Sexual Attitude Reassessment
Professional Development Program
An internationally recognised program for building ethical, confident, and psychologically safe practice in professional work.
Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) is an internationally recognised professional development program designed to support health, education, and community professionals to work with sexuality in a grounded, ethical, and non-pathologising way.
Despite its central role in human wellbeing, most professionals receive limited formal training in sexuality beyond diagnosis, dysfunction, and risk management. As a result, discomfort, avoidance, or over-medicalisation can quietly shape clinical and professional practice.
SAR offers a structured, trauma-informed space to examine how personal values, cultural conditioning, and professional blind spots may influence client care, communication, and decision-making.
The focus is not on changing beliefs.
It is on strengthening professional capacity.
Program Outcomes
Participants who complete SAR report:
✔ Increased comfort discussing sexual concerns
✔ Greater confidence in clinical and professional conversations
✔ Reduced unconscious bias
✔ Stronger ethical decision-making
✔ Improved ability to hold complexity without avoidance
✔ Enhanced capacity to support clients without moralisation or shame
What to Expect
SAR is an experiential, facilitated learning process delivered within a psychologically safe and professionally focused environment.
The program includes:
• Curated audiovisual material exploring the diversity of human sexuality
• Guided individual and group reflection
• Facilitated discussion
• Structured opportunities to examine assumptions and growth edges
• Trauma-informed delivery and pacing
Participation in all activities is voluntary. Personal disclosure is never required.
Format & Delivery
SAR can be delivered:
• Online (live via Zoom)
• In-person (by arrangement)
Typical format:
• 2 full days (or equivalent modular delivery)
• Small groups to support safety and engagement
• Maximum group size: 12–15 participants
Programs can be adapted for organisational or institutional contexts.
Who This Program Is For
SAR is suitable for professionals working in health and education, including:
• General Practitioners and medical professionals
• Psychologists and therapists
• Allied health practitioners
• Social workers
• Nurses and midwives
• Educators
• Researchers and academics
• Community and support workers
It is particularly valuable for those working with relationships, trauma, identity, and mental health.
About the Facilitator
Anisa Varasteh is a clinical sexologist, organisational consultant, and the immediate past President of the Society of Australian Sexologists.
Named a South Australian Woman to Watch (2024) and recognised by The Advertiser as one of the state’s leading sex therapists, Anisa brings depth, rigour, and compassion to her work at the intersection of psychology, sensuality, and relational intelligence.
She is a published author and a semi-finalist in the 7NEWS Community Achievement Awards (2024 & 2025) for her contribution to advancing sexual and relational wellbeing in Australia.
Anisa has delivered training and consultancy across Australia and internationally to government departments, legal institutions, universities, and clinical teams.
What distinguishes her work is not only what she teaches, but how she holds the room.
She is known for creating conditions where people can remain steady in the presence of sensitive and challenging material, speak with clarity, tolerate complexity, and move toward insight, accountability, and growth.
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