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The best sex ed programs & workshops for sexual wellness professionals

Looking to boost your knowledge of sexual wellness or further your passion in your profession? Whether you’re curious about how to better support clients with pleasure-positive education or ready to dive into full sex coach training, this guide has you covered. From one-off workshops to comprehensive certification programs, explore a wide range of adult sexual wellness trainings below, designed to empower, educate, and inspire.

Pleasure Pie

Workshops on Sex Positive Zine Making, Sex Toys & Pleasure, Consent & Pleasure, and Sex Positive Activist Workshop.

Fivestar & Filthy Studios

Filthy Studios promotes weekly and monthly workshops and events with diverse sexual expression and kinky media through film production, BDSM workshops, industry events, and advocacy for the adult industry.  Upcoming events include Monthly Skillshare, Masked & Bound, Build Your Own Rubber Flogger, Open House, Sensory Play, and more…

Stimulate Show

The Stimulate Show, coming this August 4th and 5th in Nashville, TN, features a complimentary experience for all registered attendees that delivers valuable industry product insight, expert sexual wellness education, and must-know business resources to help connect with consumers, operate businesses more effectively, and much, much more. Over 25 sessions will be included in 2025, as well as an interactive store environment and a sex-tech station for attendees, to truly gain valuable insight to help their unique businesses.

Eldorado Presents & Elevate U

Elevate U is an e-learning program from Eldorado that provides sexual health and wellness lessons designed to prepare adult retailers with essential knowledge that supports customers buying pleasure products. Since the educational program’s launch in January of 2017, Elevate U has become the new industry standard for retailer training, acclaimed by two industry awards. Once all lessons are completed, learners will become certified as a Sexual Health Resource by The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health. This certification is an invaluable tool that assures participants gain medically accurate knowledge on various sexual health topics while developing exceptional customer service skills. Adult retail stores that provide their employees this free learning opportunity means their store can now serve as a community resource, thereby potentially increasing sales.

Eldorado Presents offers workshop webinars on Facebook, from in-depth product trainings to short and sweet marketing, sales, and merchandising tips and tricks, Eldorado makes retail education via modern digital resources the cornerstone of your employees’ success. Join the Eldorado Facebook page for Eldorado Presents, with monthly manufacturer-hosted live webinars. Those watching the training event live can ask questions in real time, while new employees can enjoy previous recordings at their convenience.

Kink Academy

This is not the “sex education” you received in junior high. You’ve grown up, and so should your sex ed! Kink Academy is a comprehensive library of sex-ed videos for adventurous, consenting adults. Whether you’re new to kink or an experienced player, there’s something for everyone to learn with the largest, most diverse, body-positive, sex positive, kink-positive library of videos online! With over 2000 sex-ed videos and over 160 sexuality educators from around the world, Kink Academy is a massive resource for sexual information online.

The Pleasure Mechanics

Charlotte Mia Rose and Chris Maxwell Rose of The Pleasure Mechanics are dedicated to offering effective, compassionate resources so you can experience a more fulfilling sex life, on your own terms. Their online courses allow you to master new sexual skills in the privacy of your own home, at your own pace. Featuring self-paced multimedia erotic education on Teachable, including workshops on Erotic Touch, Foreplay, Couple’s Massage, Mindful Sex, Erotic Spanking & Kinky Sex, How to Have a Threesome, Prostate Massage, and Oral Sex.

EroticMassage.com & OrgasmicYoga.com

EroticMassage.com is an online portal that offers explicit erotic touch video demonstrations and erotic tantric teachings for sex coaches and somatic sex professionals. Featured trainings by Annie Sprinkle, Joseph Kramer, Jaiya, Barbara Carrellas, Deborah Sundahl, and many more veteran teachers with classics like Female Genital Massage, Divine Nectar, Sexual Kung Fu, Uranus: Self Anal Massage, Breathing Your Body Erotic and more.

Beducated

Beducated is the biggest pleasure-based sex ed resource in the world, with 150+ courses covering everything from self-pleasure to kink exploration.  They work with the world’s top experts in sex to produce reliable content that’s easy to follow. You’ll take your intimacy to the next level by learning from the very best. Unlock your full pleasure potential with Beducated’s 150+ courses on sex and intimacy. Empowering Grown-Ups with Pleasure-Based Sex Education.

Sex Ed To-Go for Teachers

Free resources to make teaching sex ed easy. Brought to you by the experts you trust at Planned Parenthood. All content was designed to align with both the National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES) and the California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) standards for the age group listed on the course. Created for sex educators teaching youth and children, but lots of courses are relevant for anyone in the sexual wellness industry.

Layla Martin

Cutting-edge sexuality education with over 20 years of studying Tantra, Taoism, sacred sexuality, goddess empowerment, sexual mastery, and more. Experience a Tantric approach to sex, love, and relationships through an empowering, holistic process designed to heal and awaken through sexuality. The VITAℱ Coaching Certification offers one of the most advanced comprehensive professional certifications available in the world. This 600-hour transformative training will teach you how to be a professional sex, love, and relationship coach. Training is powered by the VITAℱ Method: a holistic process to heal and awaken through sexuality. Backed by modern science and empowered by ancient wisdom, we help clients resolve their deepest wounds and step into their most empowered selves using holistic tools. Discover Tools and Practices to Access Exquisite Depths of Love and Sex.

Loveology University

THE ONLINE LOVE & RELATIONSHIP COACH TRAINING SCHOOL with Dr. Ava Cadell. Become a Certified Love, Intimacy, Dating, or Life Relationship Coach today by taking one of these comprehensive online e-training courses in Loveology’s exclusive relationship coach training school. Founded in 2007 by Dr. Ava Cadell, Loveology University (LU) is an online love coach training school that has trained and certified thousands of aspiring coaches worldwide, with its cutting-edge love and relationship coaching programs. Loveology University¼ provides online training to certify Love Coaches, Relationship Coaches, and Master Sexperts through a multimedia platform, with an emphasis on loving yourself, physically and emotionally, while accepting others’ sexual practices without moral judgement, through comprehensive distance learning.

Dame Workshops

Enjoy a variety of on-demand online workshops on Mind/Body Pleasure & Intimacy, for couples and singles, designed to enhance your intimacy with their suite of courses, exercises, and materials developed by experts across many fields.

Sexual Health Alliance

April Workshops: Gain expert education and become a SHA Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Coach, Certified Sexuality Counselor or Educator.

Sextech Conference

SexTech TO is Toronto’s first-ever platform bringing together sextech professionals and enthusiasts. SexTech TO aims to build a community of sextech professionals working in the Greater Toronto Area, to cultivate relationships that spark collaboration, creativity, and innovation. SexTech TO promotes a culture of acceptance and understanding around sexuality, seeking to remove shame and judgment from the conversation.

Love and Sex with Robots

The 10th International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots will be held in Montréal (Qc, Ca) at the Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM) on August 15-17, 2025. This year, they are diving deeper into AI, sextech, and human-machine intimacy, bringing together experts, innovators, and thought leaders to explore the future of techno-eroticism. Featuring: Groundbreaking research on SexTech, Ethical debates on AI & intimacy, as well as the latest in artificial companionship.