American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
Sex Addiction, Intimacy Anorexia, Partner Recovery and Partner Betrayal Trauma Training for Therapists and Coaches.
Our Partners Recovery Training is one of the best courses available for treating partners of addicts, understanding their needs, and helping them heal. This course will give you proven strategies to help partners enter recovery after understanding the addiction in their relationship, why it happened, which emotions they are experiencing, and how to move forward into new life. The training program contains 39 hours of DVD lectures and includes a companion workbook.
The Partners Recovery course is a remote, self-paced training program. This flexibility allows you to work through the material at your own pace. You can complete the training anywhere.
* The Partners Recovery program also counts toward 39 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and you receive a certificate of completion after completing the coursework.
Partner counseling can be one of the hardest issues to deal with in the world of sex addiction therapy. The AASAT Partners Recovery Program prepares you to treat partners for being in a relationship with an addict and help them recover. Whether you are a professional counselor, a life coach, or a ministry leader, the knowledge found in this course will help further your counseling skills and practice by being able to treat partners, help them navigate their emotions, and cope with the anger and grief. The thirty-one training hours cover the following topics related to partners recovery and treatment:
• Partner Model
• Partner Grief
• Partner Betrayal Trauma
• Anger
• Boundaries
• Partners as Intimacy Anorexics
• Reactive Intimacy Anorexia
• Polygraph Questions
• Partner Worthlessness
• Separation
Partners Recovery Therapist is the professional partners recovery certification level. This AASAT certification level is open to licensed counselors who hold a masters degree or higher level of education and who meet the partner recovery certification requirements.
• Hold a Masters degree from an accredited institute
• Be a licensed counselor in your state
• Have verified malpractice insurance
• Provide three letters of reference
• Complete 6 months supervision with an approved AASAT supervisor
• Complete the AASAT Partners Recovery Training Program
• Achieve a passing score on the certification exam
Partners Recovery Coach is the certification level for becoming certified to treat partners without having the licensed counselor and masters degree requirements. This AASAT certification level is open to applicants who meet the partners recovery certification requirements and complete the AASAT Life Coach training program.
• Complete the AASAT Life Coach training program
• Provide three letters of reference
• Complete 6 months supervision with an approved AASAT supervisor
• Complete the AASAT Partners Recovery Training Program
• Achieve a passing score on the certification exam
Partners Recovery Pastoral Counselor is the certification level for clergy members who are interested in helping partners recover. This AASAT certification level is open to pastors, ministers, and other spiritual leaders. Applicants must hold a masters degree Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling, Bible, Divinity, or the like or five years of ordained pastoral experience and meet the partners recovery certification requirements.
• Hold a Masters degree from an accredited institute or have five years of ordained pastoral experience
• Provide three letters of reference
• Complete 6 months supervision with an approved AASAT supervisor
• Complete the AASAT Partners Recovery Training Program
• Achieve a passing score on the certification exam