Adolescent Sexuality: Expanding the Understanding of Sexuality from Toddler to Teen
$50.00
Presented by Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE, CSES
Recorded on Friday, August 16, 2024
Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page
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.
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.
