Summer 2026 Cohort:
5-Week Professional Development Intensive
Meets on Sundays
Sunday July 12th to August 9th
12noon-2pm EDT/US East Coast time
10 AASECT CEs
This SAR-like learning intensive addresses a critical need in the current healing and healthcare landscape: to expand affirming understanding and integrative somatic strategies of sexuality within service delivery, while supporting your emotional and mental capacity for sustainable positive impact on mental health support and outcomes of both clients and providers.
This CE opportunity goes beyond traditional self-care models to focus on "embodied intelligence" – the integration of emotional, somatic, and erotic intelligence.
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Learning Objectives for Sexuality and Somatics Professional Learning Series: Introduction to EroSomatics
- Understand Somatic Healing and Trauma:
Explore the principles of somatic intelligence and its application in clinical practice to support mind-body healing and resilience.
- Foster Authentic Consent and Agency:
Provide strategies informed by the 7 Principles of Authentic Consent™ and their impact on clients’ ability to access choice and voice to develop strategies for empowering trauma survivors through erotically embodied practices.
- Integrate the Erotic Self into Healing:
Examine the connection between lived experiences and erotic identity, applying integrative approaches to support clients’ exploration of pleasure, vulnerability, and empowerment.
- Implement Presence Practices for Self-Liberation:
Apply the SHIFT framework and other somatic techniques to create embodied safety, self-trust, and personalized healing strategies for clients.

Why This Learning Intensive?
This one-of-a-kind program bridges the gap between somatics, sexuality, and trauma-informed care, offering you tools and strategies to confidently address the deeply embodied nature of healing.
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Transform Lives: Learn how to facilitate profound breakthroughs in your clients by addressing shame, disconnection, and the erotic self.
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Expand Your Skills: Deepen your expertise in somatics and sexuality to stand out as a leader in trauma-informed healing.
Who Should Attend:
Mental health professionals, medical practitioners, sex educators, sex counselors, sex therapists and coaches dedicated to advancing culturally competent, trauma-informed sexual health care.
Key Takeaways:
- Practical somatic techniques to support clients’ sexual healing.
- A deeper understanding of the intersection between sexuality, identity, and somatic awareness.
- Culturally inclusive frameworks for integrating sexuality and somatics into clinical practice.
This professional learning intensive comes with a 30-day complimentary membership to the Centre for the Sexuality & Somatics Peer Supervision and Support.

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AASECT CE Disclosure
“This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Lena Queen, LCSW, M.Ed. is an AASECT CEs a continuing education provider of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists (AASECT). CE Provider # 25-0611-LQ.
Note: Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact [email protected]