This past weekend, the American Association of SexualityEducators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) honored several members with awards. Here are the honorees.
Distinguished Service Award
Patti Britton, PhD, MPH, ACSE, ABS, ACS, FAACS, MSC
Dr. Patti is in the very top leadership and is a well respected pioneer in the field of sexology: Dr. Britton possesses a Ph.D. and Masters in Public Health, both in Human Sexuality. Dr. Patti is a Master Certified Sex Coach. She has stellar credentials including Past-President of AASECT; Clinical Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Sexologists; Diplomate, American Board of Sexology; AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator; Lifetime Member of the American College of Sexologists; Member of the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality; Associate Professor of Sexology, for the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality; and Adjunct Faculty at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Southern California. In her capacity as professor she has also chaired approximately 20 doctoral dissertations and serves as the expert reader for many more. She has a private practice in Los Angeles and leads couples’ workshops and seminars at sea. Dr. Patti is the Co-Founder of SexCoachU, the world’s premier credentialing and training institute on sex coaching.
Watch Dr. Patti receive the AASECT Distinguished Service Award here.
Watch Dr. Patti receive the AASECT Distinguished Service Award here.

He has since served AASECT in many ways, including Bylaws Committee Chair (2002-2009, 2012-present), Treasurer (2005-2009), service to the AASECT Advocacy Committee, and Chair of the AASECT AltSex Special Interests Group. He is partially responsible for many AASECT innovations, including all Bylaws revisions since 2002, a rewrite of the entire AASECT Policies and Procedures, and he contributed to the AASECT Vision of Sexual Health (2004).
Dr. Stambaugh provides sex therapy and psychotherapy to individuals and couples, and creates community dedicated to promoting sexual health and freedom. He is the author of the blog “The Elephant in the Hot Tub: Kink in Context”.
Watch Dr. Stambaugh receive the AASECT Distinguished Service Award here.
Professional Standard of Excellence Award
Gina Ogden PhD, LMFT
Dr. Ogden has had a distinguished career as a sex therapist, family therapist, researcher, author, and clinical supervisor. She conducts retreats and trainings internationally, lectures widely, leads teleseminars attended by professionals all over the world, and has appeared on the media from talk radio to Oprah. In the late 1990s she conducted the only national survey to explore the feelings and meanings of sexual relationship: “Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality” (ISIS), whose results inform a training model for a growing ISIS Network of practitioners. Dr. Ogden has written eight books on women’s sexual health and pleasure; the most recent are: The Return of Desire, Women Who Love Sex, and The Heart & Soul of Sex. Her 2013 book is Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy: An Integrative Model for Exploring Desire and Intimacy, addressed to therapists and other health providers and widely praised by leaders in the field.
Watch Dr. Ogden receive the Professional Standard of Excellence Award here.
Watch Dr. Ogden receive the Professional Standard of Excellence Award here.
“Mormon Sexuality: Conducting Sex Therapy within a Mormon Population”
Natasha Parker, MS, LCMFT
Natasha Parker, MS, LCMFT
Natasha Helfer Parker is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist who has been practicing for 15 years. She received her bachelors degree from BYU in Psychology and her masters degree in Family Therapy from Friends University in Wichita, KS. She began her career working in a drug addiction treatment center in Detroit, then contracted with the Chicago chapter of LDS Family Services while living in the Milwaukee area, and has been in private practice for the last 10 years. She is a clinical member of both the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists and the American Association of Sexual Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She started her blog The Mormon Therapist in February of 2009 as a way to reach out to LDS members in “advice column” format and currently runs the Mormon Mental Health podcast series. She has been married for 17 years and has 4 children.
Adam Fisher is a doctoral student and associate instructor at Indiana University, studying Counseling Psychology. He is working on his dissertation on predicting divorce among religious couples, after one or both partners experience a change in beliefs. He has completed a doctoral minor in human sexuality at the Kinsey Institute, where he also writes for Kinsey Confidential. Adam’s other professional interests include media psychology, and he is serving as the co-chair for the Media Watch Committee, of Division 46 of the American Psychological Association. The Media Watch Committee examines fictional portrayals of mental health professionals in film, theater, video games, and on television. Adam also has interests in sport psychology, evidence-based practices for couples and families, and relationship education. Adam is a registered parent educator, qualified to use the Circle of Security parenting training program in group settings. His website can be found at www.adamrfisher.com.
Adam Fisher is a doctoral student and associate instructor at Indiana University, studying Counseling Psychology. He is working on his dissertation on predicting divorce among religious couples, after one or both partners experience a change in beliefs. He has completed a doctoral minor in human sexuality at the Kinsey Institute, where he also writes for Kinsey Confidential. Adam’s other professional interests include media psychology, and he is serving as the co-chair for the Media Watch Committee, of Division 46 of the American Psychological Association. The Media Watch Committee examines fictional portrayals of mental health professionals in film, theater, video games, and on television. Adam also has interests in sport psychology, evidence-based practices for couples and families, and relationship education. Adam is a registered parent educator, qualified to use the Circle of Security parenting training program in group settings. His website can be found at www.adamrfisher.com.
Student Paper Award
“An Enigma: Sexuality Education, Law, and Policy and Intellectual Disability”

Bill T. Jones Scholarship Award
Ayonna Johnson, LPC, NCC

Book Award
New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives, 2nd Edition
Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD, CSE, DST, CSSP
Teaching Safer Sex, Third Edition, Volumes 1 & 2
Bill Taverner, MA, CSE

Susan Milstein, PhD, CSE, MCHES
Dr. Milstein is a professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, and a lecturer at The George Washington University, where she works with college students in the areas of health and sexuality education. She also provides sexuality education for people of all ages through Milstein Health Consulting, of which she is the founder and lead consultant. Dr. Milstein’s work includes providing sexuality education for teenagers and older adults, as well as training for social workers and mental health professionals. In addition to her media appearances and national and international presentations, Susan has written chapters for Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Family and Personal Relationships and Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Human Sexuality. In 2007, she was named an “Emerging Professional” in the field of sexology by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Dr. Milstein is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist as well as a Certified Sexuality Educator. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Health Education and a doctorate in Human Sexuality Education.

Watch Susan and Bill receive the AASECT Book Award here.
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