Sexocorporel sexual therapy training
Module 3: Advanced Training
The Advanced Training Module builds on Module 2: Clinical and deepens the principles and practice of Sexocorporel therapy. Participants develop their ability to observe and read the body in a differentiated way and increasingly learn to connect this with assessment, exploration, and sexual therapeutic practice according to Sexocorporel. At the same time, they explore and practice emotional self-regulation as sexual therapists as well as the development of the therapeutic relationship in Sexocorporel sexual therapy.
The Advanced Training Module corresponds to the former Advanced Training Program. It is conducted with its own content and, with a few exceptions, independently of the Clinical Module. It comprises five four-day seminars and an additional 15 hours of advanced supervision in fixed small groups.
The next ZISS Advanced Training Module will be held in Zurich starting 08.02.2028 and in Kißlegg starting 20.01.2028. Advanced supervision sessions can take place earlier by arrangement.
- Learning Objectives
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Observation and Exploration Skills
The focus is on differentiated observation and body reading, as well as on integrating these into therapeutic work.
- Perceive the physical organization of actions, emotions, and cognitions in a differentiated way based on the three dimensions of space, rhythm, and tone
- Include body areas, posture and movement, breathing, gaze, and voice in observation
- Clearly distinguish between observation, impression, and interpretation
- Verify impressions through concrete observations
- Put observations into words as objectively as possible
- Consider observations in relation to the components of the Sexocorporel model and work out the logic of the system
- Derive questions and testable hypotheses from observations
- Observe oneself during observation and reflect on one's own patterns of body reading
- Explore how one's own physical organization – particularly posture, muscle tone, breathing, and gaze – influences the perception and assessment of the other person
- Integrate observation and body reading into therapeutic work from the outset
Therapeutic Work According to Sexocorporel
The focus is on deepening therapeutic work according to Sexocorporel and on the increasingly integrated interplay of body reading, assessment, exploration, and intervention.
- Use the client's concern as the common thread throughout the therapeutic process
- Increasingly connect body reading, assessment, exploration, and therapeutic intervention
- Consider the person, their concern, and their difficulties in relation to the components of the Sexocorporel model and work out the logic of the system or problem based on their abilities and limitations
- Develop and test therapeutic hypotheses based on observations and information
- View clients as success models and use their existing abilities and resources as the starting point for therapeutic work
- Use body-oriented explorations as part of therapeutic work from the outset
- Use assessment, exploration, and intervention as a circular process in which new experiences and observations inform the ongoing therapeutic approach
The Therapist and the Therapeutic Relationship in Sexocorporel Therapy
The focus is on self-regulation as a therapist and on developing the therapeutic relationship in Sexocorporel therapy. Attention is directed both toward the therapist and their own reactions and patterns, as well as toward the relational dynamics between therapist and client. These skills are explored and practiced in the Advanced Training Module and further developed in Module 4: Expertise .
- Perceive one's own physical, emotional, and cognitive reactions in therapeutic contact and practice self-regulation
- Vary one's own physical organization and explore connections with experience, perception, and contact
- Recognize one's own needs, expectations, and projections and reflect on their significance for the therapeutic relationship
- Reflect on one's own beliefs, ideologies, and values and distinguish them from those of clients
- Distinguish between auto-centering and hetero-centering and practice auto-centered therapeutic work
- Perceive unpleasant and distressing emotions in oneself and in clients and explore and practice ways of dealing with them
- Perceive and reflect on one's own boundaries in therapeutic contact
- Perceive shame and defenses against shame in oneself and in clients and explore and practice strategies for dealing with shame
- Reflect on one's own openness and goodwill toward the client:in; explore factors that support or hinder this
- Scope and Methods
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Methods
Advanced training takes place primarily through observing, exploring, experiencing, and reflecting.
A substantial part of the training takes place through sexual therapy role-plays, body-oriented explorations, and mini-modeling. Participants work from different perspectives: as therapist:in, as client, and as outside observers. They also observe one another and explore specific personal concerns through mini-modeling.
The focus is on experiencing and exploring rather than on the transmission of theory. Experiences and observations, as well as participants' own experiences and sexual therapeutic work, are reflected on together.
In addition to the five seminars, 15 hours of advanced supervision take place in fixed small groups. The cases presented here provide the framework for role-play vignettes in which sexual therapeutic work according to Sexocorporel is further explored and practiced.
Scope
5 plenary seminars of 4 days each
15 hours of advanced supervision in fixed small groups
Total duration: 1 year
- Seminar Focus Areas
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The focus areas listed below are not assigned exclusively to individual seminars but are revisited and interconnected throughout all five seminars.
Advanced Training Seminar 1: Observation and Body Reading
- Observation, impression, and interpretation
- Differentiated observation of physical organization across the dimensions of space, rhythm, and tone
- Differentiated observation of body areas and aspects
- Observations in relation to the components – identifying the logic of the system
- From observation to hypothesis
- Putting observations into words
- Systematic self-observation in relation to the components
- One's own patterns of perception and interpretation when reading the body
- Influence of one's own physical organization across the three dimensions of movement on perception and assessment
- The ANS and the gaze: critical or benevolent?
- Sitting posture, (de-)centering, projection, introjection
Clinical framework: premature ejaculation and female anorgasmia
Advanced Training Seminar 2: Sexual Therapeutic Work According to Sexocorporel
- Observation as a central component of Sexocorporel sexual therapy
- In-depth understanding of the logic of the system of clients and their sexual problems and concerns
- Clients as success models and resource-oriented work
- Staying close to clients: observation and pacing
- Bodywork from the very first minute of Sexocorporel sexual therapy
- Letting clients experience before explaining and instructing
- Observation and bodywork during assessment of the arousal curve
- Pelvic rocking, upper rocking: when, why, and how?
- Mini-modeling in sexual therapy
- Sexual therapy as a circular process of body reading, assessment, exploration, and intervention
Clinical framework: vaginismus/dyspareunia, erectile dysfunction, and sexual desire
Advanced Training Seminar 3: The Therapist in Sexocorporel Therapy
- Systematic self-observation within the sexual therapeutic framework
- Exploring the body, emotions, and cognitions in sexual therapy role-play
- Influence of one's own physical organization across the three dimensions of movement on perception and contact
- One's own ANS in sexual therapy: perceiving and navigating
- Auto- and hetero-centering: one's own needs, expectations, and projections
- Influence of one's own beliefs, ideologies, and values
- Logic of one's own system as a sexual therapist
Clinical framework: problems related to gender identity and attraction codes
Advanced Training Seminar 4: The Therapeutic Relationship in Sexocorporel Therapy
- Influence on capacity to work through physical organization in sexual therapy role-play
- The ANS in contact: regulation and co-regulation
- Auto-centering and a benevolent attitude toward clients
- Sexual therapist:in as a resonance body: emotional attunement
- Double rocking as a tool in the therapeutic relationship
- Encounter through grounding and fluidity
- Dealing with one's own boundaries in sexual therapeutic contact
- Shame and defenses against shame – strategies for dealing with shame
Clinical framework: compulsive sexuality and trauma
Advanced Training Seminar 5: Integration and Self-Evaluation
- Observation and body-reading skills
- Integration of body reading, assessment, exploration, and intervention in Sexocorporel sexual therapy
- Reflection on the logic of one's own system and its influence on sexual therapeutic work
- Self-regulation and development of the therapeutic relationship
- One's own strengths and limitations
- Personal development steps as a sexual therapist
- Supervision and Personal Experiential Work
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*Mandatory: *
*Optional: *
- As part of each seminar, group supervision (1.5 h) is offered for interested participants in the Clinical and Advanced Training Modules.
- Regular personal experiential work and supervision is generally recommended for all professionals working with Sexocorporel.
- As part of personal experiential work, attendance at seminars in the Sex and Love – Vivre en Amour series is also recommended.
*With regard to attending Module 4 Expertise: *
- Individual personal experiential work: An additional 4 hours of individual personal experiential work with iSi-recognized supervisors (live or online) are required by the completion of Module 4 Expertise. These can generally be completed during or before the Advanced Training Module.
- Individual and/or group supervision: A minimum of 40 hours with iSi-recognized supervisors (live or online) must be completed by the end of the Expertise Module. Supervision can already be started in earlier modules. Group supervision during the seminars of the Clinical Module and the Advanced Training Module (10x1.5h=15h in total) counts toward this requirement, as does participation in the advanced supervision sessions as part of the Advanced Training Module (15h).
- Certification
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Successful completion of the program is recognized with a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Clinical Sexology (2nd level Institut Sexocorporel-International Jean-Yves Desjardins iSi) ZISS. In addition to achieving the objectives listed above, requirements include attendance of at least 90% of the instructional time, a sufficient score on the module examinations, and completion of a short written paper. Participation in the advanced supervision sessions between seminars is mandatory. Attendance at a minimum of 8 Sexocorporel personal experiential sessions is also expected.
After completing this module, sexual therapeutic work according to the Sexocorporel approach should take place under supervision with a ZISS supervisor or other iSi-recognized supervisors .
- Admission Requirements
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Requirements for participation in the Advanced Training Module are:
- Completion of the Clinical Module or former Basic Training Program or Sexocorporel Master's program
- Experience/activity in counseling
- Planned or already ongoing sexual counseling sessions
- Completed, ongoing, or planned education/further training in counseling/therapy
We recommend speaking with the program director before registering to clarify questions regarding practical work and further training options.
- Zurich 2028-29: Information, Inquiries and Registration
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Program Directors
Annette Bischof-Campbell MSc, Licensed Psychotherapist
Dr. med. Karoline Bischof
Adrian Stumm Sexual Educator ISP
Continuing Education Credits
- The program is recognized by the Swiss Academy for Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine SAPPM as a continuing education program with 27 credits per 4-day seminar, divided into 11 credits for theory, 11 credits for skills, and 5 credits for supervision, with a maximum of 120 credits for the entire program.
- The program is recognized by the Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy SGPP as continuing education with 10 credits per year.
- The program is recognized by the Swiss Federation of Psychologists FSP. Continuing education units are credited individually toward programs based on the actual documentation provided.
- The program is recognized by the German State Medical Association with 36 credits per four-day seminar.
- The ZISS Certificate in Clinical Sexology (four modules) is recognized by ASCA as a sexual therapy method in complementary medicine. ASCA is working toward recognition by supplementary health insurance. More information here.
Costs
Registration fee: CHF 100
Advanced Training Module: CHF 4750 for participants from the euro area / CHF 6000 for participants from Switzerland
Advanced supervision: CHF 525 in Zurich / CHF 450 online
Course materials and certificates are included in the fee. Payment can be made either per seminar or in annual installments.
Course Location** **
Seminars:
Festsaal Alterszentrum Hottingen, Freiestrasse 71, 8032 Zurich
Coffee and tea are included in the price. Participants have the option of having lunch together at the restaurant of the Alterszentrum Hottingen.
Participants are required to bring their own mats for floor exercises.
Advanced supervision:
ZiSMed, Minervastrasse 99, 8032 Zurich or online
Dates (Registration Open)
Seminars take place Wednesday through Saturday
Advanced Training 1: 08.-11.02.2028 - Observation and Body Reading
Advanced Training 2: 07.-10.06.2028 - Therapeutic Work According to Sexocorporel
Advanced Training 3: 27.-30.09.2028 - The Therapist in Sexocorporel Therapy
Advanced Training 4: 29.11.-02.12.2028 - The Therapeutic Relationship in Sexocorporel Therapy
Advanced Training 5: 28.02.-03.03.2029 - Integration and Self-Evaluation
Advanced supervision sessions (6 participants) take place independently of the seminars. Dates by arrangement; sessions can take place before the first seminar.
Registration and Questions
Form for questions and comments about the training
Registration form
- Kißlegg 2028-29: Information, Inquiries and Registration
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Program Directors
Annette Bischof-Campbell MSc
Dr. med. Karoline Bischof
Dipl. Psych. Ronny Kriebisch, Licensed Psychotherapist
Continuing Education Credits
The program is certified by the State Medical Association of Baden-Württemberg with 37 continuing education credits per four-day seminar.
Costs
€ 3500 for participants from the euro area, € 4500 for participants from Switzerland
Course materials and certificates are included in the fee. The cost of advanced supervision is additional. Payment can be made either per seminar or in annual installments.
In addition, participants may choose:
- Accommodation (recommended) at the seminar center with full board: from € 85 per night
- Without accommodation, a facility use fee with full board applies (€ 58 per day for 3 days)
Please reserve a room only after your place in the program has been confirmed.
Room selection and accommodation reservation
Course Location
Seminars
Seminarzentrum Sonnenstrahl
Sebastian-Kneipp-Strasse 1
88353 Kißlegg
Kißlegg can be reached by air (Friedrichshafen) and by train (direct connection).
Directions
Advanced supervision:
ZiSMed, Minervastrasse 99, 8032 Zurich or online
Dates (Registration Open)
Seminars take place Thursday 2:00 p.m. through Sunday approx. 3:30 p.m. Evening sessions are scheduled.
Advanced Training 1: 20.-23.01.2028 - Observation and Body Reading
Advanced Training 2: 27.-30.04.2028 - Therapeutic Work According to Sexocorporel
Advanced Training 3: 29.06.-02.07.2028 - The Therapist in Sexocorporel Therapy
Advanced Training 4: 21.-24.09.2028 - The Therapeutic Relationship in Sexocorporel Therapy
Advanced Training 5: 11.-14.01.2029 - Integration and Self-Evaluation
Advanced supervision sessions (6 participants) take place independently of the seminars. Dates by arrangement; sessions can take place before the first seminar.
Registration and Questions
Form for questions and comments about the training
Registration form
- Current Training Programs
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Zurich ZH12 2025-27
This program is fully booked. Individual seminars can be made up - inquiries here.
Dates
Seminar 6: 30.09.-03.10.2026
Seminar 7: 13.-16.01.2027
Seminar 8: 07.-10.04.2027
Course Location
Parksaal Epi Park, Südstrasse 120
8008 Zurich
Location of Epi Park
Participants have the option of having lunch together at the restaurant of Epi Park and at the Alterszentrum Hottingen.
Participants are required to bring their own mats for floor exercises.
Kißlegg SD6 2025-27
This program is fully booked. Individual seminars can be made up - inquiries here.
Dates
Thursdays 2:00 p.m. through Sundays approx. 3:30 p.m. Evening sessions are scheduled until 9:00 p.m.
Seminar 5: 10.-13.09.2026
Seminar 6: 03.-06.12.2026
Seminar 7: 25.-28.02.2027
Seminar 8: 29.04.-02.05.2027
Course Location
Seminarzentrum Sonnenstrahl
Sebastian-Kneipp-Strasse 1
88353 Kißlegg
Kißlegg can be reached by air (Friedrichshafen) and by train (direct connection).
Directions
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