Sex, Trauma and the Counselling Room:
A Self-Assessment for Counsellors
Most counsellors don’t avoid sex as a topic because they don’t care. Often it’s your own stuff raising its head, or a gap nobody ever taught you. This isn’t a test, it’s a chance to find out where you actually stand before a client sits across from you and finds out first.
Find out where your gaps are before your clients do.
Fourteen questions. Five minutes. Your score shows up right there on the page – no waiting on an email to tell you what you already suspected.
Created by Kellie Sheldon, trauma and sex clinical counsellor, clinical supervisor, and Consultant in Training EMDR. (PACFA Clinical Member and EMRAA accredited).
I’ve spent years working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual trauma and complex PTSD, while also supervising counsellors navigating these conversations in practice. This self-assessment was designed to help you identify your strengths, uncover blind spots, and build confidence in one of the most challenging areas of therapy.
What you’ll walk away knowing:
- Where your comfort with sex, kink and intimacy in the room actually sits
- Which client presentations you’re likely to freeze, deflect or over-function around
- Whether your gaps are knowledge gaps or your own stuff getting in the way
