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Issues related to Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity

Asexuality & Aromanticism: Frameworks, Language, & Thriving

Title of Event: Asexuality & Aromanticism: Frameworks, Language, & Thriving

Description of Event:

Over the past several years, Asexuality and Aromanticism have gained increasing visibility across community spaces, research, and public discourse. As awareness grows, so does the need for nuanced, informed approaches to understanding and supporting these identities in both professional and everyday contexts.

Detransition? The Ethics of Understanding & Supporting Clients

Title of Event: Detransition? The Ethics of Understanding & Supporting Clients

Description of Event:

The media warns you about trans people who "are just going through a phase" or "are doing it for attention" - or some other scandalous dig, especially when someone shares that they are detransitioning. But in reality, there are people who detransition for a variety of reasons. They deserve our support and we ought to know our role and ethics.

Expanding the Application of Systemic Sex Therapy with the Global Majority

Title of Event: Expanding the Application of Systemic Sex Therapy with the Global Majority

Description of Event:

This workshop provides clinicians with a comprehensive framework for integrating systemic sex therapy principles within diverse global majority contexts. Participants will explore how systemic oppression, intergenerational narratives, and cultural norms shape sexual identity and wellness. Through the Person of the Therapist (POTT) model, attendees will examine personal biases and develop enhanced cultural humility in clinical practice.

Systemic Sex Therapy

Title of Event: Systemic Sex Therapy

Description of Event:

Grounded in the Ackerman Relational Approach (ARA), this 30-hour course explores advanced topics in sex therapy including sexuality and disability, transgender phenomena, paraphilic disorders, non-monogamy, asexuality, sexual compulsivity, surrogate partner therapy, sexsomnia, tantra, technology and intimacy, and ethics in a changing world.

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