Joy of Intimacy: Communication & Relationship Skills: Communication & Relationship Skills

Title: Joy of Intimacy: Communication & Relationship Skills: Communication & Relationship Skills

Date: Sunday, August 10

Location: Live Streaming Webinar

Presenter: Kellie Ryan, CSE, CHSE

Sponsor: ISEE

Contact: ISEE Staff

Phone #: 860.384.0447

Email: info@instituteforsexuality.com

Website: https://classes.instituteforsexuality.com/store?_gl=1*8irmz9*_gcl_au*MTE...

AASECT CE Credits: 6

Description:

What is intimacy? Is it inviting? Is it terrifying? In this full-day class, we will have open discussions and embodied exercises to clarify what it means to have intimacy with ourselves and with others. We will distinguish the differences between sexual expression and skills in intimacy. We will explore emotional intelligence as well as the importance of conflict in building intimacy. We will bring in more awareness to our bodies and the role they play in gaining more skills in all of our relationships. In this class we learn through experience of play, discussion, and experiments with ourselves and others, reminding us that intimacy is essential to the complexities of our sexual and non-sexual relationships.

Learning Objectives:

• Practice active listening as a form of presence and intimacy.
• Examine the differences between sexual expression and intimacy as a set of skills.
• Discover and practice forms of play as a way to build trust and intimacy.
• Examine the relationship we have with self-intimacy through embodied exercises.
• Discuss how conflict impacts building intimacy.
• Examine the role of body awareness in intimacy.