Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork Professional Training

 Published: Aug 5, 2020 | Revised: Oct 11, 2024

Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork Professional Training

Somatic Sex Education (SSE) and Sexological Bodywork (SB) have become increasingly popular in past years, and in this post we will give you an overview of the institutes and trainers that “educate the educators.” So, this is not about the professionals in the field who actually work with people, but about the training i.e. education to become a Somatic Sex Educator and/or Sexological Bodyworker.

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But first this: Somatic Sexology is a blend of Somatics (focusing awareness through the body) and Sexology (the scientific study of human sexuality). It combines practices like Yoga, meditation and Tantra with contemporary research in neuroscience, psychology and somatic learning theory.

It’s about “embodiment,” which is to come to deeper awareness and understanding of what is going on in your body and in sex, while at the same time releasing body-mind inhibitions and traumas that obstruct experiencing pleasure and further personal growth.

Many specific modules and modalities are part of the training program, such as Genital Mapping, Genital and Erotic Massage, Orgasmic Yoga, Anatomy, Breathwork, Touchwork, Mindfulness, Anal Touch, Scar Tissue Remediation, Intimacy training, Coaching, Counselling, just to give some examples of the content of the education.

Without going deeply into the make-up of the complete Somatic Sex Education program, note that the Certificate in Sexological Bodywork (CSB) is a prerequisite to obtain the Certificate in Somatic Sex Education (CSSE). Just to make clear how these two modalities connect.

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Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork professional trainings and training courses are given around the world, but notably in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Germany and Switzerland. Quite a number of teachers “circulate,” meaning that you will find some teachers giving trainings and workshops at various institutes for/in various countries.

In general, it’s quite an international assembly of teachers, who individually have their various specializations, which in itself is not that strange if you keep in mind the vast array of subjects needed to be taught. In any case, below you’ll find our overview of the most important trainers and training institutes around the globe.

I’m sure I will have missed some of the leading instructors or schools, but then again, it’s quite a job to find all the dispersed options. So please, don’t hang me for it.

Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork Training Courses

American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors & Therapists (AASECT)

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 USA (United States)
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 Chicago, Illinois 

Betty Martin

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 Seattle, Washington (State)  

Corinne Diachuk

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 Canada
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 British Columbia, Victoria 

Dr. Liam Snowdon

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 Canada
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 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver, Victoria 

Ellen Heed

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 USA (United States)
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 California, Los Angeles 

Embodied Education Institute of Chicago

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 USA (United States)
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 Bellingham, Chicago, Illinois, Washington (State) 

Embodied Therapy

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 Australia
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 New South Wales (Australia), Queensland, Brisbane, Byron Bay 

EroSpirit

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 Canada
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 British Columbia, Vancouver 

Happy Touch Healing

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 Canada
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 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver  

HeartCore Touch

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 Canada
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 Gabriola Island, British Columbia 

Honey & Water

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 Canada
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 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver, Victoria  

Institut für Somatisches Lernen, Sexualität und Körperarbeit | ISB

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 Germany (Deutschland)
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 Berlin 

Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment (ISEE)

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 USA (United States)
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 Northampton, Arizona, Massachusetts, Oregon, Phoenix, Portland (Oregon), Tucson 

Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education

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 Canada, USA (United States)
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 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, National Locations, Vancouver 

Institute of Somatic Sexology

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 Australia, USA (United States)
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 New South Wales (Australia), Queensland, Brisbane, Byron Bay, California, Hawaii, Oakland 

Instituto Latino Americano de Sexologia Somática | ILASS

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 Brazil
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 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (State) 

Joseph Kramer

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 USA (United States)
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 California, Oakland, San Francisco 

Kenneth Ray Stubbs

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 Arizona, Tucson 

Lauchie Murdoch

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 Ontario, Toronto 

Lindy James

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 USA (United States)
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 California, Santa Cruz (CA) 

Make Sex Easy

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 USA (United States)
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 Seattle, Washington (State)  

Namita Caen

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 California, San Francisco 

Noah Klöze

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 Canada
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 British Columbia, Victoria  

Pacific Center of Somatic Sexology

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 Hawaii 

Paula Fernanda

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 Brazil
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 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (State) 

Pleasure Works

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 Oregon, Portland (Oregon)  

River Drosera

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 California, Sacramento  

Sacred Center Yoga

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 Canada
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 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Victoria  

San Francisco Sex Information

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 USA (United States)
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 Bay Area, California, San Francisco 

Sarah Rose Bright

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 UK (United Kingdom)
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 Birmingham, Edinburgh, England, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Midlands, Scotland    

Sexological Bodywork

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 USA (United States)
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 California, Oakland, San Francisco 

Sexological Bodywork UK & Ireland

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 Ireland, Portugal, UK (United Kingdom)
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 Dawlish, Devon (Devonshire), Dublin  

Sexological Bodywork | IISB®

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 Germany (Deutschland), Switzerland
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 Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Zurich   

Sexual Health Alliance

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 USA (United States)
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 Bay Area, Austin, California, San Francisco, Texas 

Sexuality in Transition

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 USA (United States)
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 California, San Francisco  

Somatic Arts and Education

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 USA (United States)
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 California, Los Angeles 

Tanya Koens

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 Australia
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 Geelong, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory, Alice Spings, Melbourne, Sydney, Victoria  

The Institute for Relational Harmony Studies

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 Ireland, Portugal, UK (United Kingdom)
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 England, Wales 

The New Body Electric School

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 Canada, USA (United States)
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 Albany, Blue Ridge, Loudonville, Portland - Maine, Raton, British Columbia, California, Chicago, Georgia, Illinois, Los Angeles, Maine, New Mexico, New York (State), Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Victoria, Washington (State)  

The School of Somatic Sexology

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 UK (United Kingdom)
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 Norfolk, Norwich, England, London 

The Sea School of Embodiment

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 Dawlish, Devon (Devonshire), England   

The Touching Cure

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 Canada
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 Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver, Victoria  

Uma Furman

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 Australia
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 Queensland, Brisbane   

Yoga of Sex

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 USA (United States), World (Global Presence)
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 California, International Locations, National Locations, Oakland, San Francisco 

Yuri Kotke

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 Brazil
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 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (State) 

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