Pleasure As Resistance: Reclaiming Joy and Intimacy in Marginalized Communities

Title of Event: Pleasure As Resistance: Reclaiming Joy and Intimacy in Marginalized Communities

Description of Event:

Pleasure has often been denied, pathologized, or politicized in marginalized communities due to systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, and cultural stigma. This workshop explores how reclaiming sexual and intimate pleasure can serve as a radical act of resistance, healing, and legacy-building. Clinicians will learn frameworks and strategies to support clients in centering joy, pleasure, and intimacy as tools for resilience and liberation.

This interactive and experiential workshop blends theory with guided reflection, somatic awareness practices, and applied clinical tools. Participants will be supported in examining their own assumptions about pleasure and exploring how cultural, spiritual, and relational contexts shape clients’ access to joy and intimacy. Clinicians will learn concrete strategies to assess pleasure-related barriers, support embodied safety and desire, and integrate pleasure-centered interventions into therapeutic and educational settings.

By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with expanded language, practical frameworks, and renewed permission to support clients in moving beyond survival toward wholeness, connection, and sustainable joy. This training is ideal for clinicians and educators seeking to deepen culturally responsive, trauma-informed approaches that honor pleasure as both a healing practice and a radical act of care.

Date of Event: February 28, 2026

Time of Event: 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern

Location: Online Synchronous

Sexuality Education (SE) Training:

SE4. Theory and methods of approaches to sexuality education with specific populations (e.g., youth, older adults, couples, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities).

Presenter/Speaker: Victoria Moon

Company/Organization Sponsor: Zepp Wellness DBA Equitable Care Certification

Contact Name: Melissa Trujillo

Contact Email: equitablecarecertification@gmail.com

Event Website: https://www.equitablecarecertification.com/workshops

AASECT Approved CEs: 2