11/10/2025
One thing about me is that I endeavour to provide evidence based practices in my services. I felt the urge to give a shout out to the Sexual Health & Integrative Pleasure (SHIPS) model!
Based on the Sexual Health model established in 2002, the time has come that it needed some much needed changes.
The SHIPS model has 5 philosophical underpinnings:
- Systems framework
- Intersectionality
- Biopsychosocial model
- Lifespan approach
- Empiricism
What does this mean? Well the model takes into account your age, ability, s*xual orientation, race, past experiences, social and cultural influences, physiology, and uses evidence based assessment tools.
The cool part is that the model also suggests using any of the 5 therapeutic components:
- s*xual literacy
- s*xual adaption & resilience
- relational intimacy
- pleasure oriented positive s*xuality
- multi disciplinary care
The model is s*x positive, strengths based and does not focus on s*xual dysfunction as most medical models do.
If you want inclusive s*xual health care that is evidence based or interested to know a little more. Send me a DM!
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