Date course created: April 2022
The word “survivor” has emerged strongly within our cultural lexicon due to more forward-facing, high-profile cases of sexual perpetration, thus establishing a social declaration for sexual healing and empowerment. Sexual abuse, assault, harassment and rape happen to one out of every six women, one out of every thirty-three men, and a disproportionately higher percentage (66% higher) of non-binary and transgender identified people in the United States (rainn.org). The aftermath of these traumas include the burden of belief in addition to survivors’ often solitary journey toward mind/body health. Repairing what has been lost to sexual trauma is necessary, even vital to the process of recovery, but it’s not enough. Surviving is the beginning though certainly not a sufficient or acceptable end.
This course explores what comes next as clients move toward sexual and relational health. Practitioners will learn how to help clients shift from surviving to thriving—from merely existing to fully living—by reimagining what their individual and relational evolutions entail. This seminar not only draws from contemporary research in sex therapy and somatic psychology, offering theories and tools to ground survivors in concepts of safety, security and trust, but it also reaches further into the realm of vitality, freedom, healthy relationships and great sex. Through specific somatic sex therapy protocols and case studies, practitioners will learn to guide clients on a holistic journey toward the rediscovery of desire, both for themselves and in their intimate relationships. (Based on my newly released book Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684038421/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_23S5K0K1N40KRX45VKS1)
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**This is a 3.25-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
9:00am – 9:30am: Introduction
9:30am – 10:00am: Effect of Trauma
10:00am – 10:30am: Sexual Trauma
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
10:45am – 11:15am: Sexual Violence
11:15am – 11:45am: Techniques for Healing
11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Reimagining Sex
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Understand the different types of sexual trauma including abuse, assault, rape and harassment.
b). Understand and gain awareness of the psychophysiology of sexual trauma response.
c). Name and discuss at least three clinical examples of ways to help clients reclaim sexual and relational health.
d). State what is meant by embodiment and empowerment through a trauma-informed somatic sex therapy lens.
e). Describe how concepts of eroticism are linked to integrated sexual and relational health.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, other clinical mental health professionals, and anyone seeking to understand the mechanisms of sexual trauma and recovery.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT
Material Author(s): Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT
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