Sexual Abstinence for Adults

Goal – to help adults explore and understand the reasons, benefits and challenges of sexual abstinence and to assist them in creating a strategy to say no to sex

Rationale

Many adults find that abstaining from sexual activity, is beneficial to their well-being. There may be physical reasons to abstain, for example, a health condition or disability may make sexual activity risky. Some persons may want to practice celibacy or sexual abstinence for religious or spiritual reasons. Yet others still may be grappling with relationships issues, or personal development challenges and taking sex out of the equation, gives more clarity to decision-making processes.

 

Objectives

At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the difference between sexuality and sexual health
  • Assess their individual sexuality and sexual health
  • Discuss the variety of ways in which individuals grow and change socially, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually and explain how these changes might affect sexuality.
  • Describe the steps for good sexual decision-making
  • Demonstrate the understanding and skills necessary to form healthy friendships and relationships
  • Demonstrate a deep sense of self-awareness
  • Explore, identify and explain the benefits and challenges of sexual abstinence
  • Enjoy sexual feelings without necessarily acting on them.
  • Design their own personalised strategy for abstinence and be able to create new ones when deemed necessary

Myths Debunked!

  • Does abstinence only work for person with no sexual desire or with low sex drive?

Length of Workshop

2 Whole Day Sessions (4 hours per day)

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