UCLPartners Centre for Neurorehabilitation Workshop: How to have sexuality conversations in practice

Who should attend?

Healthcare Professionals (OT, PT, Nursing etc) wanting to address sexuality in their practice and requiring the skills to assist them to do this. Practice Context would be most applicable to those working with people with disabilities with any levels of experience.

Learning Objectives

Module 1:

Trust me – People with disabilities need more clinical sexuality conversations

• Trust me – People with disabilities need more clinical sexuality conversations
• To understand sexuality from a personal perspective, Dr Kate Allatt will provide her own personal journey
• To explore the importance of addressing sexuality 

Module 2:

Healthcare Professionals responsibility to address sexuality 

• Barriers and enablers to addressing sexuality 
• Framing sexuality and how to address it in your practice
• Assessments to use to address sexuality
• To be aware of the tools and resources available to assist you to feel confident and knowledgeable to talk about sex and intimacy with disabled service users.  

Module 3:

Frameworks and toolkits to integrate sexuality conversations into practice

• To practice the skills of role playing and scenario exercises specific to your areas of practice
• To practice conversations about sexuality in clinic and in service users homes 
• To learn from others about how they have incorporated sexuality content into their practice

Each module will be highly engaging, interactive and reflective.

Presenters:

Dr Kate Allatt

Dr Kate Allatt extraordinarily recovered from Locked In Syndrome at 39 years of age in 2010.  Kate became an internationally published author, award winning stroke disrupter and charity founder. She has campaigned on a variety of younger stroke issues for over 12 years.  However, during lockdown she experienced how important sexuality conversations were herself. After her divorce, her experiences were a ‘drop in the ocean’ compared to those expressed by her lonely stroke community. So Kate became compelled to find a way to make a difference to support other disabled people enjoy intimate and loving relationships. She was driven to forge a partnership with someone as equally passionate about equipping health professionals with the tools they need to have difficult sexuality conversations with service users at home and in their clinic.  Then she met Claire.

Dr Claire Lynch

Dr Claire Lynch is a Lecturer in Occupational Therapy. Claire completed her Professional Doctorate of Clinical Sciences in Occupational Therapy with a research focus on exploring sexuality from an occupational perspective. Since completion of her PhD, Claire has extended her research to focus on the importance of sexuality to various consumer groups as well as exploring how healthcare professionals can address sexuality with confidence and comfort. 

Kate and Claire share a similar philosophy in wanting to make an impact in this unmet area of practice and to ultimately allow all individuals across the lifespan to live life to the fullest.

Registration

• To register for this course please visit: How To Have Sexuality Conversations In Practice Workshop
• Fee: £75 (includes light lunch and refreshments)
• Attendance mode: In person
• Enquiries to: cnr@ucl.ac.uk