Everything you need to know
before you enrol.

This program requires a minimum of a master's degree in a field that qualifies you for registration as a regulated mental health professional. This includes counselling psychology, clinical psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric nursing, and equivalent programs. A doctoral degree also qualifies.

You must be registered, provisionally registered, or actively working toward registration as a regulated health professional in your jurisdiction.

No. The program is designed for registered clinicians who have no prior specialized training in sexual health. Section 1 builds the ethical and attitudinal foundation before any clinical content is introduced, and Section 2 builds the clinical knowledge base from the ground up.

Yes, if you are a registered graduate student or practicum student actively working toward registration as a regulated mental health professional. You will need to confirm your current registration or enrolment status at the time of application.

Yes. Physicians and psychiatrists seeking a psychological framework for sexual health presentations are welcome. The program provides the psychotherapeutic and diagnostic context that most medical training programs do not cover.

Section 1 covers the ethical and attitudinal foundations: professional ethics and scope of practice, cultural influences on sexuality, GSERD, trauma-informed treatment, and the Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) process.

Section 2 builds clinical knowledge: psychosexual development, anatomy and neuropsychology of sexual response, theoretical models (Masters and Johnson, Kaplan, Basson), DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 diagnostic criteria, assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based interventions.

A structured experiential process designed to help clinicians examine their personal values, assumptions, and countertransference in relation to sexuality. It is included as Module 5 in this program and is not optional. Clinicians who skip this step carry unexamined assumptions into their most sensitive clinical encounters.

Graduates are equipped to assess and treat the full spectrum of sexual health presentations, including desire and arousal concerns (FSIAD, responsive desire, desire discrepancy), orgasmic disorders, sexual pain conditions (GPPPD, vaginismus, vestibulodynia), erectile dysfunction, premature and delayed ejaculation, and compulsive sexual behaviour. The program also covers relational presentations, trauma survivors, GSERD-diverse populations, and clients with iatrogenic or medication-related dysfunction.

Accreditation details will be confirmed prior to the 2027 launch. The program is designed in alignment with the proposed competency standards of the Canadian College of Sex Therapy, which is in development as a national credentialing body for sex therapists in Canada.

Yes. The program is fully online and delivered through the Transcend Training Institute member portal. All twelve modules are asynchronous and available on-demand, allowing you to work at your own pace around an existing caseload.

Self-paced. Designed to be completed over approximately six to twelve months. There is no hard deadline for completion.

Each module includes video lectures, clinical readings, and supporting materials. The program is designed to be immediately applicable, with content grounded in real clinical presentations. The consultation component includes cohort-based group sessions where participants bring cases from their own practice.

The twelve modules are fully asynchronous. The consultation component includes scheduled live cohort group sessions, offered at multiple times to accommodate working practitioners. Details will be confirmed before the first cohort launches in 2027.

A cohort-based group process where participants bring clinical cases from their own practice and work through them collectively with instructor facilitation. It covers case conceptualization, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, and ethical dilemmas. This is consultation, not clinical supervision.

No. Transcend Training Institute provides consultation, not clinical supervision. Supervision carries specific regulatory and liability implications. If you require supervision hours for registration purposes, those must be arranged separately through your regulatory college.

The first cohort is intentionally small to allow for meaningful consultation and collective learning. Specific cohort size will be confirmed prior to the 2027 launch. Waitlist members receive priority enrolment.

Through demonstrated clinical knowledge and applied reasoning, not simply by completing modules. The evaluation component includes applied case studies and a final competency assessment across the core domains of the program. Clinicians who complete all three components are eligible for the Canadian Certified Sex Therapist (CCST™) designation.

Standalone continuing education modules available to certified clinicians and registered professionals. Topics include erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction, sexual pain, low desire, orgasmic disorders, couples and intimacy, infidelity, trauma and abuse, poly and kink, postpartum sexuality, disability and sexuality, digisexuality, and compulsive sexual behaviour.

No. CE short courses are available independently and do not require completion of the full certification program. They are suitable for any registered clinician seeking continuing education in specific sexual health topics.

CCST™ stands for Canadian Certified Sex Therapist. It is a post-nominal credential awarded to clinicians who complete the full certification program: the twelve modules, the cohort consultation component, and the final competency evaluation. It signals demonstrated clinical competency in the assessment and treatment of sexual health concerns rather than hours of attendance.

The designation is not required to take continuing education courses through the Institute, and it is not required to practise. It exists for clinicians who want their sexual health training formally credentialed.

Transcend Training Institute Inc. has applied for the CCST™ certification mark and is authorized to issue the credential to clinicians who complete the certification program and its consultation requirements.

The Institute holds and administers the designation in the interim. The intention is to transfer the mark to the Canadian College of Sex Therapy, an independent non-profit professional organization currently in development, once the College is formally established.

Not yet. CCST™ is a certification mark applied for by Transcend Training Institute Inc. and is pending registration with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The Institute uses the ™ symbol rather than ® for that reason, and will update its materials if and when registration is granted.

Ownership of the CCST™ mark transfers to the Canadian College of Sex Therapy. The College then governs the designation, maintains the public registry of certified clinicians, and sets the continuing education standards required to hold it.

Clinicians who earned the CCST™ through the Institute will be eligible to apply for grandfathered recognition. Your training will be accepted as meeting the College's competency standards and you will not be required to repeat any part of the certification process.

Grandfathered members will be required to pay the College's annual membership fee and to maintain the continuing education requirements the College establishes. This is consistent with how professional colleges operate across other health disciplines in Canada.

The CE short course library is designed to meet those continuing education requirements, so certified clinicians will have a direct route to maintaining the credential.

Clinicians who choose not to apply for College membership, or who do not maintain it, will no longer be authorized to use the CCST™ designation once the College assumes ownership of the mark.

A certification mark belongs to the credentialing body rather than to the individual in perpetuity, and use of the post-nominal requires a current credential in good standing. Your training and the education you received remain yours. The designation itself does not continue without membership.

The terms of the transfer, membership, and continuing education requirements will be confirmed in writing to all certified clinicians before any transition takes effect.

Current expected pricing is below. Founding member pricing is available to waitlist members and locked at registration regardless of any price increases at public launch.

Payment plan options are being considered and will be confirmed prior to the 2027 launch. Join the waitlist and indicate your interest.

In most cases, yes. Professional development expenses related to clinical training are commonly deductible for regulated health professionals in Canada. Confirm with your accountant. A receipt will be provided upon purchase.

The program is expected to launch in 2027. Waitlist members will be notified before the public announcement and receive priority access when registration opens.

Use the contact form on this site. Waitlist members receive founding member pricing, early access to the clinical resource library, and priority enrolment.

You will receive a confirmation and periodic updates as the program develops. When enrolment opens, waitlist members are notified first and have a priority window before public enrolment opens.

Use the contact page to reach us directly. We aim to respond within two to three business days.