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Working with Non-Monogamous Clients: Shift Your Paradigm

Title: Working with Non-Monogamous Clients: Shift Your Paradigm
 
Location: online asynchronous 
 
Course Description: 
Come learn about the world of consensual non-monogamy that so many of our therapy clients are already exploring. We need to shift our paradigm and lens from one we've internalized in a heteronormative, mononormative patriarchy to something different.
Whether we ourselves are monogamous, polyamorous or something else, we all need to examine our own biases in order to affirm our clients' potential joy. We need to unpack the systems, beliefs, and assumptions we've learned ourselves in order to fully show up with clients challenging those norms.
Let's unlearn and explore new liberatory possibilities together!
 
Learning Objectives:
• Identify relationship orientation or lifestyle as one of a person’s intersecting identities and locations.
• Understand several common relationship structures in the consensual non-monogamy (CNM) umbrella.
• Identify 3 or more common challenges for couples opening up from monogamy.
• Describe ways to affirm relational diversity with clients.
 
Find info about other upcoming trainings here: https://www.sextherapynm.com/training/
 
AASECT Core Knowledge Areas:
A. Ethics and ethical behavior.
C. Socio-cultural, familial factors (e.g., ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socioeconomic status, family values), in relation to sexual values and behaviors.
D. Issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: heterosexuality, issues and themes impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual people; gender identity and expression.
F. Diversities in sexual expression and lifestyles, including, but not limited to, polyamory, swinging, BDSM and tantra.
O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills.
 
Sex Therapy Skills:
C. Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems.
E. Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral.
F. Ethical decision-making and best practice.
 
Presenter: Molly Adler, LCSW, CST
 
Contact Name: Molly Adler
 
Telephone: 505-916-1081
 
 
 
AASECT approved for: 1.5 CEs
 
(AASECT CE Credits 60 minutes = 1 CE Credit)

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