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.
Recognizing that representation of Latinx/Latine culture and Spanish-speaking sex therapists are lacking in the sex therapy field ultimately persuaded me to complete both AASECT Sex Therapy Certification and AASECT Sex Therapy Supervisor Certification.
Now I can provide for my Latinx/Latine community as a sex therapist, supervisor, and group practice owner.
My intention with this group is that other Latinx/Latine/Latina/Latino experience a sense of belonging that they are seen in heard in ways that honor their culture, and learn how best to serve their clients from a lived multicultural approach.