AASECT 2019 Annual Conference Evaluations
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To gain your certificate of CE credits, please complete an evaluation for each session you attended. You will be emailed directions to download your certificate in late July. Please complete all evaluations by Monday, July 1, 2019.
Wednesday, June 12
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
101 Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR)
Presenter: Cindy Lee Alves, Med
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5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
102 The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision Part 1
Presenter: Richard Siegel, PhD, LMHC, CST, CSTS
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Thursday, June 13
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
103 Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR)
Presenter: Cindy Lee Alves, Med
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8:30 am – 12:30 pm
104 The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision Part 2
Presenter: Richard Siegel, PhD, LMHC, CST, CSTS
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8:30 am – 12:30 pm
105 “Treating” Low Desire by Creating Optimal Erotic Intimacy
Presenter: Peggy Kleinplatz, PhD, DST, CSTS, CSE, CSES
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8:30 am – 12:30 pm
106 Sexual losses and altered sexual self-schema after invasive medical procedures: Reclaiming
body after surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy
Presenter: Sabitha Pillai-Friedman, PhD. LCSW, CST, CAS
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
107 Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) (continued)
Presenter: Cindy Lee Alves, Med
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
108 Facilitating Contention within Sexuality Education
Presenter: Jayleen Galarza, PhD, LCSW, MEd, CST
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
109 Treating and Preventing the Hidden Ways American Childbirth Damages People’s Sex Lives
Presenter: Stephanie Buehler, PsyD, MA, MPW, CST, CSTS
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
110 SAR Facilitator Training
Presenter: Justin Sitron, PhD, Med
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
111 Opening Plenary: Sexual & Social Liberation: Connecting our Pleasure to our Power
Presenter: Dalychia Saah
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Friday, June 14
9:00 am – 10:30 am
112 Engaging Diversity Plenary: (Inter)Exchange-Interplay, Interdependence, and Intersectionality: Connecting our Branches for Accessible and Inclusive Reproductive and Sexual Health Justice
Presenter: Robin Wilson-Beattie
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
113 Racial Preferences in Dating? Exploring the Intersections of Race, Sexuality, and Racial Identity Development
Presenter: Travis Ingersoll, PhD, MSW, Med
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
114 Women’s Bodies and the Power of Pleasure
Presenter: Debra Wickman, MD, FACOG
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
115 Transition Anxiety: Coping Skills That Work
Presenter: Rena McDaniel, MEd, LCPC, CST
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
116 Access to Inclusionary and Accurate Sexual Health Information for Gender Minority Youth
Presenter: Kimberly Fuller, PhD, CST
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
117 The Intersectionality of BDSM and Body Acceptance: Finding Self-love Through Kink
Presenter: Elizabeth Newsom, LCSW-S
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
118 Putting Curves In Sexuality and Mental Health: De-Constructing Cultural Stigma Associated with “Plus Size” Women and Embracing the Body Positivity Movement
Presenter: Dasha Carver
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
119 Sex Therapy With Diversely-abled and Differently-abled Couples: An Intersectional Approach
Presenter: Jose Tapia-Fuselier, Jr., MS, CRC, LPC, NCC
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
120 Integrating Sexual Medicine with Sex Therapy
Presenter: Pebble Kranz, MD, FECSM
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
121 Addressing the Sexual Health and Intimacy Needs of an Active Duty Population
Presenter: Ihsan Rogers, LCSW-C, CST
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
122 “What’s the ‘A’ Again?” Asexual-inclusive Sexuality Education and Therapy
Presenter: Angie Foster-Lawson
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
123 It’s “Genital Sculpting”, Not Mutilation: Reflections on the Neocolonialist Obsession with African Vulvas
Presenter: Courtney Watson, LMFT, MEd, CST
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
124 Two-Spirit Bodies – Sexual Sovereignty and Erotic Survivance of Indigenous LGBT+ People
Presenter: Roger Kuhn, LMFT, MA
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
125 Transcendent Bodies: Exploring Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Bodily Autonomy Through Children’s Show Steven Universe
Presenter: Katy Pacino, MA; Diana Lozoya, MA
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
127 Sexuality on Standbi: Experiences of Bi-erasure in Other-Gendered Relationships
Presenter: Sierra Stein
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
128 Beyond Yes and No: Embodying Desire for Creative, Collaborative Consent
Presenter: Emma Daley, MA
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
129 The Politics of Desirability
Presenter: Christine Lim
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
130 ”The Erasure is Real”: Experiences of Bisexual Queer Women
Presenter: Megan Crofford-Hotz, PhD, LCSW, Med
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
131 The Power of Sexuality Reflection in the Classroom: Results of a Case Study
Presenter: George Turner, PhD, MSW, MEd, CST
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
133 Let’s Get Lippy: Helping Clients Love Their Labia by Normalizing Genital Diversity
Presenter: Elizabeth Wood, MSW, CSSE, CTE
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
134 Navigating the Ick Factor: Ethical and Practical Considerations in Assessing and Treating Potentially Problematic Sexual Interests and Behaviors
Presenter: Silvestro Weisner, PhD
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
135 Soloing, Muffing, and Prostage Education: Supporting Sexual Development and Sexual Self-Efficacy in University Students
Presenter: Silvestro Weisner, PhD
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
136 Integrative Sex, and Relationship Therapy: Techniques and Professional Skills
Presenter: Tammy Nelson, PhD, CST
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
137 Sex Esteem® Positive Embodiment Exercises and Experiential Sculpting for Increased Physical and Emotional Connection in Systemic Couples Sex Therapy
Presenter: Sari Eckler Cooper, LCSW-R, CST, CSTS
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
138 Couple Therapy with Gay Men
Presenter: Yamonte Cooper, EdD, LPCC, NCC, CST
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
139 Racism, Disability, Entitlement, and Sexuality: Difficult Intersections in Sex Therapy
Presenter: Stephen Duclos, LMFT, LMHC, CST, CRC
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
140 Stonewall at 50: Queering the Lens on Aging and Sex
Presenter: Jane Fleishman, PhD, MEd, MS, CSE
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2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
141 Kink, Trauma, Transformation
Presenter: Samantha Manewitz, LICSW, CST
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
142 Whipple Plenary: Dismantling Traditional Teen Pregnancy Prevention Approaches: Moving from a Risks to a Rights-based Approach
Presenter: Sofia Jawed-Wessel, PhD, MPH
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Saturday, June 15
9:15 am – 10:45 am
145 Schiller Plenary: Trans, Just for the Fun of It: The Compassionate Practice of Gender in Four Dimensions
Presenter: Kate Bornstein
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
146 The Uncanny Body: Coming Into Passionate Relationship with the Sexual Self
Presenter: Lucie Fielding, PhD, MA
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
147 Don’t Tell Me to Love My Body: Body Image and Fatphobia
Presenter: Isy Abraham-Raveson
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
149 Finding the Right Fit: Alternative Sexuality Communities
Presenter: Susan Wright, MA
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
150 Re-Authoring Identity: Narrative Practices in Group Modality with Women Exiting Prostitution
Presenter: Layla Scott, PhD, LMFT, CFLE
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
151 Improving Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction When One Romantic Partner Has ADHD
Presenter: Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
152 Using Gay, Lesbian, Heterosexual Sensate Focus Videos in Sex Therapy and Education
Presenter: William Stayton, M.Div, ThD, PhD, CSE, CST, CSTS
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
153 Beyond Jealousy and Communication: Therapy for Polyamory’s Biggest Challenges
Presenter: Martha Kauppi, LMFT, CST, CSTS
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
154 How LGBTQ+ Women Disaffiliate From Religion of Origin
Presenter: Emily Gary, MS, QMHP
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
155 Black Females Sexual Myths: Impact on Swingers Culture
Presenter: Valerie Poppel, PhD
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
156 The Medicalization of Female Sexual Desire Disorder: Restricting Sexual Normalcy Under the Guise of Equality and Empowerment
Presenter: Molly Moreau, MA
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12:30 pm – 2:15 pm
157 Awards Luncheon Plenary: Sexual Health in Body, Mind and Spirit: The Wide-Spectrum Healing Power of Pleasure
Presenter: Stella Resnick, PhD, CST, CSTS
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
158 Not Your Mammy: Addressing the Challenges of Black Femme Emotional Labor in Diverse Sex Ed Spaces
Presenter: Tracie Gilbert, PhD
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
159 Transgender Care and Informed Consent: The Personal is Radical
Presenter: Laura Jacobs, LCSW-R
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
160 Christian Suspicion of Pleasure: A Faith-Informed Response
Presenter: Beverly Dale, DMin, Rev
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
161 Reclaiming the Sexuality of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Presenter: Mary Jo Podgurski, RNC, MA, EdD, CSC, CSE
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
162 Harnessing the Chemistry of Love, Sex, and Romance: Creating and Maintaining Passion in Emotionally Committed Relationships
Presenter: Rita DeMaria, MS, PhD, CST
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
163 Working with Minor-Attracted Persons (MAPs)
Presenter: Hani Miletski, PhD, MSW, DST, CSTS
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
164 Healing the Body and the Mind During the “#MeToo” Movement: Effective Treatment of Female Sexual Pain
Presenter: Heather Davidson, Ed.M, MA, LPC, CST
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
165 Sex Workers as Allies and Teachers: Exploring Why We Need Them in Our Professional Circles and What We Can Learn From Them About Sex Education, Navigating Oppression, and Healing
Presenter: Jessica Drake
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
166 Sexing the Fat Body: Advanced SAR Part 1on, and Healing
Presenter: Sonalee Rashatwar, LCSW, Med
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
167 Sex and the Minivan
Presenter: Elliott Kronenfeld, LICSW, CST
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
168 Sensate Focus Touching as a Mindfulness and Somatic Conduit to Healing and Sexual Vitality
Presenter: Linda Weiner, MSW, LCSW, CST, CSTS
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
169 Exploring Erotic Potential: Research Findings Regarding Experiences with Sexological Bodywork at a Women’s Back to the Body Retreat, and Perceived Impact
Presenter: Betsy Crane, PhD
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
170 Raising “They-by’s”: Discussions on Family Creation and Black Queer Conscious Parenting
Presenter: Jeanae Hopgood-Jones, MFT, Med
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
171 Leadership Skills for Sexuality Educators
Presenter: Kirsten deFur, MPH
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
172 The Untouchables; Working With Sexual Misconduct Offenders On Campus
Presenter: Laura McGuire, EdD, CSE
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
173 The Changing Landscape of HIV Care: What Ethical Practitioners Need to Know Now
Presenter: Braden Berkey, PsyD
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
174 Beyond Gatekeeping and on To Resource-Giving: Creating Interdisciplinary Care for Transgender Children and Youth
Presenter: Katelyn Regan, LSW, Med
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
175 Sexing the Fat Body: Advanced SAR Part 2
Presenter: Sonalee Rashatwar, LCSW, Med
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Sunday, June 16
8:00 am – 9:30 am
177 Somatic Sexual Healing
Presenter: Charlie Glickman, PhD
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
179 “Trans Positive Sex Therapy Model,” An Integrative Body Positive and Sex Positive Model to Promote Intimacy and Pleasure
Presenter: Eunice Aviles, PsyD, LMHC, LPC, CST
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
180 Standards for Advertising, Promoting, and Publicizing AASECT Membership: Ethical Dilemmas and Controversies
Presenter: Daniel Watter, EdD, DST, CSTS
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
181 If God Created My Clitoris: Exploring Pleasure Principles and Sex Positivity in Christianity
Presenter: Brittany Broaddus-Smith, MSW, LSW
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
182 Beyond Grounding Techniques: Embodiment as Liberatory Clinical Practice
Presenter: Florie St.Aime, LMSW
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
183 The Ethical Management of Keeping Secrets in Couples Sex Therapy
Presenter: Chris Fariello, PhD, MA, LMFT, CSE, CST, CSTS
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8:00 am – 9:30 am
184 Big Man on Campus: Addressing Sexuality Concerns of Men on College Campuses
Presenter: Daniel Alonzo, PsyD, CST, CSTS
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
185 The Keys to Couple Sexuality with Aging: Female-male Sexual Equity and Good Enough Sex
Presenter: Barry McCarthy, PhD
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
186 Sex Work and Sex Trafficking: Misinformation and False Dichotomies
Presenter: Eric Sprankle, PsyD, CST
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
187 Penis Diversity Inclusion: A Call to Action
Presenter: Catherine Dukes, PhD, MSW
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
188 Applied Affirmative Therapy for LGBT Sex and Relationship Therapy Clients
Presenter: Philip Rutter, PhD
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
189 Sex and the Soma: Using Psychophysiology to Create New Opportunites For Pleasure, Communication, and Connection
Presenter: Holly Richmond, PhD, CST
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
190 Sex and the Soma: Using Psychophysiology to Create New Opportunites For Pleasure, Communication, and Connection
Presenter: Holly Richmond, PhD, CST
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
191 Minds, Hearts, Parts, and More! An Integrative Approach to Teaching Sexual Anatomy, Arousal, and Identity
Presenter: Fiona O’Farrell, MA, LMFT, CST
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
192 What You Always Wanted to Know About AASECT Supervision and Did Not Know Whom to Ask
Presenter: Sally Valentine, PhD, LCSW, CST, CSTS
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9:45 am – 10:45 am
193 The Paradox of Porn: The Impact of Pornography on Gay Male Sexual Culture
Presenter: Don Shewey, MA
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
194 The Bonobo Way: An Alternative Great Ape Paradigm for Human Sexuality and Transformational, Healing Pleasure
Presenter: Susan Block, PhD
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
195 Group Therapy for Female Sexual Dysfunction of Desire and Arousal
Presenter: Christina Grudzinski, MS
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
196 The Orgasm Gap and What We Can Do About It: Examples from Sweden
Presenter: Suzann Larsdotter, RFSU
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
197 Can We Talk About That? The Unsuspecting Role of Permission in Effective Sex Therapy
Presenter: Christopher Belous, PhD, CSE
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
198 Radical Touch: Utilizing the Body as a Conduit for Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction and Intimacy Issues
Presenter: Erin Diehl, MA-DMT, LPC
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
199 If Porn Is Sex Ed, What Does It Teach About Consent? A Content Analysis of 50 Current Porn Films
Presenter: Sasha Canan, PhD
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
200 S.ex A.nd R.eligion—Navigating Personal Responses to Clients’ Faith Beliefs in Sex Therapy
Presenter: Sarah Halpern, JD, LMFT,CST
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
201 Kink Aware Practice: What Your Clients Wish You Knew (But Are Afraid You’ll Ask)
Presenter: Stefani Goerlich, LMSW
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
202 Sexual Self-Advocacy for People with Different Abilities
Presenter: Isabella Weber, MPH
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Thank you for joining us at the 2019 AASECT Annual Conference! We hope you enjoyed your time in Philadelphia and the program, Let the Body Rejoice: The Interplay of Sexuality Education, Sex Counseling & Therapy. We hope to see you next year!
Please contact conference@aasect.org if you have any questions.
