Continuing education
Rigorous, politically literate training for clinicians, educators and leaders
Asynchronous certificates and CE courses built by a practising psychotherapist. Every program is fully online, self-paced over twelve months, and designed around scope, ethics and the realities of practice.
Start with where you are
I’m pursuing AASECT certification
A complete 147-hour curriculum: shared core, professional commons and your chosen pathway.
I’m a clinician deepening my practice
Psychodynamic and CBT sequences grounded in anti-oppressive, LGBTQ+-affirming practice.
I lead teams or organizations
Leadership and workplace wellbeing certificates for nonprofit, healthcare and community settings.
Four programs
Our programs
Each program is a structured sequence rather than a menu of one-off webinars. Choose a program to see its courses, modules and enrolment.
Flagship · Launching May 2027
AASECT Certification Curriculum
Everything required for the Human Sexuality Education Core Knowledge and profession-specific skills training, in one place. Complete the shared core and commons, then choose the pathway that matches your professional scope.
- 147CE hours
- 9courses
- 3pathways
- Shared Core: Core 1 to 5 75 hrs
- Sexuality Leadership Practice Commons 9 hrs
- Choose one pathway 21 hrs
- Sex Therapist
- Sexuality Counselor
- Sexuality Educator
- Optional specialization: GBTQ Sex Therapy 100 hrs
Clinical
Psychodynamic Practice Certificates
Three certificates sharing one theoretical spine: unconscious process, relational dynamics and the politics of the clinical encounter, taught for social workers and psychotherapists.
- 170CE hours across three certificates
- Intermediateto advanced
- Anti-Oppressive Psychodynamic Perspectives for Social Work Practice 60 hrs · Signature certificate
- Psychodynamic Concepts with LGBTQ+ Clients: Clinical Foundations Part I · 50 hrs
- Advanced Clinical Practice Part II · 60 hrs · requires Part I
Clinical
Contextualized CBT Skills for Social Workers
A two-course sequence from foundational skills to disorder-specific and adapted practice. Available asynchronously, with a live synchronous version using the same outcomes and assessments.
- 72CE hours
- 24modules
- Async or livesame curriculum
- Course 1 · Foundational CBT Skills 36 hrs · Modules 1 to 12 · no prerequisite
- Course 2 · Disorder-Specific and Adapted CBT Practice 36 hrs · Modules 13 to 24 · requires Course 1
Leadership and workplace
Leadership and Workplace Certificates
For people who hold or are moving into leadership responsibility in nonprofit, healthcare and community organizations. Power, conflict, change and trauma-informed workplace wellbeing.
- 165CE hours across two certificates
- Noneprerequisites
- Psychodynamic Approaches to Anti-Oppressive Leadership 60 hrs · three levels
- Trauma-Informed Wellness for Nonprofit and Healthcare Frontlines 105 hrs · three levels
Accreditation. The AASECT Certification Curriculum is designed to align with AASECT’s Core Knowledge and skills-training requirements; it is not currently AASECT-sponsored or AASECT-approved. Continuing education approval for the other programs is being sought, and status will be listed on each program page once confirmed.
How our courses work
The same policies apply across every program, so you only need to read them once.
Fully asynchronous
Work at your own pace. Twelve months of access from registration, with extensions available on request.
Continuing education credit
A certificate of completion with CE hours is issued once all completion requirements are met.
Equity pricing
A 30% equity discount by self-attestation, no documentation required.
Instructor contact
Messages answered within two business days. Courses do not provide consultation on your own cases.
Prefer to learn live?
Rahim also teaches live workshops, both independently and with partners such as Wilfrid Laurier University and CECP.
About the instructor
Every course is written and taught by Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW, CCS, a registered social worker and psychotherapist.
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