Helping Patients Embrace Sexual Desire in Perimenopause for Allied Health Professionals

In this course, Laurie Mintz, PhD, guides allied health professionals through the complexities of sexual desire changes during perimenopause, offering practical, evidence-based strategies to help patients embrace and enhance their sexual well-being. You’ll gain tools to normalize desire changes, address misconceptions, and design interventions that foster intimacy and satisfaction.

After this course, you will be able to:

  • Differentiate between spontaneous and responsive desire patterns in perimenopausal women, and explain their clinical significance for patient care using evidence-based examples.

  • Design an appropriate intervention plan for low sexual desire that incorporates cognitive strategies, behavioral strategies, and effective communication techniques.

  • Evaluate common misconceptions about perimenopausal sexual desire changes and develop evidence-based responses to normalize and validate patient experiences.

Learning Format: Video-based instruction, clinical discussion, and downloadable resources.

Part of our ongoing library of women’s health education for allied health professionals, this course is also a mandatory component of the Perimenopause Certificate®.

This course is included in Perry Academy Membership.

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  • Instructors

    Laurie Mintz, PhD

  • 1h 5min

    Video duration

  • 4 Video Transcripts & Resources

    Included 

  • 1 Quiz

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    Course Instructor

    Laurie Mintz, PhD

    Laurie Mintz, PhD
    Licensed Psychologist &  Sex Therapist
    Dr. Laurie Mintz is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Florida teaching Human Sexuality to hundreds of undergraduates yearly. She has published over 60 scholarly works and authored two popular press books: Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters and How to Get It and A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex. Mintz is a licensed psychologist and certified sex therapist in private practice. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, indicating her work has had a positive national influence on the field of psychology. In 2023, she was named one of Forbes “50 over 50” women innovators. 
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