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Expanding Psychosexual Therapy Practice to Marginalized Communities

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026   12:00 PM EDT -3:00 PM EDT
LaTanya E. Jones
$59.99 USD

This class provides IAPST credits which are eligible for credits toward Certification as a Sex Therapist.  See iapst.org/certification

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This three-hour course, Expanding Psychosexual Therapy Practice to Marginalized Communities, begins by grounding participants in a shared framework for understanding marginalization within psychosexual and sex therapy contexts. The first hour introduces core concepts, including structural, institutional, and interpersonal dimensions of marginalization (macro, mezzo, and micro levels). Using race, disability, and socioeconomic status as primary lenses, participants will examine how systemic inequities shape sexual health access, therapeutic engagement, diagnostic frameworks, and relational norms. Interactive components, including word cloud reflection, breakout discussions, and applied case examples, will help clinicians identify how marginalization manifests in their clinical settings and supervision spaces.

The second and third hours shift toward reflective and applied practice. Participants will engage in structured positionality work to examine their own power, privilege, biases, and potential blind spots across race, disability, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation. The course will then focus on adapting assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning to address structural barriers and culturally specific relational norms. Through applied exercises and collaborative discussion, clinicians will develop a concrete, practice-specific action plan to increase accessibility and cultural responsiveness within their own psychosexual therapy practices. The course concludes with integration, commitment-to-action reflections, and next steps for sustained accountability.

 

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About the Presenter

LaTanya E. Jones, MSM, NIC, MSW, MEd, LMSW, C-PST, is a sign language interpreter, psychotherapist, educator, and researcher. She specializes in psychosexual therapy, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive clinical practice at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. Her scholarship and clinical work examine how identity, power, and lived experience shape intimacy, desire, and relational well-being. LaTanya is deeply committed to expanding access to liberatory, culturally responsive sexual health care and advancing global standards in psychosexual therapy.

Learning Objectives:

  1. By the end of the session, participants will identify at least three structural and cultural barriers impacting access to psychosexual therapy.
  2. Participants will identify one privileged identity and one marginalized identity they hold and name one related clinical blind spot.
  3. Participants will integrate at least two culturally responsive strategies into assessment or intervention using a case example.
  4. Participants will develop one concrete step to increase accessibility and cultural responsiveness in their practice within 30 days.

Agenda:


1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Foundations & Structural Barriers

  • Framing marginalization in psychosexual therapy: Macro, mezzo, micro model

  • Structural and cultural barriers across race, disability, SES, gender, and sexual orientation

  • Reflective exercise on identity, privilege, and blind spots

2:00 PM – 2:55 PM

Intersectional Case Conceptualization

  • Presentation of clinical case

  • Macro/mezzo/micro analysis

  • Pathology vs. adaptive survival strategies

  • Linking structural factors to sexual distress

2:55 PM – 3:00 PM

Clinical Integration & Action

  • Culturally responsive assessment and intervention strategies

  • Practice-specific action steps

  • Closing reflection

This workshop offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.