4 CE Hours
Presenter: Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 2 to 6pm EST
Live Via Webinar OR Via Video Recording following the live class
AASECT Category:
Human Sexuality Education
Section J
AND
Section M
$160.00
4 CE Hours
Presenter: Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 2 to 6pm EST
Live Via Webinar OR Via Video Recording following the live class
AASECT Category:
Human Sexuality Education
Section J
AND
Section M
$160.00
Traditional therapy for sexual trauma survivors leans into cognitive processing interventions adhering to a model of sexual dysfunction and challenging negative self and world narratives. However, trauma is a body and brain experience and including somatic practices is integral to the therapeutic process. Intentionally entering the erotic is also a fundamental step in healing sexual trauma as survivors often report feeling completely disconnected from their desires after a traumatic experience. This workshop will explore methods for increasing sexual embodiment and wellness through the erotic self-expansion model and a sex-positive, pleasure-centered framework.
● Discuss overlapping physio-somatic sexual and trauma responses.
● Describe the impact that trauma has on the brain and body and how it impacts sexuality and sexual behavior.
● Define and explain 2 benefits of “erotic self-expansion”.
● Describe four (4) somatic, practical, pleasure-centered interventions to help clients explore eroticism.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW (she/ella) is a sexual liberation activist, speaker, and therapist specializing in relationship, sex, and trauma therapy. She works out of her private practice, Healing Exchange LLC, in St. Louis, MO and co-founded Afrosexology, a sex-positive, pleasure-based sexuality education business. Rafaella has worked in the fields of suicide prevention and crisis intervention, with veteran populations, in inpatient and
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