VIRTUAL
AASECT Group Supervision —Spanglish Style!
Porque healing también se hace en Spanglish.
This unique supervision group is designed for bilingual (English-Spanish) and bicultural clinicians working toward AASECT certification who want a space that embraces cultura, corazón, and comunidad.
In this soulful and rigorous container, we speak the language of liberation—sometimes in English, sometimes en Español, and often right in the beautiful in-between. We explore sex therapy through a decolonizing, feminist, and culturally grounded lens, bringing lived experience, ancestral wisdom, and clinical knowledge together.
You’ll receive supervision that honors your full identity, challenges systemic norms, and supports your journey as a therapist, healer, and human.
Whether you’re processing client cases, navigating countertransference, or simply seeking a space where you don’t have to translate your soul—this group is for you.
What You Can Expect:
Supervision hours that count toward AASECT certification or CES
A culturally fluent, heart-centered group experience
Small group format (maximum 4 participants)
Monthly Zoom sessions
Spanglish welcome, celebrated, and encouraged
Being aware of the nuances of the Latin culture has not been enough to serve the larger Latino/Latine community.
As a bilingual sex therapist serving the diverse Latino/Latine community, language is never just language. It’s a dance with nuance, shaped by ancestral roots, regional slang, dichos, and the rhythm of our daily lives. Something as simple as talking about fruit—or asking for a straw—can unexpectedly veer into sexual innuendo, depending on where your client is from.
While many Latino/Latine clinicians are trained and mentored by monolingual, non-Latinx supervisors, we often find ourselves without the guidance to navigate the layered cultural and linguistic dynamics we encounter in practice. Rarely are we taught how to hold space for clients in Spanglish, or to understand when “pajita” means straw—or something far more intimate.
So… how do you order a straw? Pajilla, pajita, pitillo, sorbete, popote, cañita, bombilla, tubo, carrizo, canuto, pajuela?
And are you certain it doesn’t mean something else entirely?
Our language is not just functional—it’s a vibrant mosaic of our histories, our migrations, our humor, and our sensuality. It’s as layered, colorful, and alive as we are.
For the record? I order a pajilla.
Training with English-speaking-only teachers, learning therapeutic skills and terms in English, and, above all, not having a mentor with the same lived experience as myself—WOC, child of immigrants, bicultural, bilingual—I struggled to find a sense of belonging.
Acknowledging the absence of representation of Latinx/Latine culture and Spanish-speaking sex therapists in the sex therapy field played a pivotal role in motivating me to pursue certifications in both AASECT Sex Therapy and AASECT Sex Therapy Supervisor.
The aim of this group is for fellow individuals who identify as Latinx/Latine/Latina/Latino to feel a sense of belonging, where they are acknowledged and heard in a manner that respects their cultural identity.
The goal is to facilitate learning on how to effectively serve their clients through a lived and linguistically multicultural approach.
Being able to facilitate this group is a dream come true. Being bilingual has opened many doors and allowed me to serve more clients and supervisees. Above all, it has allowed me to honor my family and ancestors whose sacrifices and shoulders I stand on.
In my experience as a clinician, I have witnessed powerful healing in my clients when invited to speak and express emotions in their or their family’s native language, regardless of whether I understood the language or not. I have come to deeply believe that if we talk in the language of our ancestors, we not only heal ourselves—we also help heal the intergenerational wounds and traumas.
It does not matter if you speak Spanish fluently or not. If you are a clinician ready to embark on a journey of healing and empowerment, this is the group for you.
In our modern society, the demand for skilled Certified Sex Therapists, Counselors, and Educators is high. Access to these specialists, particularly in Latino and BIPOC communities, remains low, as does representation in the field.
Beginning your journey towards AASECT Sex Therapy Certification with bilingual and bicultural supervision helps the critical need, ensuring that the greater Latinx/Latine community, including Spanish speakers, has access to sexual health and education.
Many Latine folks are raised in homes where sex, gender, and sexuality are not discussed. For many, it is a taboo subject. Yet, Spanish-speaking television often shows women scantly dressed and being sexually pleasing to men.
Sex, gender, and sexuality are constructs permeated by religion, religious politics, misogyny, classism, and colorism in the open and even celebrated manner.
Slut shaming and Marianismo have a massive impact on Latino sexuality, as does machismo creating double standards in all areas of intimate relationships and sexual well-being.
The Importance of Language in Supervising & Mentoring Latinx/Latine/Latina/Latino Sex Therapists
The importance of receiving mentoring and supervision in our family of origin’s native language lies in honoring family roots, healing dystopian and colonial trauma, and establishing an authentic connection with our clients. The cultural richness of our family is preserved, promoting a healing process that embraces linguistic and experiential diversity. Mentoring and supervision in Spanish not only strengthen the connection to our roots, but also facilitate a deeper understanding of the needs and concerns of our clients, empowering us to provide more effective and culturally-sensitive support. In this shared linguistic space, a trusting environment is created that fosters open and empathetic dialogue, facilitating more effective guidance on the journey to healing.
La importancia de recibir mentoría y supervisión en el idioma natal de nuestras familias radica en honrar las raíces familiares, sanar las heridas de traumas distópicos y coloniales, y establecer un vínculo auténtico con nuestros clientes. Con este enfoque, se preserva la riqueza cultural de nuestra familia y se promueve un proceso de curación que respalda la diversidad lingüística. La mentoría y supervisión en español no solo fortalecen la conexión con nuestras raíces, sino que también facilitan una comprensión más profunda de las necesidades y preocupaciones de nuestros clientes, permitiéndonos brindar un apoyo más efectivo y sensible a nuestra cultura. En este espacio, se crea un ambiente de confianza con un diálogo abierto y empático, facilitando el camino hacia la sanación.
This experiential group is for mental health clinicians who want to expand their clinical skills as AASECT Sex Therapist while honoring ancestral teachings, cultural roots, and their bilingual wisdom.
Each session will utilize a decolonizing and intersectional lens to review cases and facilitate training around trauma, sexuality, couples, groups, spirituality, and other topics that case consultation warrants. With this non-pathologizing approach, practitioners will integrate practices working with Latine and Spanish-speaking populations.
- In a 2-hour supervision setting, each clinician will have 30 minutes for case consultation and have the opportunity to apply their knowledge with clients between each supervision session.
- Throughout the supervision group, group members and the facilitator will work together to address clinical challenges and deepen your understanding of yourself as a clinician, especially as a bilingual/bicultural sex therapist.
- Learn and explore practical approaches in working with various Latine populations
- What most people in the U.S. consider Latinx is comprised of 33 different countries, nearly 500 different languages, and almost 900 different indigenous groups in Latin America, including the Caribbean. We are not a monolith.
- Spanish will be spoken to provide participants the opportunity to learn appropriate Spanish words, phrases, and dichos to more profoundly support their clients.
- Participants will have the opportunity to speak Spanish/Spanglish in order to gain confidence in speaking about sexuality and sexual health with their clients.
- Explore Spanish words/phrases that are important in providing sex therapy: There are dozens of words for penis, vulva, and vagina. What you call one in one country or even a region of a country can lead to misunderstandings in another. (Hint: papaya is not just fruit.)
- Fluency in Spanish is not necessary.
- You will be able to use group hours towards AASECT Sex Therapy Certification or as Continuing Education if you are already certified. (Note: Completion of the group does not guarantee AASECT Certification)
You’re Invited: Join Our Intimate Supervision Group for Bilingual Sex Therapists
Estás invitad@: Únete a nuestro grupo íntimo de supervisión para terapeutas sexuales bilingües
If you’re a Spanish-speaking or bilingual clinician working toward AASECT certification and longing for a more intimate space to explore the mental and sexual health needs of our communities—this group is for you.
Si eres une terapeuta, consejere, o profesional de salud mental bilingüe que está trabajando para obtener la certificación de AASECT y deseas un espacio más íntimo para explorar las necesidades de salud mental y sexual de nuestras comunidades—este grupo es para ti.
Designed for deep, reflective conversation and shared growth, this small-group setting (maximum of 4 participants) offers a rich opportunity to:
- Dive deeper into culturally attuned clinical work.
- Strengthen your linguistic practice and therapeutic voice in Spanish.
- Share case material and receive collaborative insights
- Build community with other bilingual/bicultural professionals
Sessions are held via Zoom and count toward AASECT certification requirements. AASECT CES are also available for AASECT-certified therapists.
A sacred space for bilingual/bicultural clinicians on the path to AASECT certification
This group is for you if you:
- Are a therapist, counselor, social worker, or mental health professional who works with BIPOC communities—especially those navigating the richness and complexity of bilingual/bicultural identities.
- Are working toward AASECT certification as a sex therapist or wanting CES
- Want supervision grounded in decolonizing, feminist, trauma-informed, holistic, and pleasure-centered frameworks
- Long for a space where you can show up both as a professional and a full human being
- Crave connection, sacred witnessing, and community-based collaboration
- Are ready to honor your voice, your roots, your language, and your power
Group Details
Meets Twice Monthly (Exact day TBD with group input)
Time: TBD
Format: Virtual via Zoom
Each Session Length: 2 hours
Total Supervision/CE Hours: 6 sessions = 12 hours total
Commitment: 4-month cycle (12 sessions), with the option to continue
Group Size: Max of 4 participants for depth, connection, and individual attention
AASECT CEs available for certified therapists
What You’ll Receive
- Thoughtful, culturally grounded consultation and support
- A brave space to explore your clinical edges and your healing path
- Opportunities to weave in your spirituality, ancestry, and personal wisdom
- A circle of compañeras/os/es/@ who see you, support you, and walk alongside you
Investment
$180 per 2-hour session
Option 1: $1080 paid in full at registration
Option 2: Two payments of $550 (due at registration & before the 4th session)
Limited Equity Rate available – reach out to inquire
Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.
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Requirements for Group Participation
- Participation in all sessions. There will be no make-up sessions and no recordings.
- Access to clients for sex therapy case consultation.
- If pursuing AASECT Certification, participants must have an active supervision agreement with Jacqueline Mendez or another primary supervisor and have AASECT membership in good standing
- Be comfortable in Bilingual (Spanish-English) space:
This group is specifically designed for clinicians working with Spanish-speaking or bilingual clients. Proficiency is nt vital but comfort with sharing and engaging in both languages is. - Clinical Experience:
Participants must be currently working with clients and able to bring case material for discussion.
- Ability to do supervision online.
- Able to manage your professional responsibilities.
- Identifies as Latina, Latino, Latinx, Latin@, or Latine.
- Interested in and able to have a secondary supervisor.
- An active supervision participant with a willingness to invest time outside supervision for additional learning
- Commitment to Group Process:
Consistent attendance, active participation, and respect for group confidentiality and boundaries are essential to maintaining the integrity of the space. - Technology Access:
All sessions are held via Zoom. A stable internet connection, webcam, and private space are required for participation. - Working Toward AASECT Certification (or Currently Certified) is not necessary.
If you want to learn and be mentored from a holistic, multicultural, and BIPOC-centered perspective along with colleagues with similar lived and language experiences, this is the group for you.