Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) Approach toward Sexual Health of Women who have Sex with Women

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Presented by Joy S. Whitman, Ph.D.

This program was recorded on April 16, 2021

Access provided upon registration on “My Courses page 

Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) is a feminist approach to counseling that emphasizes human development through relational connection, explores the impact of culture and social systems on emotional and psychological development, and (Jordan, 2010; Walker, 2008), and underscores how development and relationships with others cannot be understood separately from how those connections have been “raced, engendered, sexualized, and situated along dimensions of class, physical ability, religion or whatever constructions carry ontological significance in the culture” (Walker, 2008, p. 90). Wellness, therefore, is fostered through relationships that encourage empathy, authenticity and empowerment wherein individuals can realize their relational competence and create relationships that can sustain disruption and relational injury (Jordan, 2010). When counseling cisgender women in same-sex relationships, maintaining an RCT approach will allow the clinician to review and examine how clients have been impacted by heteronormative societal messages of what it means to be female, to be sexual as a woman, and how to perform in relationships.

In this webinar, we will discuss what RCT is as theory and how to apply it to counseling cisgender women in same-sex relationships. This will offer the clinician a lens that supports a nonheteronormarive approach and which situates women’s development within a cultural framework.

Access provided upon registration on “My Courses page 

This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists, 2.0 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, or 2.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSW, and LMFTs.

Click here to view full course information.

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Presented by Joy S. Whitman, Ph.D.

This program was recorded on April 16, 2021

Access provided upon registration on “My Courses page 

Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) is a feminist approach to counseling that emphasizes human development through relational connection, explores the impact of culture and social systems on emotional and psychological development, and (Jordan, 2010; Walker, 2008), and underscores how development and relationships with others cannot be understood separately from how those connections have been “raced, engendered, sexualized, and situated along dimensions of class, physical ability, religion or whatever constructions carry ontological significance in the culture” (Walker, 2008, p. 90). Wellness, therefore, is fostered through relationships that encourage empathy, authenticity and empowerment wherein individuals can realize their relational competence and create relationships that can sustain disruption and relational injury (Jordan, 2010). When counseling cisgender women in same-sex relationships, maintaining an RCT approach will allow the clinician to review and examine how clients have been impacted by heteronormative societal messages of what it means to be female, to be sexual as a woman, and how to perform in relationships.

In this webinar, we will discuss what RCT is as theory and how to apply it to counseling cisgender women in same-sex relationships. This will offer the clinician a lens that supports a nonheteronormarive approach and which situates women’s development within a cultural framework.

Access provided upon registration on “My Courses page 

This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists, 2.0 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, or 2.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSW, and LMFTs.

Click here to view full course information.

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