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Neuroscience of Sexuality, Sexual Therapy & Evidence-Based Clinical Neuromodulation

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👉 Format: 8 weeks | 16 total hours

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👉 Hybrid model:
Online theory (12h – 1h30/week)
Intensive in-person practice (4h, either concentrated or 2×2h)

Sexuality is not opinion.
It is neurobiology, endocrinology, learning, and context.

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This course stands out because it is:

  • not moralistic

  • not ideological

  • not “sex coaching”

  • science applied to human sexual suffering and function​

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Course Content:

Week 1 – Integrated Neurobiology of Human Sexuality

(Online – 1h30)

  • Brain networks of desire, arousal, and orgasm

  • Limbic system, prefrontal cortex, and inhibitory control

  • Dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and pleasure

  • Neural plasticity and sexual learning

  • Sexuality as a trainable and modulatable function

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Week 2 – Sexual Neuroendocrinology

(Online – 1h30)

  • Sex hormones and the brain

  • Testosterone, estrogens, and sexual response

  • Menopause, andropause, and sexual dysfunction

  • Hormone ↔ neuromodulation interaction

  • When neuromodulation helps… and when it does not

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Week 3 – Desire, Sexual Motivation & Reward Circuits

(Online – 1h30)

  • Spontaneous vs. responsive desire

  • Dopaminergic circuits and anticipation

  • Pornography, desensitization, and inhibitory control

  • Hypersexuality vs. desire inhibition

  • Neuromodulation as a motivational regulator

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Week 4 – Sexual Dysfunctions: A Neurofunctional Perspective

(Online – 1h30)

  • Erectile dysfunction: central vs. peripheral

  • Premature ejaculation and cortical control

  • Anorgasmia and central blocks

  • Sexual pain and hypersensitization

  • Performance anxiety as a neurobiological phenomenon

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Week 5 – Neuromodulation Applied to Sexuality

(Online – 1h30)

  • Types of neuromodulation addressed

  • tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation)

  • tACS (alternating current – brain rhythms)

  • Peripheral neuromodulation

  • Functional genital electrostimulation

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Week 6 – Peripheral Neuromodulation & Sexual Electro-stimulation

(Online – 1h30)

  • Penile electrostimulation – proper clinical framework

  • Neurophysiological bases of erection

  • Involved nerves (pudendal, cavernous)

  • Types of currents used

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Week 7 – Clinical Integration: Sex Therapy + Neuromodulation

(Online – 1h30)

  • When to combine therapy + neuromodulation

  • Correct sequencing of interventions

  • Cases in which it should NOT be used

  • Specific informed consent

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Week 8 – INTENSIVE IN-PERSON PRACTICE (4h)

Practical blocks:

  • Demonstration of tDCS/tACS (setups, parameters, safety)

  • Simulation of protocols for:

    • hypoactive sexual desire

    • performance anxiety

  • Technical demonstration of penile electrostimulation
    (devices, parameters, indications, WITHOUT erotization)

  • Development of an integrated therapeutic plan

  • Discussion of complex cases and ethical dilemmas

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