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Intimate Relationships and Centering Pleasure

Title of Event: Intimate Relationships and Centering Pleasure
 
Description of Event:
Sex and sexuality are central, and multifaceted, elements of the human experience across the lifespan. Yet clinically it has been marginalized, compartmentalized and its components relegated to specialists within healthcare disciplines. Mental health professionals receive little, if any, specific training on addressing sex during their graduate level training. Yet all counselors and therapists, regardless of the settings or populations they work with, will encounter a wide range of sexually related issues.
 
This session provides an exploration of human sexuality, focusing on the dynamics of healthy relationships and the clinical importance of centering pleasure in the work of participants. Through evidence-based frameworks, participants will examine (3) core components of healthy relationships, including self-awareness, relational-awareness and communication. Additionally, the course emphasizes the value of addressing pleasure, exploring how a pleasure-centered approach can enhance client well-being and relational fulfillment. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with foundational knowledge and practical skills to support clients in developing positive, pleasure-affirming relationships with themselves and others. This program is built on a sex-positive framework, using strength-based approaches promoting health and wellbeing. Participants will gain foundational knowledge and explore the emotional skills necessary to conduct clinical work that that maximizes pleasure and celebrates sexual diversity.
 
Date of Event: May 1, 2025
 
Time of Event: 9:30am-12:30pm PT / 11:30am-2:30pm CT / 12:30-3:30pm ET
 
Location: Online through Zoom
 
Presenter/Speaker: Lena Elkhatib, LMFT, CST
 
Contact Name: Office of CE at The Chicago School
 
 
 
AASECT Approved CEs: 3.0

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