Online Continuing Education Course
Wednesday February 28, 7 to 9 pm Eastern time
Consent is essential to safe sex, and clear, strong boundaries are essential to consent. In order to get better at embracing consent culture in our private sex lives and shared community spaces, we need to help each other learn to understand, set, maintain, and respect sexual boundaries.
Where do we begin? How do we define boundaries? What does it mean to honor boundaries, and is it possible to heal and make amends when they’re violated? How do we communicate them, and how do they affect our sexual interactions? If the concept of boundaries is something you’ve struggled with, find the information and support you need in this virtual workshop.
Sociologist, sexuality educator, and coach Dr. Eli takes you on a guided tour of the complex landscape of sexual boundaries and violations. She’ll explore the reasons why boundaries are so important in sexuality, and why they become increasingly important as the kind of sex people have rises in complexity and danger. You’ll learn:
- The difference between boundaries and rules
- The trajectory of consent discussions in the US, from “no means no” to “explicit and prior permission”
- The ways in which the sexually adventurous negotiate and maintain boundaries, and how others in less adventurous relationships might benefit from their example
- The ways in which even communities with strong norms around boundary negotiations experience boundary violations and how they manage the violations and violators
- The options for reconciling and healing after a boundary violation– when the violator sincerely wants to make amends
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This workshop is inclusive of a general audience across the gender and sexuality spectrum, but welcomes clinicians who want to better understand sexual boundaries especially in BDSM relationships and communities in order to better serve their clients. We also welcome community organizers seeking resources and guidance for creating and maintaining safer space at their events and among their members, or who are struggling to recover from the effects of boundary violators in their midst. There will be time at the end of the session for Q&A and discussion.
This class offers AASECT-approved CEUs. Please select the CEU option at registration if you wish to receive the certificate. You MUST attend the live session and confirm your attendance in the session to complete the requirements. Workshops offered by non-AASECT affiliated educators have been supervised and reviewed by an AASECT-certified supervisor.
This class is virtual and will be recorded, with the link to the recording provided to all registrants. Sliding scale tiers are available, and you may also inquire about sliding scale accommodations at events@tamarapincus.com. Check out our [Continuing Education for Clinicians] collection if you’re looking for more workshops aimed at mental health professionals, although almost all our workshops now offer CEUs through AASECT. And sign up for our mailing list for workshop announcements, Ask a Sexpert, and free sexual and mental wellness resources.