How to talk sexuality with young people

You might think from the title that this would be a long post. Well... the recipee that I use is short and sweet. Talking about sexual health with clients is actually easy. These steps might help.

1. Recognise that your client is a 'sexual being'. This means that they have a legitimate right to learn about themselves - including their sexual self.
2. Give permission for clients to talk about sex, sexuality and sexual health. This doesn't take much but it is one of the things that many workers find difficult.
3. Bring up the subject yourself. If you haven't seen anything around you in the past week that would make a good topic then I reckon you have been sleeping. For example here are a few headlines from ninemsn today.

• Dress zip snaps: Vergara posts pics of Emmys mishap
• Kims Australian Diet Regime
• Two Kanye West Sex Tapes On The Loose

• R-Pattz & K-Stew: The fauxmance of the century?

These are just four headlines from 20 seconds searching. There are HEAPS of topics out there. Sometimes we see so many that we become blind to them.