Untouched: Sex & Intimacy - Group 1

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About this Event

Join Susan Stark and Kendra Russell for this full-day in-person training which aims to build foundational skills and knowledge for workers seeking to increase their capacity and confidence in providing support to survivors of sexual abuse and violence, regarding issues related to sex, intimacy and pleasure. Untouched adopts an intersectional feminist and somatic approach to supporting victim/survivors reclaim sex and intimacy as powerful sites of healing and transformation. It provides practical tools and resources, drawn from Sexological Bodywork, Somatic Sex Education, Somatic Experiencing and Wheel of Consent frameworks. Please note: For practitioners new to somatic work, prior completion of ‘Foundations in Feminist Somatics’ is recommended. Wednesday 20 March, 9.30am - 4.30pm

Learning Objectives

Event details

Participants will:

• Gain information on how the nervous system impacts people’s experiences of pleasure and how to include the body in healing sexual trauma.
• Develop ways to work with sexual shame, guilt and triggers.
• Become familiar with the foundations of embodied consent and tools to support this learning with survivors, including sexual communication and boundaries.
• Learn new theoretical frameworks and practice tools for working with desire, including its relevance to embodied consent.
• Learn new theoretical frameworks and practical tools for working with and cultivating pleasure.

Location

Second Story Studios - 222A Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066

Cost

Free
$
390.00
Not SASVic Member (incl. GST)
$
307.00
SASVic Member (incl. GST)

Session(s)

Session 1

Untouched: Practical Tools
Practical Tools to Resource Victim/Survivors of Gendered Violence to Reclaim Sex & Intimacy

Session 2

Practical Tools to Resource Victim/Survivors of Gendered Violence to Reclaim Sex & Intimacy
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The SASVic Training Team
training@sasvic.org.au
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