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The Elephant in The Room: Addressing Fatness in Your Therapy Practice
Title of Event: The Elephant in The Room: Addressing Fatness in Your Therapy Practice
Description of Event:
It’s time to serve clients of size without perpetuating anti-fat bias.This workshop is for clinicians, counselors, educators and others seeking to engage with evidence-based research and lived experience related to weight stigma. Build practical skills to reduce stigma in your professional space.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe socio-cultural factors that impact the lives of people of size, including systems of oppression
- Demonstrate ability to use affirming language regarding body size
- Apply strategies that reduce perceived and enacted weight stigma in your professional environment
- Identify weight inclusive providers and resources
We welcome professionals who are new to fat liberation and want to enact non-oppressive therapeutic practices by continuing their education around fatness, fat liberation and body affirmation. While this workshop centers the experience and voices of people of size, everyone is welcome to attend.
This class offers AASECT-approved CEUs. Please select the CEU option at registration if you wish to receive the certificate. You MUST attend the live session and confirm your attendance in the session to complete the requirements. Workshops offered by non-AASECT affiliated educators have been supervised and reviewed by an AASECT-certified supervisor.
This class is virtual and will be recorded, with the link to the recording provided to all registrants. Sliding scale tiers are available, and you may also inquire about sliding scale accommodations at contact@tamarapincus.com. And sign up for our mailing list for workshop announcements and free sexual & mental wellness resources!
Your facilitator: Jenna Weintraub, CYT is a sexuality educator with more than 20 years of experience teaching and training. Jenna facilitates professional development workshops and education sessions on varying sexuality and sexual health topics with interest in program delivery for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, teens, people of size, and people raising children. As a member of the Association for Size Diversity and Health and a certified Be Body Positive Program facilitator, she supports people in examining diet culture and reclaiming their bodies through education and yoga. Jenna is a member of AASECT and a graduate of The Sexual Health Certificate Program at The University of Michigan.
The Pincus Center for Inclusive Treatment and Education specializes in working with queer, transgender/nonbinary, kinky, and ethically non-monogamous/polyamorous people. We value sex positivity (including asexuality), body positivity and fat liberation, and racial justice.
Date of Event: April 17 2026
Time of Event: 12 PM - 2 PM EST
Location: Online Synchronous
Presenter/Speaker: Jenna Weintraub, CYT
Company/Organization Sponsor: The Pincus Center
Contact Name: Tamara Pincus
Contact Telephone Number: (240) 305-8315
Contact Email: contact@tamarapincus.com
AASECT Approved CEs: 2