encourages open, nonreactive dialogue
Builds confidence in using appropriate sexual health language
Stay calm and nonreactive in sessions involving sexual content.
Improve their capacity to explore clients’ sexual concerns without avoidance.
Ask questions using respectful, nonjudgmental language
Normalize sexual health conversations
Build trust in provider–patient relationships

2. Builds Comfort Discussing Sexual Issues

Clinicians bring their own beliefs into the room—consciously or unconsciously. Explore your personal values, judgments, and biases related to sex and relationships. This reflection helps:

Identify personal biases and values related to sexuality
Recognize how those beliefs might influence client interactions
Work through & reduce transference / countertransference around sexual ~ gender topics
Prevent the imposition of personal values
Support genuine client-centered care

3. Promotes Cultural Competency and Reduces Health Disparities

Sexual expression is shaped by culture, identity, and lived experience. SAR workshops introduce clinicians & prepare healthcare providers to:

Diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures
Cultural and religious perspectives on sexuality
Issues of stigma, discrimination, and inclusion
Affirm LGBTQIA+, non-monogamous, and gender-diverse patients
Avoid microaggressions or stigmatizing behaviours
Understand how systemic bias affects sexual health outcomes

4. Supports Ethical Practice

Professional ethical codes emphasize the importance of sexual health awareness.Medical ethics emphasize respect for patient autonomy, dignity, and equitable care. SAR workshops help therapists & medical professionals:

Meet continuing education and certification requirements (e.g., CRPO / ASTO)
Compliance with medical board expectations
Practice nonjudgmental, client-centered care
Know when and how to refer clients to sexual specialists
Competence in informed consent, trauma-informed care, and inclusive communication
Continuing education requirements in sexual and reproductive health

5. Enhances Clinical Effectiveness

Many clients bring sexual issues into therapy—whether directly (e.g., sexual difficulties) or indirectly (e.g., trauma, intimacy issues). Many therapeutic issues—such as trauma, identity, intimacy, and relationships—have sexual components. Sexual health is linked to many medical concerns—STIs, chronic pain, mental health, fertility, and more. SAR-trained clinicians / service providers are better equipped to:

Address sexual concerns directly and compassionately
Integrate sexual health into holistic care
Strengthen the therapeutic alliance through openness and acceptance
Take better sexual histories
Detect conditions linked to sexual function or trauma
Encourage preventive care and patient disclosure

What you will experience

Expect a bold, engaging, and emotionally rich workshop that includes:

Peer consultation on current clinical cases where you are experiencing obstacles based on your values & attitudes

Sexually explicit and emotionally evocative media
Group discussions on complex and diverse sexuality topics
Guided self-reflection and experiential learning
Field trips, guest speakers, and live testimonials
Exploration of intersectionality, gender diversity, consent, pleasure, and trauma-informed practices
Tools, and knowledge to work through ~ reduce transference and countertransference around sexual ~ gender topics
PDF with resources on appropriate sexuality language, how-to design intake procedures including sexuality & gender.

This workshop is designed to challenge assumptions, expand awareness, and improve communication skills around sex, gender, and relationships.

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Sexplore with Den Temin A-SAR Training Stands Out

The only Advanced SAR workshop in Canada with professional continuing education accreditation. A certificate for 40 CEUs will be provided upon full participation.
Improve ethical decision-making and manage countertransference. Strengthen reflective practice and clinical skills for complex sexual cases.
Facilitated with an intersectional, trauma-informed, anti-racist framework
Participate in interactive case consultation panels using participant pre-submitted clinical cases
Safe space for all gender identities, and sexual orientations.
Only in-person Advanced SAR that includes experiential field visits to diverse sexual spaces in Toronto as well as didactic and experiential exercises
Facilitates deep personal insight, comfort-building, and dialogue

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A-SAR Workshop Cancellation & Refund Policy

Please review before registering. We follow policies set by our venue and catering partners.

80–31 business days a week before August 22 2026: 75% refund
30 business days or less a week before August 22 2026: 50% refund
A week before August 22 2026: No refunds available

You may send a substitute participant at any time.
No refunds for no-shows, late arrivals, or early departures.
Refunds are subject to taxes and administrative fees.

Email cancellations or substitutions to: dtemin@sexplorewithdentemin.com

If the workshop must be cancelled (e.g. low registration), we will notify you early and apply your payment to a future date.

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Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (SAR) Workshop in Canada

Upcoming in 2027 | Toronto, Ontario

Come back for details October 2026

Join Canada’s most comprehensive Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (SAR) workshop, a transformative three-day experience that explores sexuality, gender identity, sexual behaviors, and personal values through an intersectional, anti-oppressive, anti-racist framework.

Facilitated by Sexplore with Den Temin, this SAR is the only workshop in Canada that provides 30 CEUs (CCPA) and meets ASTO core educational requirements for sex therapist certification in Ontario.

Designed specifically for sex therapists, psychotherapists, service providers, and educators, this immersive SAR training integrates diverse learning methods including explicit media, guided reflections, group dialogue, engaging field trips, and guest speakers. Participants leave with a deeper understanding and renewed perspective, making it a truly transformational experience.

This experience is a vital part of your development, enhancing cultural competency, reducing unconscious bias, and helping you approach clients’ sexual concerns with greater openness, clarity, and compassion. By confronting personal and societal influences on your views about sexuality, you’ll gain essential tools to work through transference/countertransference, communicate more effectively about sensitive topics, and create a more inclusive, affirming space for your clients.

🐦Early Bird Pricing (No longer available)

🎓 Student: $2,000
👥 Regular: $2,100

💳 Regular Pricing

🎓 Student: $2,100 + HST (limited – proof required)
👥 Regular: $2,200 + HST

Your registration fee includes:
🥐🍎 Continental Breakfast | Coffee~Tea Breaks | Lunch | Field trips to Sexual Spaces in Toronto

Workshop Hours:

First Day : 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Second Day: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM 🥐🍎
Third Day: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM 🥐🍎

Register Now for the SAR Workshop

Advance your journey in anti-oppressive sexuality education, clinical competency, and self-empowerment.

Take the next step toward certification, self-discovery, and effective communication about sex, sexuality, and gender.

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What is a Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (SAR) Workshop?

A Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (SAR) workshop is not traditional sex education—it’s a deeply personal, emotionally engaging, and professionally enriching experience.

Designed and facilitated by Sexplore with Den Temin, this SAR helps participants:

* Explore their attitudes and values about sexual behaviour, gender identity, and sexual diversity

* Identify personal and professional biases

* Increase comfort and confidence when discussing sexuality-related topics

Through interactive explicit media, small group dialogue, reflective exercises, and testimonials, SAR creates a safe, confidential, and inclusive space for self-exploration.

Who should attend this sexuality training in Canada?

This SAR training in Toronto is ideal for:

Sex Therapists & ASTO candidates
Mental health professionals & psychotherapists

Medical professionals (physicians, nurses)

Sexuality specialists (educators, clinicians, counsellors)
Social workers & graduate students
Anyone seeking deeper self-awareness around sex, sexuality, and gender
Health care providers

Whether for certification, career development, or personal exploration, this program builds confidence and skill in engaging with diverse sexual identities and experiences.

Why is a SAR training important for therapists, clinicians, and medical professionals?