CICS - Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology
@cics-institute.bsky.social
Psychosexual and relationship therapy courses for psychologists, counsellors, sexual health professionals, medical doctors and professionals seeking to specialise in sexology. theinstituteofsexology.org
Is It Time to Level Up? ⏫
The current therapeutic landscape demands evolution. If your practice isn't pluralistic, anti-oppressive, or ethically sharp you may be falling behind.
Level up with CICS to gain:
Clinical Agility
Ethical Depth
Specialist Focus
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#PsychotherapyTraining #CICS
The current therapeutic landscape demands evolution. If your practice isn't pluralistic, anti-oppressive, or ethically sharp you may be falling behind.
Level up with CICS to gain:
Clinical Agility
Ethical Depth
Specialist Focus
🔗 Link in bio
#PsychotherapyTraining #CICS
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Is It Time to Level Up? ⏫
The current therapeutic landscape demands evolution. If your practice isn't pluralistic, anti-oppressive, or ethically sharp you may be falling behind.
Level up with CICS to gain:
Clinical Agility
Ethical Depth
Specialist Focus
🔗 Link in bio
#PsychotherapyTraining #CICS
The current therapeutic landscape demands evolution. If your practice isn't pluralistic, anti-oppressive, or ethically sharp you may be falling behind.
Level up with CICS to gain:
Clinical Agility
Ethical Depth
Specialist Focus
🔗 Link in bio
#PsychotherapyTraining #CICS
This letter by Neurodivergent Sex & Relationship Therapist and CICS Tutor Gwendolyn Jones is an invitation to remove the mask. Your communication and sensory needs are valid. Relationships work on your terms.
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#Neurodivergent #Unmasking #CICS
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#Neurodivergent #Unmasking #CICS
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This letter by Neurodivergent Sex & Relationship Therapist and CICS Tutor Gwendolyn Jones is an invitation to remove the mask. Your communication and sensory needs are valid. Relationships work on your terms.
🔗 Link in bio.
#Neurodivergent #Unmasking #CICS
🔗 Link in bio.
#Neurodivergent #Unmasking #CICS
Attire is never neutral. The dilemma: How to balance professional safety (managing transference/eroticism) with authenticity (challenging code-switching).
🔗 Read the full post. Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
🔗 Read the full post. Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Attire is never neutral. The dilemma: How to balance professional safety (managing transference/eroticism) with authenticity (challenging code-switching).
🔗 Read the full post. Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
🔗 Read the full post. Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
A principle that shifts the therapeutic gaze from individual pathology to systemic harm and minority stress.
Our job is to address the broken system's influence, not "fix" the client for failing to fit it. This is the anti-oppressive mandate.
#AntiOppressivePractice #SystemicTherapy #CICS
Our job is to address the broken system's influence, not "fix" the client for failing to fit it. This is the anti-oppressive mandate.
#AntiOppressivePractice #SystemicTherapy #CICS
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A principle that shifts the therapeutic gaze from individual pathology to systemic harm and minority stress.
Our job is to address the broken system's influence, not "fix" the client for failing to fit it. This is the anti-oppressive mandate.
#AntiOppressivePractice #SystemicTherapy #CICS
Our job is to address the broken system's influence, not "fix" the client for failing to fit it. This is the anti-oppressive mandate.
#AntiOppressivePractice #SystemicTherapy #CICS
Beyond 'Yes' or 'No': The Wheel of Consent
Relationship Therapist Nicola Foster explains Dr. Betty Martin's model deepening our understanding of consent by considering Giving, Receiving, Taking, Allowing. Essential for sharpening therapeutic boundaries.
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Relationship Therapist Nicola Foster explains Dr. Betty Martin's model deepening our understanding of consent by considering Giving, Receiving, Taking, Allowing. Essential for sharpening therapeutic boundaries.
🔗 Link in bio.
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Beyond 'Yes' or 'No': The Wheel of Consent
Relationship Therapist Nicola Foster explains Dr. Betty Martin's model deepening our understanding of consent by considering Giving, Receiving, Taking, Allowing. Essential for sharpening therapeutic boundaries.
🔗 Link in bio.
Relationship Therapist Nicola Foster explains Dr. Betty Martin's model deepening our understanding of consent by considering Giving, Receiving, Taking, Allowing. Essential for sharpening therapeutic boundaries.
🔗 Link in bio.
Principal Julie invites you into a moment of reflection as we close another year.
What's this year been like for you? What do you need to restore yourself for the new year? Do you have any ambitions for 2026 or is your ambition to just be, & preserve your peace?
What are your reflections?
What's this year been like for you? What do you need to restore yourself for the new year? Do you have any ambitions for 2026 or is your ambition to just be, & preserve your peace?
What are your reflections?
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Principal Julie invites you into a moment of reflection as we close another year.
What's this year been like for you? What do you need to restore yourself for the new year? Do you have any ambitions for 2026 or is your ambition to just be, & preserve your peace?
What are your reflections?
What's this year been like for you? What do you need to restore yourself for the new year? Do you have any ambitions for 2026 or is your ambition to just be, & preserve your peace?
What are your reflections?
A Letter to Gay Men by Paul Christopher Mollitt:
Navigating a heteronormative world creates minority stress. Seek self-compassion, reject internalised homophobia, and build your chosen family.
Your task: Find the free, creative child you left behind.
🔗 Link in bio.
Navigating a heteronormative world creates minority stress. Seek self-compassion, reject internalised homophobia, and build your chosen family.
Your task: Find the free, creative child you left behind.
🔗 Link in bio.
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A Letter to Gay Men by Paul Christopher Mollitt:
Navigating a heteronormative world creates minority stress. Seek self-compassion, reject internalised homophobia, and build your chosen family.
Your task: Find the free, creative child you left behind.
🔗 Link in bio.
Navigating a heteronormative world creates minority stress. Seek self-compassion, reject internalised homophobia, and build your chosen family.
Your task: Find the free, creative child you left behind.
🔗 Link in bio.
Ready to advance your clinical knowledge and practice at the highest level? Our COSRT-Accredited Advanced Diploma is a Thematic Level 7 training course designed specifically for practitioners who want to handle the most complex client presentations.
🔗 Link in bio to apply.
🔗 Link in bio to apply.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ready to advance your clinical knowledge and practice at the highest level? Our COSRT-Accredited Advanced Diploma is a Thematic Level 7 training course designed specifically for practitioners who want to handle the most complex client presentations.
🔗 Link in bio to apply.
🔗 Link in bio to apply.
Meet the Tutors for our Diploma in Pluralistic Psychotherapy - They bring a power aware, inclusive, and anti-oppressive lens to their teaching.
We're so proud to have them lead this course.
🔗 Learn more & apply: Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #AntiOppressivePractice #Neurodiversity
We're so proud to have them lead this course.
🔗 Learn more & apply: Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #AntiOppressivePractice #Neurodiversity
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Meet the Tutors for our Diploma in Pluralistic Psychotherapy - They bring a power aware, inclusive, and anti-oppressive lens to their teaching.
We're so proud to have them lead this course.
🔗 Learn more & apply: Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #AntiOppressivePractice #Neurodiversity
We're so proud to have them lead this course.
🔗 Learn more & apply: Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #AntiOppressivePractice #Neurodiversity
Does it matter what a therapist wears?
Julie Sale & Marcelline Menyié team up to explore this ethical question. It’s about transference vs. authenticity, and why what you wear is never neutral.
What you wear is an extension of identity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
Julie Sale & Marcelline Menyié team up to explore this ethical question. It’s about transference vs. authenticity, and why what you wear is never neutral.
What you wear is an extension of identity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Does it matter what a therapist wears?
Julie Sale & Marcelline Menyié team up to explore this ethical question. It’s about transference vs. authenticity, and why what you wear is never neutral.
What you wear is an extension of identity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
Julie Sale & Marcelline Menyié team up to explore this ethical question. It’s about transference vs. authenticity, and why what you wear is never neutral.
What you wear is an extension of identity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#TherapistAttire #ClinicalEthics #CICS
This letter from non-binary sex therapist Rhi Kemp-Davies is a celebration of trans and non-binary sexuality. It addresses the unique barriers, the power of self-definition, and the absolute right to joyful, affirming sexual lives.
Read the full letter, link in bio.
#NonBinary
Read the full letter, link in bio.
#NonBinary
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This letter from non-binary sex therapist Rhi Kemp-Davies is a celebration of trans and non-binary sexuality. It addresses the unique barriers, the power of self-definition, and the absolute right to joyful, affirming sexual lives.
Read the full letter, link in bio.
#NonBinary
Read the full letter, link in bio.
#NonBinary
2026 Diploma in Pluralistic Psychotherapy: Core training + COSRT Specialised Pathway. Master Clinical Agility, Ethical Reflexivity, and Anti-Oppressive Practice.
Fidelity is to the client, not the model.
🔗 Apply for 2026. Link in bio!
#Pluralism #COSRT #TherapyTraining #CICS
Fidelity is to the client, not the model.
🔗 Apply for 2026. Link in bio!
#Pluralism #COSRT #TherapyTraining #CICS
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2026 Diploma in Pluralistic Psychotherapy: Core training + COSRT Specialised Pathway. Master Clinical Agility, Ethical Reflexivity, and Anti-Oppressive Practice.
Fidelity is to the client, not the model.
🔗 Apply for 2026. Link in bio!
#Pluralism #COSRT #TherapyTraining #CICS
Fidelity is to the client, not the model.
🔗 Apply for 2026. Link in bio!
#Pluralism #COSRT #TherapyTraining #CICS
Are we running ahead of the client? 🤔
The pressure to "fix" or find solutions can make us sprint past where the client actually is. Ethical practice means respecting their pace. Slowness is a clinical tool.
#TherapeuticPace #ClinicalEthics #Psychotherapy #CICS
The pressure to "fix" or find solutions can make us sprint past where the client actually is. Ethical practice means respecting their pace. Slowness is a clinical tool.
#TherapeuticPace #ClinicalEthics #Psychotherapy #CICS
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Are we running ahead of the client? 🤔
The pressure to "fix" or find solutions can make us sprint past where the client actually is. Ethical practice means respecting their pace. Slowness is a clinical tool.
#TherapeuticPace #ClinicalEthics #Psychotherapy #CICS
The pressure to "fix" or find solutions can make us sprint past where the client actually is. Ethical practice means respecting their pace. Slowness is a clinical tool.
#TherapeuticPace #ClinicalEthics #Psychotherapy #CICS
A message for every woman navigating body image, orgasm gap fatigue, or the expectation to be a responsive partner. This letter is about reclaiming your pleasure, prioritising your needs, and honouring your own complex desire.
Read the full letter now, link in bio.
#LetterToWomen #FemaleDesire
Read the full letter now, link in bio.
#LetterToWomen #FemaleDesire
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A message for every woman navigating body image, orgasm gap fatigue, or the expectation to be a responsive partner. This letter is about reclaiming your pleasure, prioritising your needs, and honouring your own complex desire.
Read the full letter now, link in bio.
#LetterToWomen #FemaleDesire
Read the full letter now, link in bio.
#LetterToWomen #FemaleDesire
What's the hardest word to say in the room? 🤐
Ethical practice demands that we name and address systemic issues like "power", and "privilege". We train therapists to develop the courage to speak the unspeakable.
#AntiOppressivePractice #ClinicalEthics #TherapistTraining #CICS (300 characters)
Ethical practice demands that we name and address systemic issues like "power", and "privilege". We train therapists to develop the courage to speak the unspeakable.
#AntiOppressivePractice #ClinicalEthics #TherapistTraining #CICS (300 characters)
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What's the hardest word to say in the room? 🤐
Ethical practice demands that we name and address systemic issues like "power", and "privilege". We train therapists to develop the courage to speak the unspeakable.
#AntiOppressivePractice #ClinicalEthics #TherapistTraining #CICS (300 characters)
Ethical practice demands that we name and address systemic issues like "power", and "privilege". We train therapists to develop the courage to speak the unspeakable.
#AntiOppressivePractice #ClinicalEthics #TherapistTraining #CICS (300 characters)
The pressure to "perform" is an epidemic. A letter to every man who has felt that weight, who has been told his value lies in his strength, drive, or arousal. Read a full, honest conversation about vulnerability, genuine connection, and redefining what it means to be sexual, via the link in our bio.
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The pressure to "perform" is an epidemic. A letter to every man who has felt that weight, who has been told his value lies in his strength, drive, or arousal. Read a full, honest conversation about vulnerability, genuine connection, and redefining what it means to be sexual, via the link in our bio.
Your next question should be to your CV: Are you ready to evolve?🤔
CICS offers specialist Diplomas and Certificates designed to make you a truly contemporary practitioner. Find the course that fits your professional evolution and apply today!
🔗 Link in bio to explore courses and apply.
CICS offers specialist Diplomas and Certificates designed to make you a truly contemporary practitioner. Find the course that fits your professional evolution and apply today!
🔗 Link in bio to explore courses and apply.
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Your next question should be to your CV: Are you ready to evolve?🤔
CICS offers specialist Diplomas and Certificates designed to make you a truly contemporary practitioner. Find the course that fits your professional evolution and apply today!
🔗 Link in bio to explore courses and apply.
CICS offers specialist Diplomas and Certificates designed to make you a truly contemporary practitioner. Find the course that fits your professional evolution and apply today!
🔗 Link in bio to explore courses and apply.
Advanced therapeutic practice isn't about memory; it's about developing the agility & depth to interrogate complexity. We train practitioners who can look beyond the surface, challenging assumptions & finding individualised solutions.
Browse our latest courses, via the link in bio
#AdvancedPractice
Browse our latest courses, via the link in bio
#AdvancedPractice
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Advanced therapeutic practice isn't about memory; it's about developing the agility & depth to interrogate complexity. We train practitioners who can look beyond the surface, challenging assumptions & finding individualised solutions.
Browse our latest courses, via the link in bio
#AdvancedPractice
Browse our latest courses, via the link in bio
#AdvancedPractice
The Bio-Psycho-Social Model: Why your health is more than 'in your head.' 🧠❤️🌍
This essential framework proves mental and physical wellness is influenced by biology, psychology & social.
#BPSModel #PsychosexualTherapy #SocialScripts #CICS
This essential framework proves mental and physical wellness is influenced by biology, psychology & social.
#BPSModel #PsychosexualTherapy #SocialScripts #CICS
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Bio-Psycho-Social Model: Why your health is more than 'in your head.' 🧠❤️🌍
This essential framework proves mental and physical wellness is influenced by biology, psychology & social.
#BPSModel #PsychosexualTherapy #SocialScripts #CICS
This essential framework proves mental and physical wellness is influenced by biology, psychology & social.
#BPSModel #PsychosexualTherapy #SocialScripts #CICS
Are you opening the space for clients to share their experiences of racism?
Many aren't, & it impacts the depth of the work. Senior COSRT Therapist Natasha Anderson created a FREE course teach you how to navigate with skill & sensitivity.
Enrol via the link in our bio!
#AntiRacism #TherapySkills
Many aren't, & it impacts the depth of the work. Senior COSRT Therapist Natasha Anderson created a FREE course teach you how to navigate with skill & sensitivity.
Enrol via the link in our bio!
#AntiRacism #TherapySkills
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Are you opening the space for clients to share their experiences of racism?
Many aren't, & it impacts the depth of the work. Senior COSRT Therapist Natasha Anderson created a FREE course teach you how to navigate with skill & sensitivity.
Enrol via the link in our bio!
#AntiRacism #TherapySkills
Many aren't, & it impacts the depth of the work. Senior COSRT Therapist Natasha Anderson created a FREE course teach you how to navigate with skill & sensitivity.
Enrol via the link in our bio!
#AntiRacism #TherapySkills
What's the 'magic' ingredient for all relationships? ✨
It's not about agreeing - it's about making the effort to validate and respect their perspective; unless that view crosses a boundary and indicates an unsafe relationship.
This applies to couples, poly partnerships, friends & family.
It's not about agreeing - it's about making the effort to validate and respect their perspective; unless that view crosses a boundary and indicates an unsafe relationship.
This applies to couples, poly partnerships, friends & family.
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
What's the 'magic' ingredient for all relationships? ✨
It's not about agreeing - it's about making the effort to validate and respect their perspective; unless that view crosses a boundary and indicates an unsafe relationship.
This applies to couples, poly partnerships, friends & family.
It's not about agreeing - it's about making the effort to validate and respect their perspective; unless that view crosses a boundary and indicates an unsafe relationship.
This applies to couples, poly partnerships, friends & family.
Meet Beck Harrison (they/them), our GSRD Lead! 🏳️🌈
Beck leads our teaching on GSRD for our Diploma. They specialise in gender expansive and multi-partnered clients.
Built on anti-oppressive practice, Beck ensures safe learning.
#GSRD #NonMonogamy #CICS
Beck leads our teaching on GSRD for our Diploma. They specialise in gender expansive and multi-partnered clients.
Built on anti-oppressive practice, Beck ensures safe learning.
#GSRD #NonMonogamy #CICS
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Meet Beck Harrison (they/them), our GSRD Lead! 🏳️🌈
Beck leads our teaching on GSRD for our Diploma. They specialise in gender expansive and multi-partnered clients.
Built on anti-oppressive practice, Beck ensures safe learning.
#GSRD #NonMonogamy #CICS
Beck leads our teaching on GSRD for our Diploma. They specialise in gender expansive and multi-partnered clients.
Built on anti-oppressive practice, Beck ensures safe learning.
#GSRD #NonMonogamy #CICS
Are you bored?
Qualified and experienced therapists: If you're running out of high-quality CPD options, you might be interested in the CICS Advanced Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapy.
This is not a basic course - we're taking a deep dive.
🔗 Link in bio.
Qualified and experienced therapists: If you're running out of high-quality CPD options, you might be interested in the CICS Advanced Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapy.
This is not a basic course - we're taking a deep dive.
🔗 Link in bio.
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Are you bored?
Qualified and experienced therapists: If you're running out of high-quality CPD options, you might be interested in the CICS Advanced Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapy.
This is not a basic course - we're taking a deep dive.
🔗 Link in bio.
Qualified and experienced therapists: If you're running out of high-quality CPD options, you might be interested in the CICS Advanced Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapy.
This is not a basic course - we're taking a deep dive.
🔗 Link in bio.
Is your therapy fit for the 21st century? 🤔
Pluralistic Psychotherapy isn't just a choice - it's the ethical mandate for contemporary practice, demanding a flexible approach to complexity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #TherapistTraining
Pluralistic Psychotherapy isn't just a choice - it's the ethical mandate for contemporary practice, demanding a flexible approach to complexity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #TherapistTraining
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Is your therapy fit for the 21st century? 🤔
Pluralistic Psychotherapy isn't just a choice - it's the ethical mandate for contemporary practice, demanding a flexible approach to complexity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #TherapistTraining
Pluralistic Psychotherapy isn't just a choice - it's the ethical mandate for contemporary practice, demanding a flexible approach to complexity.
🔗 Link in bio.
#PluralisticPsychotherapy #TherapistTraining
Affordable, specialist sex & relationship therapy? Yes! 🤝
Meet Sex Therapy Herts - the clinical arm of CICS. We offer confidential support online & in Letchworth.
Fees start from just £15/session with our team.
Specialist help for low desire, painful sex, kinks, relationship issues, & more.
Meet Sex Therapy Herts - the clinical arm of CICS. We offer confidential support online & in Letchworth.
Fees start from just £15/session with our team.
Specialist help for low desire, painful sex, kinks, relationship issues, & more.
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Affordable, specialist sex & relationship therapy? Yes! 🤝
Meet Sex Therapy Herts - the clinical arm of CICS. We offer confidential support online & in Letchworth.
Fees start from just £15/session with our team.
Specialist help for low desire, painful sex, kinks, relationship issues, & more.
Meet Sex Therapy Herts - the clinical arm of CICS. We offer confidential support online & in Letchworth.
Fees start from just £15/session with our team.
Specialist help for low desire, painful sex, kinks, relationship issues, & more.