Exploring Biases Involving Sexuality
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
The presenters will use clinical experiences, vignettes, and workshop discussions to explore and bring greater clarity to some of the following questions:•What do I do when 1 notice that I have judgments about clients whose identities (e.g., sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression) are uncomfortable for me? What do I do when clients engage in sexual behaviors with which I disagree (e.g., polyamory, swinging, affairs, marriage/divorce, prostitution, viewing "porn." masturbation, kink)? What about people who want too little, or too much, sex? What are my attitudes about abortion? Birth control? What are my beliefs about older people having sex?
What about people with disabilities? How might my attitudes affect my work with clients? What, if anything, do I want to do about this?•How do I better distinguish issues involving the law, ethics, and clinical practice?
Ken Roach, Ed.D., LCMHC, is assistant professor in the Counseling Department at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He maintains a small private practice in Holladay, where he specializes in working with sexuality and spirituality. Ken serves on the oversight committee of the LGBTQ+-Affirmative Therapist Guild of Utah, the DOPL licensing board, and also serves as co-chair of the AMHCA Ethics Committee. Ken also provides occasional expert witness testimony in sexual assault cases.
Kara Posner, LCMHC, earned her M.Ed. from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She worked in private practice in Washington, DC, and for the University of California, DC campus. Kara has continued to work in private practice since moving to Salt Lake City in 2011. For more than 10 years, she's served on the oversight committee of the LGBTQ+ Guild, where she coordinates continuing education. Kara credits extensive travel and living throughout the country for her ability to connect and work with a broad range of people.
Register with Ken Roach at ken.roach@rm.edu
