VIRTUAL
First Fridays Sex Therapy Supervision Group
A Monthly Gathering for Clinicians Committed to Sex-Positive, Holistic, and Inclusive Care
Join a vibrant community of sex therapists, AASECT certification candidates, and mental health professionals every First Friday of the month for reflective, growth-oriented supervision. This group offers a safe and enriching space to deepen your clinical skills, explore the complexities of sexuality and intimacy, and stay grounded in ethical, culturally attuned, and embodied practice.
This group provides a consistent and supportive space to bring your clinical questions, complex cases, and personal reflections as you grow in confidence and skill. Together, we explore the intersections of sexual health, cultural identity, gender, spirituality, pleasure, and trauma—all within a container rooted in ethics, curiosity, and compassion.
Whether you’re deep in your certification process or looking to stay connected and inspired in your ongoing work, this group offers both clinical depth and soulful nourishment.
Most therapists receive little to no sexuality training, and when they do, it often lacks sex-positive, inclusive, or culturally relevant frameworks. The AASECT certification journey changes that. Through the Core Knowledge Areas, specialized sex therapy training, the SAR experience, 50 hours of supervision, and the profound inner work that arises in the process, you don’t just gain expertise—you evolve.
Having a consistent, safe, and supportive space to explore client challenges, transference, countertransference, and your own emotional terrain is essential. Being part of a like-hearted supervision group creates more than professional development—it fosters belonging, nurtures your confidence, feeds your soul and helps you thrive in this sacred work.
The Transformative Journey of AASECT Certification
Becoming an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist is not just about gaining knowledge—it’s about transformation. This journey asks you to step into deeper awareness, not only of your clients’ stories but of your own. As therapists, our personal experiences, challenges, and even discomforts become opportunities for growth. When approached with curiosity and support, these moments expand our capacity to hold space with greater depth, empathy, and authenticity.
Rather than seeing personal reactions or challenges as obstacles, they can be invitations to deepen your understanding of sexuality, relationships, and human experience. This process is not just intellectual; it’s embodied, emotional, and deeply personal. The more we integrate and metabolize our own experiences, the more present, attuned, and effective we become for those we serve.
Supervision is a sacred space where you can process transference, countertransference, and the inevitable stirrings that arise. In a community with like-minded professionals, you don’t just refine your clinical skills—you develop the resilience and authenticity that make you a truly exceptional sex therapist.
This is a monthly consultation group for Licensed clincians on their certification journey &AASECT Certified Sex Therapists that are actively working with sex therapy clients and are seeking support from a culturally sensitive, feminist, intersectional, somatic, and decolonizing perspective from a WOC supervisor
These supervision groups offer an integrative approach, blending traditional therapy and sex therapy techniques with a rich exploration of spiritual and existential perspectives. Here, therapists will find a supportive and safe space to process transference, countertransference, and the complex emotions that naturally arise in this deeply personal work. Through reflection, discussion, and guided exploration, you’ll expand your capacity to hold space for clients with greater depth, awareness, and authenticity.
Somatic awareness is the practice of tuning into the body’s sensations, rhythms, and wisdom. It is an intuitive process that weaves together our emotions, thoughts, and lived experiences, offering a deeper, more embodied understanding of ourselves. By fostering an open, nonjudgmental connection to the present experience of the body, somatic awareness helps us cultivate presence and self-attunement.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, which often focuses on narrative and cognition, somatic awareness invites us to experience our story through bodily sensations—tension, expansion, movement, breath, and stillness. This approach allows us to holistically process and integrate our experiences, creating space for deeper healing, greater openness, and a more authentic connection to ourselves and the world around us.
A decolonizing and intersectional lens is essential to every session, fostering both the client’s and therapist’s growth. We recognize that each individual carries unique experiences of discrimination, privilege, and oppression, shaped by factors such as gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, and beyond. True healing requires us to examine the systemic forces that marginalize and shape identities, acknowledging how colonization has impacted sexuality, gender roles, colorism, Indigenous rituals, immigration journeys, and even the land we stand on.
Intersectionality and decolonization call us to acknowledge these realities and actively engage with them—embracing responsibility rather than assigning blame. Through equity, education, dialogue, and action, we work to dismantle barriers and create spaces of liberation and empowerment. This perspective is especially vital in sex therapy, where until recent history, theories, and techniques were designed primarily for and by non-marginalized, middle-to-upper-class individuals. By weaving these frameworks into our work, we cultivate a practice that honors the richness of lived experiences and paves the way for truly inclusive, transformative healing.
This group is designed to support you in discovering innovative ways to care for your clients while, above all, caring for yourself. Working in the field of sex therapy is deeply personal and profoundly transformative. Along the way, you may encounter the weight of clients’ stories, the stirrings of unresolved or triggered trauma, the impact of shifting legislation on sexual rights, and the broader influence of world and political issues. The journey can sometimes feel isolating, yet it is also an opportunity for profound growth.
This space offers a sanctuary—a place to process, reflect, and be held in community with like-minded professionals who understand the unique challenges of this work. Together, we will explore how to navigate these complexities while honoring your well-being so you can continue to show up fully for your clients and yourself.
Cultural sensitivity is more than awareness—it is a dynamic process of deep understanding, respect, and meaningful connection across diverse identities and experiences. It goes beyond simply recognizing differences; it invites us to acknowledge our interdependence and engage with cultures beyond our own with humility and openness.
In the therapeutic space, cultural sensitivity allows us to honor each client’s inherent worth by respecting their values, beliefs, language, and unique needs. By fostering an environment of trust and compassion, we create a foundation for authentic connection and healing. This approach reduces cultural barriers and empowers clients to take an active role in their well-being, ultimately supporting their sexual health, agency, and overall flourishing.
Sex positivity is essential for both clients and therapists, creating a foundation for exploration, embodiment, and learning about sexuality and gender without judgment or shame. In this group, we move beyond pathologizing sexual desires, thoughts, or behaviors and instead recognize the complex physical, psychological, spiritual, and sexual health challenges individuals may face.
This space does not center on diagnosis or addiction models. Rather, we focus on cultivating a compassionate, informed approach that empowers clients to navigate their sexuality with agency and self-acceptance. Clinicians will deepen their skills in supporting clients through open conversations about consent, communication, and pleasure—guiding them toward making informed, values-aligned choices about their bodies and experiences.
Requirements for Group
- Commitment to 4 consecutive sessions.
- Full participation in all sessions is required to maintain the integrity and depth of the experience. Sessions will not be recorded to ensure confidentiality and a safe space for all. If needed, one makeup session may be allowed, depending on availability.
- Access to clients for sex therapy case consultation.
- Be a licensed clinician or under supervision by a primary clinical supervisor in your state.
- Desire to embrace a decolonizing, feminist, intersectional, and BIPOC perspective offered by a Latina.
- Signed contract with a primary AASECT Supervisor or interested in and able to have a secondary supervisor.
- Ability to do supervision online.
- For AASECT supervision hours or CES, AASECT membership must be in good standing.
- Able to manage your professional responsibilities
- Be an active supervision participant with a willingness to invest time outside supervision for additional learning.
- Openness to examining biases, countertransference, and challenging patriarchal and colonizing beliefs.
- Enjoying, expanding knowledge, evolving, and building connections with peers, including being open to other languages spoken in session.
- Maintaining strict confidentiality is essential to creating a safe and trusting space. Participants are expected to uphold the privacy of both client cases and the experiences shared by fellow group members. This ensures a respectful, secure environment where everyone can engage in open, honest reflection without fear of breach or judgment.
Join us every First Friday of the month for a dynamic, heart-centered supervision group designed for sex therapists, AASECT certification candidates, and mental health professionals working with issues of sexuality, intimacy, and relational dynamics.
This group provides a consistent and supportive space to bring your clinical questions, complex cases, and personal reflections as you grow in confidence and skill. Together, we explore the intersections of sexual health, cultural identity, gender, spirituality, pleasure, and trauma—all within a container rooted in ethics, curiosity, and compassion.
Whether you’re deep in your certification process or looking to stay connected and inspired in your ongoing work, this group offers both clinical depth and soulful nourishment.
Highlights:
Meets monthly on First Fridays,
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT · 10 AM–12 PM MT · 11 AM–1 PM CT · 12–2 PM ET (via Zoom) for 2 hours. Please note that meeting times are adjusted accordingly to reflect seasonal time changes.
- Open to licensed and pre-licensed professionals (pre-licensed must have a separate clinical supervisor)
- Counts toward AASECT group supervision hours
- Small group format to encourage connection and rich dialogue
- Commitment of 4 Groups = 8 hours of AASECT Group Supervision or CEs
Cost:
- $180 Per Group
- Option 1 | One Full Payment due at Registration: $720
- Option 2 | Two Automatically Billed Payments: $360 (at Registration and before 3rd session)
This is a rolling, ongoing group.
- New openings become available as current participants complete their 4-session commitment.
- Participants are welcome to re-enroll for additional supervision hours or continuing education credits.
- Group size is intentionally kept small—limited to 4 participants—to ensure depth, safety, and personalized attention.
Limited Equity Spots Available. Please reach out to inquire.
Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information, please contact info@aasect.org.
After a summer pause, we’ll be back together starting September 1st! I’m looking forward to reconnecting, welcoming you back, and continuing our learning and growth together.
I spent many years working in community mental health, where I deeply loved my work with clients. However, I struggled with the system’s emphasis on productivity and symptom reduction rather than a strength-based, holistic approach that helped clients rediscover their authentic selves. Sex positivity was entirely out of the question.
After deep soul-searching, I chose to pursue sex therapy—a path that felt aligned with my values and purpose. I was incredibly fortunate to be mentored by some of the most brilliant sex therapists and sexologists.
Working in sex therapy has been one of the greatest blessings of my life. As a sex therapist, I help clients illuminate the hidden, unspoken parts of themselves. Whether with clients or supervisees, I witness people finally giving voice to their most profound truths. Sex therapy, at its core, is an act of love.
Now, as a therapist, mentor, and supervisor, I feel immense gratitude for this extraordinary way of serving others. I provide virtual sex therapy supervision to clinicians and healing arts professionals both nationally and internationally.
My supervision style is eclectic, integrative, and deeply interactive. I focus on the person of the therapist, embracing the richness of intersectional identities. My approach interweaves spiritual practices, ancient wisdom, somatic techniques, and intersectional perspectives with traditional therapy theories and techniques.
Becoming a sex therapist is not just a career shift—it is a transformational journey that can profoundly reshape a clinician’s life.
If you’re interested in pursuing AASECT Sex Therapy Certification, reach out. The world is waiting for your unique medicine.
My Supervision Values
The Person of the Therapist Training Model presents a model that prepares therapists to make active and purposeful use of who they are, personally and professionally, in all aspects of the therapeutic process—relationship, assessment and intervention. conscious and planned use of a therapist’s race, gender, culture, values, life experience, and in particular, personal vulnerabilities and struggles in how they relate and help clients.
Clinical supervision can then emphasize the purposeful utilization of self-in the moment—both flaws and strengths —in the therapeutic relationship in combination with the technical interventions with clients.
Intersectionality is a concept for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage compound themselves and create obstacles that often are not understood among conventional ways of thinking. Inclusion is critical to the field of sexuality so that sexual minorities, marginalized folx, non-English speakers and those of various cultures can receive good and knowledgeable sex therapy and support.
Equality is about the fair treatment of everyone. seeking mental and sexual health.
Equity creates equal possible outcomes for everyone because, despite effort and merit, people can experience substantial barriers in obtaining mental and sexual health.
Diversity is all the ways in which people differ from one another. This can include race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, socioeconomic status, veteran status, education, marital status, language, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental or physical ability, and learning styles
Inclusion is the culture in which the mix of people can feel comfortable and confident to be themselves, and seek support in a way that aligns with who they are. Having sex therapists that also reflect the population they are serving is also essential.
Some of the most fundamental understanding of the human condition emerges from the Western understanding of what is considered healthy, normal, and acceptable. The decolonizing perspective calls for action towards social change, inclusion, and validation of the lived experiences of indigenous populations, people of color, and the economically disadvantaged, among others.
I teach my supervisees to address the whole person not just the presenting problem. This includes a person’s physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual well-being. Addressing the whole person in body-mind-heart-spirit can bring out the healthiest, happiest version of ourselves and heal. It also supports clients not to focus only performance and function, and see the whole of their sex and sexuality narrative.
I have presented at various AASECT Conferences about the importance of embodiment techniques, to get clients back in their bodies rather than keeping them sitting while exploring thoughts and feelings. Embodiment or body-focused processes assist our clients in creating a different experience in the moment. Supervisees are guided through different processes to help them connect to their own bodies.
Becoming AASECT Certified has profoundly enriched my life, offering me invaluable insights into human sexuality and relationships that have strengthened my personal connections and elevated my professional practice.
This journey, guided by a holistic approach, has not only made me a more compassionate and effective therapist but also empowered me to see the interconnectedness of various aspects of well-being.
Now, as a supervisor, I have the privilege of guiding and supporting others, fostering their development, and witnessing the transformative impact of this certification on their lives and careers.
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