(HS Piche 150485 2025) ADHD and Sex: What Every Therapist Should Know
Tracking # 20-1367208
Course overview
This session explores how impulsivity, sensory issues, and distractibility show up on intimate experiences, and offers neurodivergent-friendly strategies to improve clinical outcomes. You'll learn how to: Recognize key ADHD-related challenges in sexual functioning Use targeted, affirming interventions to address these concerns Improve communication and comfort around sexuality with ADHD clients Are you aware that ADHD impacts your client's sexual functioning? Let's explore the interconnections between ADHD and sexuality! This course is aimed at helping you improve your clinical skills by better addressing issues that are specific to neurodivergent clients such as the impact of ADHD on sexual functioning and ADHD friendly interventions to improve the effectiveness of your interventions. Key issues surrounding transitions into sex and out of sex will be highlighted along with managing sexual impulsivity, what to do about sensory issues and how to address difficulties with attention during sex. This presentation is for YOU, if you wish to explore how ADHD impacts sexuality along with intervention strategies to assist your clients sexual concerns. From this presentation you will take away key reminders to consider with neurodivergent clients, assist your clients to better describe and understand their symptoms as it relates to neurodivergence and sex as well as improve your identification of the impact of neurodivergence on sexual functioning. Let's refine our interventions for ADHD clients!
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Certified Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Florida Board of Psychology
Limited License Psychologist
Psychologist
Disclosure statements
Financial: Lyne Piche maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission and Simon Fraser University. She receives royalties as a published author. Lyne Piche receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lyne Piche is a member of CHADD, ADDA, Black therapists Rock, and ADHD Black Professional Alliance.