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Working with Same Sex Couples
with Martin Grogan
Recorded
2 CPD Hours
€25
Inclusive Practice: Working with Same Sex Couples in Therapy
Working with same sex couples in therapy brings unique opportunities — and unique responsibilities. Therapists are often trained in models based on heteronormative assumptions, and may feel unsure about whether or how to adapt their approach with LGBTQ+ couples.
This CPD webinar with Martin Grogan offers a compassionate, grounded introduction to inclusive practice. You’ll explore the relational and cultural factors that shape same-sex couples’ experiences, while reflecting on your own practice, intake processes, and assumptions.
Whether you’re newly qualified or have years of experience, this session offers both clinical insight and personal reflection on how to show up with clarity, confidence, and care.
What You’ll Learn
In this 2-hour recorded training, you’ll explore:
- Whether there are key differences between working with gay and straight couples — and what that means for your approach
- How to ensure your intake process and questions are inclusive and relevant
- How language, assumptions, and cultural dynamics shape the therapeutic relationship
- What therapists need to know about different couple constructs, identities, and relationship dynamics
- How to create an affirming, safe space for same sex couples in therapy
- Reflections from Martin’s decades of experience in mental, sexual, and relational health
Available to Watch Recorded
2 hours IACP Approved CPD
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”The therapist’s job is to hold space without importing assumptions about gender, roles, or power.
Martin Grogan
Martin Grogan
Martin is an accredited member of the IACP. For many years he worked for the then Southern Health Board (now the HSE). His two areas of focus during this time were Mental and Sexual Health Promotion, at a local, regional and national level.
During this time, Martin co-developed many sexual and mental health training resources/manuals, including educational resources currently used in Irish schools today.
His past and current work involves supporting individuals and couples of all sexual orientations, and couple structures through difficult periods in their lives, including their sexual lives, sexual functioning and non-clinical dysfunction.
He divides his time, with his husband, between Cork City and Alicante, Spain.
CPD Accreditation
This webinar qualifies for 2 CPD hours and is fully approved by the
Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP).
Want to Explore More?
Check out our Couples Therapy CPD Hub for more live and recorded training options.
Ready to Strengthen Your Inclusive Practice?
This webinar supports therapists in expanding their confidence and clarity when working with same sex couples in therapy. If you’ve ever felt unsure about how to adapt your approach — or whether to adapt at all — this training offers a grounded, affirming place to begin.
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