BEHOLD AND LEAD YOUR
INTERNAL SEXUAL SYSTEM (BLISS)™
Guide clients through complex sexual issues without freezing or discomfort
Enroll in this 8-week experiential program for IFS therapists and learn to lead your internal sexual system so you can support clients without personal shame or deflection.
Tuesday All-Genders BLISS — 6:00–8:30 PM ET
Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 · Feb 2, 9, 16, 23
(Backup date: Mar 2)
Wednesday Women’s+ BLISS — 12:00–2:30 PM ET
Jan 6, 13, 20, 27 · Feb 3, 10, 17, 24
(Backup date: Mar 3)
There are few issues that trigger our parts more than sex. There is no one who has provided a better map to lift us out of that morass and into Self-Led bliss than Patty Rich.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD - FOUNDER OF INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
THE SILENT TRAP
Protective sexual polarization
When a client brings up sex, your stomach tightens. You might want to refer them out or quickly change the topic. You feel bad about this, but it is not your fault. Graduate school never taught you how to sit with human desire.
Here is what really happens.
The problem is not your lack of clinical knowledge. The moment intimacy enters the room, your own protective parts jump in to shield tender spots in your system. You freeze because your internal protectors are trying to keep you safe.
Trying harder with dry behavioral drills only makes this worse.
You cannot guide someone through an internal room that your own system fears to visit.
Real ease begins only when you listen to your own protective parts first.
THE WAY FORWARD
Sexual Self-Energy Protocol
You do not need another cold textbook or mechanical checklist. The BLISS™ framework offers a warm, experiential path. You map and lead your own internal sexual system first.
Imagine sitting with any client, couple, or complex intimacy issue without tension in your chest. You stay grounded, open, and curious. You no longer worry about saying the wrong thing or hiding behind clinical jargon.
✓ Bring genuine Self-energy to conversations about desire, boundaries, and pleasure
✓ Feel fully capable in your clinical office
✓ Feel peaceful, finally, in your own skin
WHO IS THIS FOR
Built for clinicians ready to stop deflecting
Licensed IFS Clinicians
You love parts work, but freeze when clients bring up bedroom dynamics. You want clear tools to guide intimacy cases with ease.
Private Practice Therapists
You often refer clients out when sex arises because of imposter syndrome. You want to stop deflecting and expand your clinical practice.
Couples & Trauma Counselors
You want to move beyond dry behavioral homework and help clients heal sexual shame while finding deeper somatic peace in your own life.
THE PROGRAM
What's included
What sets BLISS apart is Patty’s holistic approach to sexuality, integrating IFS therapy, embodied practices, sexual health perspectives, and a social justice lens.
Online, synchronous experiential small group gatherings on Zoom
Experiential activities informed by The Six S's of Sexual Self Energy™
Live demos
Short didactic lessons and discussion
Journal prompts and weekly email feedback from Patty
Access to a member portal
Access to session recordings (minus personal sensitive content)
YOUR GUIDE
Patricia Rich
Patty has a passion for bringing compassion to the parts of ourselves that may be sexually burdened, exiled, oppressed or neglected. She teaches a process that clears a pathway toward consensual, authentic, fulfilling and expansive sexual Self-expression.
She began teaching about Self-Led Sexuality at national conferences several years ago and have since been developing an innovative framework for sexual healing, pleasure and empowerment, have taught for the IFS Institute Online Continuity Program, presented workshops internationally, and now offer coaching and consultation as well as therapy.
She welcomes diverse folks including those who are single, coupled, poly, LGBTQIA*, conservative, kinky, young adult to advanced ages, BIPOC, immigrants and more.
You can learn more about her here.
THE INVESTMENT
Join the BLISS™January cohort
Strictly limited to 16 practitioners to protect group safety and personal attention. Registration closes December 31st or when the spots are filled.
Pay
in full
$1,200
Save $100 with priority registration
Payment plan
$650 /mo
2 monthly payments
Testimonials
I have taken Patty’s Six S’s session and I have to say how much more expansive and transformative it was than I expected. And I’m not embarrassed to say my husband appreciated me taking the course lol!!! He explicitly told me so.
Samantha S. Woo, MSW, LCSW
Certified IFS Therapist, Author,
How to Stop Yelling & Start Connecting with Your Highly Emotional Teen
Patty is going where few professionals dare to go and embracing the "Self" in sex. With a focus on consent, joy and Self leadership Patty re-writes the story on sex as taboo, scary, provocative or trauma driven and offers participants an opportunity to get curious about what drives them and in which direction all parts of them really want to go.
Emma K Harper
Psychosexual Somatics Therapist and Certified IFS Practitioner
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Most sexual struggles are not rare medical conditions. They are internal conflicts led by protective parts, fear, and old shame. You already know how to offer compassionate care. This program simply gives you a safe, clear map so you can welcome intimate themes using the core therapeutic skills you already trust, while also working on your own parts.
Never. Your privacy and boundaries come first. All experiential work focuses on noticing your own internal parts and nervous system responses, not on personal disclosures to the group. You are always in complete control of what you share and what you keep private.
This program is made for busy clinicians. We meet once a week for two hours, with bite-sized reflections between calls.
We move at the exact speed of your system. You are never pushed to go faster than your protective parts want to go. By learning to meet your parts with gentle Self-energy, you will feel supported, safe, and fully in choice at every step.
Homework drills and behavioral tasks rarely touch the real issue. When you help clients listen to the tender parts holding fear and shame, deep healing happens naturally without forced exercises. This approach builds genuine safety from the inside out.
Have questions about this program or specific cohort? Email at patty@patriciarich.com
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