Sex Positive Therapy with Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC) Online
Sexual wellness, a critical part of human life, is deeply connected to physical and mental health. Despite global initiatives calling for the inclusion of multidimensional approaches to sexual health research and practice, the dominant discourse continues to be disease and deficit focused. While multiply marginalized populations are hyper visible in the sexual health research on risk and disease, they are rarely considered in the arena of sexual wellness. In resistance to narratives that pathologize marginalized sexualities, this program focuses on how to incorporate sex positive practices into therapy with queer and/or trans Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (QTBIPOC). When marginalized identities are associated with risk and negative outcomes, how can we practice strengths based, sex positive therapy? Theoretical frameworks exist to help us shift our language and actions toward more socially just and destigmatizing care. By utilizing intersectionality theory (Crenshaw, 1991) and embodiment (Krieger, 2001), this program illustrates the reciprocal relationship between the body and its social context within compounding systems of oppression. Our own bodies as therapists matter too. Investigating our own socialization, internalized beliefs, and biases are imperative to providing affirming and sex positive care.
Participants will learn how to accurately identify and apply the tenets of intersectionality theory into a sex-positive clinical practice with multiply marginalized clients (Buchanan & Wiklund, 2021). To bridge the knowing to doing gap, this program includes clinical vignettes, guided self reflection, and engaging chat based discussions and Q&A.
Presented by Lauren Wiklund, PhD
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This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists, 2.0 IL CEUs for Counselors and Social Workers, 2.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, 2.0 AASECT CEUs for Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, or 2.0 NBCC Clock Hours.
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PROGRAM PRICING:
- IACSSW Members: $10.00
- General Admission: $50.00
- The Chicago School Staff/Faculty/Alumni: $25.00*
- Community Partners/Site Supervisors: $25.00*
- Students: $25.00*
(*Please email officeofce@thechicagoschool.edu for coupon code. Code must be entered at time of checkout to receive discount.)
Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Time:
- 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/sept_9_2026
- Audience:
- All Graduate Students All Students Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Masters Students Public The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students