Title of Event: Somatic-Concentric Sex Therapy Foundations Training
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There are numerous exciting and effective somatic modalities currently in the field. As a graduate of the Somatic Counseling Psychology Program at Naropa University (2009), I received training in many of the best: Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Therapy, Hakomi, Dance/Movement Therapy, the Moving Cycle, Body-Mind Centering, and Authentic Movement.
Title of Event: Queerplatonic: Constructing Intentional Kinship
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Join us to explore how people build meaningful, committed relationships outside of romantic and sexual scripts. Grounded in asexual and aromantic community language, this session introduces queerplatonic relationships, platonic life partners, and related terms as tools for naming significant, life-shaping bonds without centering romance.
Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: The Power of Kink: Why People Like It
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Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: Bias, Myths & Meaning Making
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This workshop serves as an essential reorientation for clinicians, educators, and care providers working with individuals who practice or identify with kink. Kink refers to consensual sexual interests, fantasies, behaviors, or relational dynamics that fall outside culturally normative sexual practices, yet do not inherently involve distress, impairment, or non-consent.
Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: Through the DSM: Depathologizing Kink
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Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: Your Brain on Kink: The Neurobiology of Kink
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Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: Mismatched Desires
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Title of Event: Clinical Perspectives on Kink: A 5-Session Microcredential Course
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Title of Event: Somatic-Concentric Sex Therapy Training for Couples Therapy & Intimate Relationships
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My next S-CST For Couples Therapy is happening in Lafayette, Colorado March 27th - 29th. It will be springtime in Colorado!
The Somatic-Concentric Sex Therapy for Couples Therapy training that I offer is based on my book Whole-Body Sex and my upcoming book on embodied intimacy and offers the skills, interventions, and assessment frameworks for therapists to incorporate into their practice with their own clinical style.
Title of Event: Aesthetic Attraction: How Ace and Aro Folx Shatter the Mold
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This workshop explores Aesthetic Attraction, Aesthetic Intimacy, and embodied Aesthetic Pleasure, moving beyond a narrow focus on visual beauty or sexualization. We will examine how aesthetics can include appearance, style, movement, voice, scent, texture, and atmosphere, and how these elements function as meaningful experiences without requiring sexual or romantic intent.