BEHOLD AND LEAD YOUR
INTERNAL SEXUAL SYSTEM (BLISS)™
Know your own system first. Everything else follows.
An 8-week experiential program for anyone seasoned in IFS who's ready to get to know their own internal sexual system first, whether that's for your own growth, your clinical work, or both.
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
It's not what you don't know.
It's what a part of you is protecting.
There's a particular kind of freeze that happens around sex. Not the freeze of not knowing what to do, but the freeze of a part of you stepping in to protect you from something more vulnerable.
Maybe it shows up when a client brings up their bedroom dynamics, and something in you quietly steers the conversation somewhere safer. Maybe it shows up in your own life, in the space between what you want and what you let yourself reach for.
Either way, it's not a skills gap.
It's a protective part doing exactly what it was built to do. And no amount of technique fixes a problem that isn't really about technique.
THE WAY FORWARD
Six S's of Sexual Self-Energy
BLISS doesn't teach you a script for talking about sex. It's an experiential process for getting to know the parts of your own system that show up around pleasure, desire, and vulnerability, using the Six S's of Sexual Self-Energy as a map.
You move through it as a person first. What changes is how steady you feel in your own skin around this material. The shame that loosens, the parts that stop needing to protect so hard.
If you're a clinician, that steadiness doesn't stay behind when you walk into session. It becomes the ground you stand on with clients too.
But it starts with you, not with a technique to apply to someone else.
WHO IS THIS FOR YOU IF
You're seasoned in IFS, as a client, a clinician, or both
IFS-Seasoned Individuals
You've done your own parts work and you're ready to bring that same self-led approach to your relationship with pleasure and desire. No clinical application required.
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
Spots are limited to maitain group safety and personal attention. Registration closes December 31st or when the spots are filled.
Early Bird
$995
Paid in full until November 15th
Normal Fee
$1200
Or two monthly payments of $650
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
Yes. This is personal work first. Getting to know your own internal sexual system. Many people go through BLISS purely for themselves. If you're also a clinician, what you learn here becomes the foundation for your clinical work too, but that's not a requirement to join.
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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