“This isn’t about feel-good stories. It’s about real change that we can build together, by bringing diverse voices across the constellation.” Melissa Guida-Richards
Adoptees often report that therapy can feel invalidating when clinicians are unaware of the complexities of adoption. Too often, therapists unintentionally minimize loss, reinforce harmful narratives, or lack the training to address adoption’s lifelong impact. This one-hour CE workshop centers adult adoptee voices to highlight what they most wish therapists understood. Participants will learn the essential knowledge every clinician should have when working with adoptees, including identity, attachment, grief, and cultural considerations. Grounded in trauma-informed and culturally competent frameworks, this training provides practical strategies to avoid common missteps and create safer, more affirming spaces for adoptee clients.
About the Presenter:
Joanne Bagshaw, PhD, LCPC, is a domestic same-race adoptee from the Baby Scoop Era. She is an AASECT-certified sex therapist and the founder of Joanne Bagshaw & Associates, a group practice focused on sex and relationship therapy in Maryland. Joanne is a recently retired award-winning professor of psychology and women’s studies at Montgomery College. She is also an LGPC board-approved supervisor in Maryland and an AASECT supervisor in training. Joanne is the author of "The Feminist Handbook: Practical Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy“ and writes the popular feminist blog, “The Third Wave,” for Psychology Today.
Flourish Media & Education is the education affiliate of Joanne Bagshaw & Associates.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to identify at least three core issues commonly experienced by adult adoptees (e.g., identity development, ambiguous loss, rejection).
Participants will be able to apply at least two adoption-competent, trauma-informed strategies to foster validation, safety, and therapeutic trust with adoptee clients.
CEU Information
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 1 CE credits and is considered synchronous learning if in attendance during the live webinar. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification through Flourish Media & Education (# 21-716-FME). Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.
This training is eligible for 1 CE hour from the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Flourish Media & Education has been approved by NBCC as a Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7774. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Flourish Media & Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
NBCC: 1 Contact Hour (Human Growth & Development; Social & Cultural Foundations)
AASECT: 1 CE Credit Core Knowledge Areas, C (Sociocultural & Familal Factors) & E (Intimacy Skills)
A recording of the workshop will be provided to participants; however, CEUs are provided for LIVE ONLINE or in-person programming only.
FEE: $30
Please join Atar Stav, LCPC, NCC, who will share her expertise in blending trauma therapy with sex and couples counseling. You’ll learn practical tools, somatic techniques, and relational frameworks to address intimacy challenges rooted in trauma, helping clients reconnect with themselves and their partners. Participants will also learn about common reactions trauma survivors may have to sexual intimacy in couples, as well as communication tools each partner can use to foster safety and trust in their relationship. Whether you work primarily with couples, individuals, or trauma survivors, this training will give you the skills to integrate healing and intimacy work in a way that’s safe, effective, and transformative.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Identify at least three ways trauma can influence sexual functioning, desire, and relational dynamics within couples.
Apply two or more trauma-informed, body-based interventions to help clients safely explore intimacy and enhance emotional and physical connection.
Atar Stav, LCPC, NCC (she/her) is a trauma-informed sex and relationship therapist practicing at Joanne Bagshaw & Associates. She holds an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Human Rights & Humanitarian Action from Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs. Atar has extensive experience working with refugees, and her clinical training integrates modalities including sensorimotor psychotherapy, sex therapy, somatic attachment, Imago therapy, DBT, trauma‑focused CBT, narrative therapy, and trauma stabilization technique. Atar is a Nationally Certified Counselor through the NBCC and an approved LGPC supervisor in Maryland.
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 2 CE credits and is considered synchronous learning if in attendance during the live webinar. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification through Flourish Media & Education (# 21-716-FME). Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.
This training is eligible for 2 CE hours from the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Flourish Media & Education has been approved by NBCC as a Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7774. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Flourish Media & Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
A recording of the workshop will be provided to participants; however, CEUs are provided for LIVE ONLINE or in person programming only.
If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact us.
Flourish Media & Education is the education affiliate of Joanne Bagshaw & Associates. Contact information: Joanne Bagshaw, 316 Main Street, Suite 200. Gaithersburg, MD 20874. 301.288.3723. joanne@joannebagshaw.com
Gaslighting is a cultural norm that we have have been conditioned not to notice.
Although we tend to associate gaslighting with narcissists in the context of an abusive relationship, gaslighting can show up in any relationship where there is a power differential. And because gaslighting is such an insidious part of our culture, sometimes the people doing the gaslighting aren’t even aware of it themselves.
In the context of sex and relationship therapy, gaslighting can appear when one partner manipulates another’s sexual reality. For instance, gaslighting can occur during infidelity, relationship conflicts, and reality distorting blame as to who in the relationship has a sexual dysfunction.
After completion of this program, participants will:
Understand how structural inequalities make gaslighting possible
Apply two interventions for individual and couples therapy
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 1 CE credit and is considered synchronous learning if in attendance to the live webinar. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification through Flourish Media & Education. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.
About the Presenter:
Joanne Bagshaw, PhD, LCPC is an award-winning professor of psychology and women’s studies at Montgomery College. She is an AASECT-certified sex therapist and the founder of Joanne Bagshaw & Associates, a group practice focused on sex and relationship therapy in Maryland. She is also an LGPC board approved supervisor in Maryland. Joanne is the author of "The Feminist Handbook: Practical Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy“ and writes the popular feminist blog, “The Third Wave,” for Psychology Today.
Flourish Media & Education is the education affiliate of Joanne Bagshaw & Associates.
Registration is closed.
The event is scheduled for EDT.
Join me (via Zoom) and the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute for a day of training on Intersectionality and Sexism in Relationships:
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
Social inequities contribute to sexual dysfunction and create barriers for oppressed and minoritized groups to access pleasure. Sex therapists are in a unique position to address the effects of systemic oppression by using an intersectional analysis to help create practices that build resilience and resistance to oppression and help the communities we serve access and experience sexual pleasure.
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
Outdated gender roles have put women, and particularly women who are mothers, under extraordinary stress during the pandemic. The unequal distribution of labor in the home is magnified during the pandemic and the mass exodus of women forced to leave the workforce is causing immediate economic and psychological stress and deepening inequities. In this workshop, we will take a deep dive in understanding how we got here, and what we, as sex therapists can do about it.
Experience challenging training and improve your practice- Join ISTI Online June 10-12, 2020
Please join me, Jane Fleishman, Shadeen Francis & Nan Wise as we present 3 days of training focused on the experiences of sexism, exploitation, and trauma and the impact on women and couples. Experience challenging and rewarding training with experts and instructors working in the field of sexuality counseling and couples therapy. Courses include case consultations.
