Safety, Vulnerability, and Intimacy After Trauma

Title of Event: Safety, Vulnerability, and Intimacy After Trauma

Description of Event:

Developmental trauma can significantly impact an individual’s capacity for emotional and physical intimacy, often shaping how safety, trust, vulnerability, and connection are experienced within adult relationships. Survivors of developmental trauma may struggle with closeness, emotional expression, physical touch, fear of abandonment, hyper-independence, shame, or protective relational patterns that developed as adaptive survival responses. This workshop will explore the ways developmental trauma influences attachment, nervous system functioning, and relational dynamics, particularly within intimate relationships.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how trauma responses can manifest in emotional and physical intimacy, including avoidance, emotional withdrawal, hypervigilance, dissociation, and difficulties with vulnerability. The workshop will also examine the role of attachment wounds, protective defenses, and the balance between safety and connection. Trauma-informed interventions and strategies for fostering relational safety, emotional regulation, communication, and healthier intimacy will also be discussed.

Date of Event: November 2nd, 2026

Time of Event: 10:00 AM EST -1:00 PM EST

Location: Online Synchronous

Sex Therapy (ST) Training:

ST1. Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models.,

ST3. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems.,

ST5. Principles of consultation, collaboration and referral.,

ST7. Practicum Experience: Exposure to treatment of clinical sex therapy cases through direct observation, demonstration, case review or role-playing. eLearning cannot be applied. Applicants must be very clear in their documentation as to how they gained exposure to sex therapy cases.

Presenter/Speaker: Pamela Klein, LCSW, CST

Contact Name: Raiza Queen Calda Enriquez

Contact Email: office@rivkasidorsky.com

Event Website: https://rivkasidorsky.org/workshops/SafetyVulnerability/view

AASECT Approved CEs: 3