Adolescent Sexuality: Expanding the Understanding of Sexuality from Toddler to Teen
Presented by Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE, CSES
Friday, August 16, 2024
8am-10am PT / 10am-12pm CT / 11am-1pm ET
Event held online via Zoom, link to access provided upon registration.
The term pleasure has a conflicted and sorted history. Throughout time, pleasure seekers have been seen as hedonistic, irresponsible, and untrustworthy. Pleasure is a highly sexualized word that is considered taboo and often shamed. Adrienne Maree Brown’s Pleasure Activism (2020) presents an alternative view of pleasure that is not solely sexual, and has serious implication when working with adolescents.
This workshop will present the importance of de-sexualizing ideas of pleasure throughout the lifespan and specifically focus on contending harmful and overly sexualized ideologies often modeled by adults. Expanding the definition and understanding of pleasure provides a biopsychosocial juxtaposition that provides potential harm reduction in behavioral practice for youth.
Zoom link will be available on course page in “My Courses” upon event registration.
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, or 2.0 AASECT CEs for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists.
The term pleasure has a conflicted and sorted history. Throughout time, pleasure seekers have been seen as hedonistic, irresponsible, and untrustworthy. Pleasure is a highly sexualized word that is considered taboo and often shamed. Adrienne Maree Brown’s Pleasure Activism (2020) presents an alternative view of pleasure that is not solely sexual, and has serious implication when working with adolescents.
This workshop will present the importance of de-sexualizing ideas of pleasure throughout the lifespan and specifically focus on contending harmful and overly sexualized ideologies often modeled by adults. Expanding the definition and understanding of pleasure provides a biopsychosocial juxtaposition that provides potential harm reduction in behavioral practice for youth.
After attending this intermediate-level program, participants will be able to:
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Name one (1) of the Circle of Sexuality categories
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Identify one (1) learning resource about adolescent sexuality.
This program meets APA’s continuing education STANDARD 1.3: Program content focuses on topics related to psychological practice, education, or research other than application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that are supported by contemporary scholarship grounded in established research procedures.
This program meets APA’s continuing education GOAL 1: Program is relevant to psychological practice, education, and/or science.
This program meets AASECT Core Knowledge Area for:
B — Developmental sexuality from a bio-psycho-social perspective across the lifespan.
ACSSW Members: $10.00
General Admission: $50.00
The Chicago School Staff/Faculty/Students/Alumni: $25.00
Community Partners/Site Supervisors: $25.00
Non-The Chicago School Students: $25.00
(Please email [email protected] for coupon code)
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.
Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE, CSES
Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE, CSES is a premiere sexologist leading the field of sexuality with shame free sex education and innovative sex therapy skills. As an AASECT certified sexuality educator and supervisor, Dr. Lexx provides education and therapy from womb to tomb through her practice The Institute for Sexuality & Intimacy, LLC, , keynotes, panels, and curriculum design. As a multiple time best seller and creator of Dr. Lexx’s Relationship Tune Up Cards, Dr. Lexx is an international sexologist. Featured in prominent media like CNN, Essence, It Gets Better, The New York Times, Scary Mommy, and NPR, Dr. Lexx breaks down the most complicated and taboo topics to create easily digestible and actionable change.
Beckmeyer, J. J., Herbenick, D., Fu, T., Dodge, B., & Fortenberry, J. D. (2021). Pleasure During Adolescents’ Most Recent Partnered Sexual Experience: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(6), 2423–2434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02026-4
Brown, A. M. (2019). Pleasure activism: The Politics of Feeling Good.
Kotiuga, J., Yampolsky, M. A., & Martin, G. M. (2021). Adolescents’ Perception of Their Sexual Self, Relational Capacities, Attitudes Towards Sexual Pleasure and Sexual Practices: a Descriptive Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(3), 486–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01543-8
Saliares, E., Wilkerson, J. M., Sieving, R. E., & Brady, S. S. (2016). Sexually experienced adolescents’ thoughts about sexual pleasure. the Journal of Sex Research/the Journal of Sex Research, 54(4–5), 604–618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1170101
Watson, R., Harvey, K., McCabe, C., & Reynolds, S. (2019). Understanding anhedonia: a qualitative study exploring loss of interest and pleasure in adolescent depression. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(4), 489–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01364-y
Target Audience:Therapists and educators who work with children, adolescents and teens.
Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
Counselors/Clinical Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for counselors and clinical counselors. License Number: 197.000159
Social Workers. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 2.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for social workers. License Number: 159.001036
MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Course meets the qualifications for 2.0 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are licensed outside of California please check with your local licensing agency to to determine if they will accept these CEUs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education programming for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is an accredited or approved postsecondary institution that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 4980.54(f)(1), 4989.34, 4996.22(d)(1), or 4999.76(d) of the Code.
Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 2.0 CE credits. The Office of Continuing Education at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology has been approved as an AASECT Provider of continuing education credits. Provider number23-519-CW. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact [email protected].
Non-Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.
*Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.