Description & Objectives

Continuing Education Hours: 2 CEs for LPC, SW, LMFT, and Psychologists - NBCC Approved

Description: When considering best practices for survivor advocacy, language surrounding intimacy, bodies & pleasure is obsolete, filtered, and/or upholds oppressive practices. This workshop will examine victim-centered & trauma-informed approaches through a sex positive framework & describe the correlation between the power of language & affirming care, while expanding understanding of pleasure & intersectional advocacy. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Enhance knowledge on providing sex positive affirming care: Advocates will develop increased competence in sex positive affirmative practices that focus on self-awareness, knowledge, & skills related to survivors of sexual & relationship violence.
  • Address attitudinal & cultural barriers that impact use of language: Advocates will be able to identify and address attitudinal & cultural barriers that may impact their ability to feel comfortable matching their clients use of language when addressing bodily response post-assault.
  • Integration of Intersectionality in Treatment Approaches: Advocates will develop an understanding of clients’ intersecting identities & their impact on bodily response post-assault.

Instructor

Dr. Jessica Sánchez

Jessica Sánchez, a proud & passionate Chingona, embodies her intersectional identities as a sex therapist, pleasure advocate, & professor, with over 8 years of experience working in the fields of human sexuality, higher education, sexual violence prevention, & advocacy. Dr. Sánchez is a practicing licensed sex therapist where she advocates, empowers, & assists with restoring women's sexual autonomy & agency. Her specializations include the healing of sexual trauma, sexual pain, prenatal, pregnancy, & postpartum changes, eldest & only born daughters, life transitions, sexual exploration, & imposter syndrome, while decolonizing mental health through holistic & ancestorial healing practices. She is committed to rewriting the pleasure narrative of women of color within the field of academia & is dedicated to serving historically oppressed & underserved communities. Her doctoral research, Chingonas & Sex: A qualitative study examining how Mexican American women experience sexual subjectivity, is her forever passion project as she is currently converting her research into a sexual wellness book for Chingonas.