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Become the Sex Therapist You Were Meant to Be
Mentorship, embodiment, and supervision rooted in multicultural, spiritual, and somatic wisdom.
Individual & Group Supervision
Why AASECT Certification Matters?
Becoming AASECT Certified is widely recognized as the gold standard in sex therapy and education, signaling the highest level of professional expertise, ethics, and credibility.
Supervision is a foundational element in the AASECT certification process—an essential space for clinical refinement, ethical grounding, and deepened therapeutic presence. But for those called to this path, it becomes much more.
Becoming a sex therapist is a profound journey of self-discovery and service. In our work together, supervision evolves into a transformational container—where clinical skill meets embodied wisdom, multicultural awareness enriches therapeutic nuance, and the personal and professional intertwine in meaningful ways. Here, you explore your own edges, examine and transform countertransference, and integrate your experiences into more conscious, effective clinical practice.
Through holistic, integrative supervision with me, you not only meet rigorous AASECT standards but also deepen self-awareness, embodiment, and clinical confidence. This approach ensures you can serve clients with authenticity, compassion, and skill while positioning yourself as a trusted leader in sexuality and relational health.
Here, you’re not just checking boxes—you’re becoming the healer you’re meant to be.
Being a Sex Therapist Is a Heart Calling
Becoming a sex therapist is a transformational journey—it’s a heart-led journey that transforms how we see ourselves, our clients, and the world around us. It calls us to show up with presence, courage, and compassion, and to meet sexuality not just as behavior or function, but as a reflection of our humanity, history, and capacity for connection.
In my role as a supervisor and mentor, I offer an integrative, relational, and soulful approach. Grounded in decades of clinical experience with clients from diverse cultural, spiritual, and religious backgrounds, I support clinicians in weaving together clinical knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and intuitive wisdom.
Supervision with me is a sacred process of becoming—the kind that deepens your therapeutic presence and helps you hold space for healing, liberation, and embodied intimacy.
Sexual concerns rarely exist in isolation. They are intertwined with emotional, psychological, relational, and spiritual layers. I guide supervisees to look beneath the surface, to explore the deeper stories that shape sexual expression and distress, and to support their clients in reclaiming pleasure, safety, and a sense of wholeness. This is the work that transforms lives—starting with our own.
If you’re seeking more than just a checklist for certification, if you’re ready to step into a truly transformational, integrative experience, this supervision journey is for you.
Together, we’ll cultivate the skills, confidence, and soulful presence needed to support clients in their deepest healing. This is a space where your growth matters, your voice is honored, and your calling as a sex therapist is nurtured from the inside out.
Spirituality & Sexuality: A Sacred Intersection
Sexuality is not simply a physical act—it is sacred, multifaceted, and deeply interconnected with the spiritual dimensions of our being. It reflects our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world around us, holding the potential to be a powerful source of healing, expression, and transformation. When we approach sexuality through a spiritual lens, we acknowledge it as a pathway to profound connection, liberation, and self-discovery.
In supervision, I invite you to embrace this sacred intersection, where sexuality and spirituality converge. I emphasize the importance of cultural sensitivity, recognizing that for many clients, their sexual identity and desires are intertwined with deeply held spiritual or religious beliefs. Whether through the influence of faith, ancestral traditions, or personal spiritual practices, these elements shape their experiences of pleasure, intimacy, and connection.
As a supervisor, I encourage you to create a safe, open space for clients to explore the sacredness of their sexuality, while respecting the multifaceted nature of their beliefs and experiences. This may involve navigating spaces of shame, guilt, or disconnection that can arise from societal, familial, or religious messages about sex. It also involves holding space for the possibility of healing—where clients can reclaim pleasure and intimacy as vital, sacred parts of their wholeness.
In our work together, you will learn to recognize the spiritual dimensions of sexual concerns, even when they are not overtly expressed. You will cultivate the ability to gently guide clients through spiritual exploration, allowing them to reconnect with their desires, boundaries, and pleasures in ways that honor their full identity. Through this, you’ll empower your clients to integrate their sexuality with their spiritual selves, bringing them closer to a place of alignment, joy, and freedom.
Somatic Wisdom & Embodied Presence in Supervision
Sex therapy is not solely an intellectual exercise—it is an embodied practice that requires full presence in the moment. In supervision, we cultivate the deep, grounded connection that allows you to show up as a confident, attuned, and present therapist. Embodiment is central to this work, as the body carries the wisdom that words alone often cannot express. This is where true healing begins.
As we explore your work with clients, I will guide you in developing a strong embodied therapeutic presence that acknowledges the body as an integral source of wisdom for you and your clients. Somatic awareness fosters a deeper connection to the self and the other, allowing you to intuitively attune to your client’s needs while remaining grounded in your own physical sensations and emotions.
Nervous system regulation is key in creating a safe, healing space for clients. In this supervision process, we’ll delve into the physiology of trauma, arousal, and desire, understanding how the body responds to stress, safety, and pleasure. We will explore trauma-informed practices that help you manage your own nervous system while maintaining a sense of calm, safety, and empathy. This regulation allows you to hold space for your clients’ emotions and physical experiences without becoming overwhelmed or dysregulated yourself.
By integrating somatic tools into your practice, you’ll not only empower your clients to reconnect with their bodies, but you’ll also learn to use these tools for your own self-care and professional growth. Through mindfulness practices, breathwork, body scans, and somatic exercises, you will strengthen your ability to support clients in reawakening to their bodies’ sensations, healing trauma, and rediscovering pleasure.
Together, we will explore how body-centered approaches can deepen the therapeutic relationship, help uncover hidden emotions or unresolved trauma, and create lasting change. Your presence—embodied and aware—becomes a profound source of healing for your clients, and in turn, for your personal and professional development.
Multiculturalism & Representation in Sex Therapy
As a proud Latinx, bilingual supervisor and one of the few Spanish-speaking AASECT Certified Sex Therapy Supervisors, I am deeply committed to diversifying the field of sex therapy and mentorship. The journey toward becoming a sex therapist is inherently personal, but for many BIPOC clinicians, it also involves navigating the complexities of cultural, racial, and ethnic identities that are often underrepresented in the field.
Sex therapy cannot be one-size-fits-all. To truly serve clients and communities, we must consider the unique cultural, familial, and societal factors that influence sexuality, intimacy, and relational dynamics. My work is grounded in the belief that culturally attuned therapy is not only essential for effective healing but is also a powerful act of representation for marginalized communities. Through mentorship, I guide clinicians in acknowledging and integrating their own cultural identities and those of their clients into the therapeutic process, fostering a holistic and respectful approach to sex therapy.
For BIPOC therapists, this supervision offers the space and support to explore the intersection of identity, culture, and sexuality. Together, we will examine the ways in which systemic oppression, cultural norms, and ancestral histories influence both personal and professional narratives. I aim to empower you to be a strong, confident therapist who holds space for these dimensions with cultural humility, empathy, and respect, all while honoring the specific needs of the diverse communities you serve.
The field of sex therapy benefits from the inclusion of varied perspectives, especially those from BIPOC communities. As a mentor, I am dedicated to supporting the next generation of sex therapists of color, ensuring that your voices, identities, and experiences are represented in this important work. This mentorship is not just about meeting certification requirements; it’s about creating a lasting impact that amplifies diverse perspectives and redefines what inclusive, effective therapy looks like.
My Approach to AASECT Supervision
My supervision style is warm, encouraging, and deeply respectful of who you are—while also being rigorous, rooted in best practices, and aligned with the highest standards of clinical excellence. I see supervision as a sacred space where emerging sex therapists grow not just in knowledge, but in presence, integrity, and confidence.
Supervision with me is an integrative process—where theory, ethics, embodiment, and identity come together in meaningful, personal, and clinically sound ways. We don’t just talk about sexual health; we engage it on all levels of experience—intellectual, emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual. I support you in connecting the dots between case conceptualization, interventions, and your evolving identity as a therapist.
My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and culturally attuned. It honors ancestral wisdom, cultural narratives, and the family systems that shape us. We explore how race, gender, power, and privilege influence the therapeutic encounter, and how to center social justice and cultural humility in your work with clients. Together, we make room for authenticity, complexity, and joy.
The tools we use are as dynamic as the people we serve. In addition to clinical talk and case discussion, supervision may include somatic awareness practices, expressive arts, guided spiritual inquiry, and person-of-the-therapist reflection. These elements help you deepen your connection to yourself and your clients, while developing the sensitivity and skill needed to navigate complex clinical material with care and confidence.
Whether you’re seeking certification or simply want to become a more embodied, culturally responsive sex therapist, our work together is designed to expand your capacity to hold healing space—for others and for yourself.
My Supervision Values | Supervision as Sacred
A space for deep integration, growth, and becoming
Supervision with me is more than a pathway to AASECT certification—it’s a transformational journey into your full presence as a healer, guide, and relational being. We co-create a container that balances rigorous clinical learning with soulful personal exploration. It’s warm, encouraging, trauma-informed, and grounded in real-world experience.
Beyond theory—into embodiment and presence
In our work, we integrate:
- Clinical theory and sex therapy best practices
- Ethics and professional identity development
- Embodiment and somatic awareness
- Cultural narratives and intergenerational legacies
- Expressive arts and spiritual inquiry
You’ll learn how to hold space that honors not just the body and mind, but the heart and spirit—because sexuality lives in all of them.
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.
We do the deep work—together
I bring decades of experience across psychotherapy, coaching, supervision, and healing traditions. My feedback is thoughtful, attuned, and growth-oriented. I support you in:
- Applying sex therapy frameworks to diverse client issues
- Honoring your own clinical instincts while staying accountable to AASECT standards
- Deepening your ability to hold complexity, trauma, pleasure, and change
- Navigating countertransference and the “person of the therapist” lens
We work collaboratively—so you build both skill and self-trust.
Centering lived experience and social location
Your story matters. So do your clients’ stories. My supervision actively embraces:
- Family systems and ancestral wisdom
- Cultural humility and responsiveness
- Conversations on race, gender, power, and privilege
- Practices that decolonize, affirm, and liberate
This is a space where BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and other marginalized clinicians are celebrated and supported in showing up fully.
Modalities We May Use
Your growth is creative, somatic, and embodied.
Supervision with me is not a one-size-fits-all experience—it is dynamic, responsive, and rooted in your evolving identity as a healer. We draw from a rich palette of modalities to support your clinical development, deepen your presence, and awaken the full wisdom of your body, mind, and spirit.
Supervision may include:
Talk-Based Clinical Discussion
Grounded in AASECT competencies and real-world client work, we explore case conceptualization, treatment planning, ethics, and sexual health frameworks with curiosity and depth.Somatic Tracking & Nervous System Awareness
You’ll learn to attune to your own body and your client’s cues—recognizing signs of activation, freeze, or dissociation. We explore tools to regulate the nervous system, stay embodied in session, and model grounded presence.Expressive Arts & Intuitive Practices
Through art, movement, writing, and metaphor, we access the deeper layers of your knowing—inviting the unconscious to speak. These practices often reveal what words alone cannot reach.Guided Meditations & Ancestral Reflections
When appropriate, we honor your spiritual lineage and internal landscape through gentle practices that call in intuition, ancestral wisdom, and sacred connection—especially for those healing from intergenerational and cultural wounds.Spiritually Grounded Inquiry
Sexuality and spirituality are often intertwined. We create space for your integration of these themes and for holding clients whose identities or belief systems include these sacred intersections.Person-of-the-Therapist Processing
Who you are is inseparable from how you practice. Together, we explore your values, countertransference, cultural identity, and lived experience—so you can show up with authenticity, clarity, and compassion.
These are not simply tools. They are invitations into deeper embodiment, clinical precision, and intuitive resonance. They help you show up for your clients not just as a technician of change—but as a present, alive, and attuned guide.
AASECT Supervision Types + Information
No aspect of the human experience is more intimate and vulnerable than that of sex and sexuality. AASECT Certified Sex Therapists are licensed mental health professionals trained to assess, diagnose, and provide in-depth psychotherapy far beyond the requirements in most psychology programs.
Sex therapists work with sexual concerns, including, but not limited to, sexual function and dysfunction; sexual pleasure; sexual variation; sexuality and disability; sexuality and chronic illness; sexual development across the lifespan; sexual abuse, assault, and coercion; and sexuality across cultures, identity, expression, lifestyle, and gender.
In addition, they are knowledgeable in providing comprehensive and intensive psychotherapy over an extended period in more complex cases. In addition, they go through their own bias and sensitivity training. They are supervised for an additional minimum of 18 months to ensure the ethical and clinically indicated application of what they learn.
Because the title Certified Sex Therapist is not a protected or monitored title in every state, some people may use the title without having done such intensive training. Given the sensitive nature of sexual health, it is best to entrust your sexual concerns to a certified professional.
Individual Supervision
A supervisee is permitted to have up to four AASECT Certified Supervisor during the supervisory period but is asked to designate one of the supervisors as their primary supervisor. The primary supervisor will follow the course of the supervisee’s supervision from beginning to end and is responsible for talking with any other of the supervisee’s supervisors during the course of supervision.
- It is required that 20 individual sessions be completed with primary supervisor.
- This designated primary supervisor will not only sign the endorsement form for the supervisee’s certification application, but they must also write a letter of recommendation detailing the competence of the supervisee, as well as stating their thoughts on the readiness of the supervisee with regard to their quest for applying for AASECT Certification.
- The primary supervisor will sign off on the entire application after having reviewed it thoroughly and in its entirety. Please note that on the front page of the certification application, just below where the applicant signature appears, there is now a supervisory sign-off box. The application should not be submitted to AASECT until the primary supervisor has reviewed everything and believes it is ready to be submitted.
A supervisee may have up to four supervisors, but only one can be designated as their primary supervisor. Supervision occurs through individual/1:1 sessions or group supervision.
- A supervisee may seek several hours of supervision (group or individual), and if that supervision is six (6) hours or shorter, the supervisor providing that supervision only fills out the Certificate for Supervisory Activity of Short Duration and does not need to attach a letter of recommendation (though they need not be dissuaded from submitting a letter if they wish to do so). All supervisors must contribute one of the two forms regardless of the length of supervision.
- A supervisee must identify their primary supervisor and maintain contact with that individual, as well as update them about any additional supervision. The primary supervisor is required to be in contact with all other supervisors for the supervisee so that when they are reviewing the certification application before it is submitted, they are completely knowledgeable of the supervisee’s path toward AASECT Certification.
A supervisee may seek group supervision for up to 20 hours of sexuality educator supervision, up to 15 hours of sexuality counselor supervision or up to 25 hours of sex therapist supervision.
- A supervisor providing group supervision for a supervisee must fill out an Endorsement Form for Group Supervisory Activity and attach a letter of recommendation including a statement about the applicant’s use of group supervision, as well as their thoughts on the readiness and competence of the supervisee and their ability to practice as an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator/Counselor/ Therapist.
- Group supervision guidelines, single supervisor – Therapists and Counselors:
- Minimum group size is two (2) individuals. Maximum group size is four (4) individuals.
- Group supervision is different from individual supervision, allowing growth and skill development in ways that are different from each other.
- Group supervision is a shared experience, and not every person in any given group necessarily speaks for the exact same amount of time.
- Group supervision must provide the equivalent of 30 minutes per individual in the group. Therefore a group with two (2) individuals can be no shorter than one (1) hour. A group with three (3) individuals can be no shorter than 90 minutes. And a group with four (4) individuals can be no shorter than two (2) hours.
- The maximum group supervision length for one (1) supervisor with four (4) supervisees is four (4) hours.
Applicants seeking certification in any discipline may contract for 5 hours only for supervision from a supervisor of other disciplines (Educator, Counselor, Therapist). For those applicants seeking dual certification, these hours may not be “double-dipped.” Use the Supervision Form for Supervision of Short Duration to attest to the hours.
Sex therapy supervision takes place over a minimum of 18 months. The maximum number of supervisory hours in a month is six (6).
Supervision that Nourishes Growth + Honors Every Path
As a first-generation college graduate from an immigrant, working-class family, I carry with me the threads of ancestry, resilience, and hard-won guidance. I know what it feels like to stand at the edge of possibility, longing for mentorship, community, and space to grow. Supervision, for me, is a place where these threads are honored, woven together, and transformed into practice that is conscious, healing, and life-giving.
In my journey as a therapist, I’ve witnessed how mentorship can transform not only careers but lives—and I am committed to making supervision a space of access, care, and possibility.
I believe in creating a field of sexuality that is inclusive, equitable, and deeply human. My work reflects this commitment—through my roles with AASECT (DEI, Outreach, and Conference Committees; former Western Region Representative) and through every session of supervision I offer.
I offer supervision as a space of presence, reflection, and expansion—a place where your voice, your questions, and your work are held with care, integrity, and intention. My practice is rooted in equity, inclusion, and decolonizing the ways we learn, with a commitment to lifting up voices and paths that have been overlooked or under-resourced.
I offer a tiered structure designed to honor the sacred lineage of this work, support professional growth, and expand access for historically marginalized therapists. Each tier reflects both the value of the supervision and the intention to create equity in access:
Individual Supervision
Blooming Lineage — $300/hour. For those with financial stability, private practice, or institutional/group practice support, or who primarily serve clients who can afford higher fees.
Sunlight Circle — $240/hour. A pay-it-forward option for those who can contribute extra, designed for private practice therapists.
Seedling Access — $180/hour. Rooted in equity and inclusion. Limited spots are available for those whose communities or lineages have been historically excluded, offering a safe, supported space for growth and mentorship.
Tender Roots — $150/hour. A deeply accessible option to ensure supervision reaches those who might otherwise be excluded. Spaces are limited to preserve attention and care. Designed for community mental health settings that work primarily with marginalized and BIPOC populations, where access and equity are priorities.
Group Supervision
Sacred Canopy – $100/hour. Fully honoring self, sexuality, and sacred growth. Ideal for private practice and organizational settings.
Generative Circle – $80/hour. Generosity and reciprocity; your participation nourishes both your growth and the collective garden of sacred sexuality. Best suited for insurance-based practices looking to expand their sexual health and relational expertise.
Rooted Circle – $60/hour. Designed for community mental health settings that work primarily with marginalized and BIPOC populations, where access and equity are priorities.
Sacred Seeds – $50/hour. Deeply accessible and open to international participants seeking supportive supervision.
AASECT Individual Supervision Offerings
Individual Supervision for AASECT Sex Therapy Certification
AASECT Group Supervision Offerings
Explore Our Upcoming Groups Below
Take a look at the offerings we have coming up—we’d love to welcome you into a space that feels supportive, expansive, and aligned.
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Ongoing Monthly AASECT Group Supervision
Monthly supervision groups offer a supportive and consistent personal and professional growth space. Ideal for therapists, coaches, and healers, these groups provide ongoing case consultation, peer learning, and expert guidance to deepen your practice.
Participants benefit from regular check-ins, accountability, and the opportunity to integrate new insights, ensuring sustained development and transformation throughout their journey.
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Cohort Group Supervision Programs
Topic-Based Supervision Groups
Closed, small-group experiences designed for therapists seeking in-depth exploration of a specific theme or clinical focus.
These intimate cohorts offer a supportive and consistent space to:
Deepen clinical insight around a shared area of interest
Receive targeted, specialized guidance and supervision
Connect with peers navigating similar questions and client themes
Engage in integrative dialogue that honors culture, identity, and therapeutic presence
Each group is anchored in a specific topic—such as sexuality and spirituality, working with BIPOC clients, somatic sex therapy, or healing intergenerational trauma—and we move together in a held, co-created journey over several weeks or months.
These groups are ideal for clinicians who long for depth, community, and a shared space for nuanced, embodied reflection.
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Spirituality & Sacred Sexuality
At the Center for Relationship & Intimacy Well-Being (CRIWB), we are cultivating a collaborative space for clinicians who are committed to healing in all its dimensions: emotional, relational, sexual, cultural, ancestral, and spiritual.
We’re currently welcoming therapists who:
Are passionate about holistic, integrative, and trauma-informed care
Value working through a decolonizing, feminist, sex-positive, and body-honoring lens
Are committed to cultural humility, anti-oppressive practice, and lifelong learning
Want to focus on client work—not the logistics of marketing, billing, or managing a business
Seek a supportive, enriching professional home where authenticity, creativity, and community are celebrated
What We Offer:
A private practice setting without the administrative overwhelm
Referrals and marketing support aligned with your niche and expertise
Regular clinical consultation and supervision opportunities
An integrative framework that embraces somatic work, sex therapy, expressive arts, spirituality, and more
A diverse, inclusive, and values-driven team that honors both the personal and professional
Flexibility to work in a way that honors your life rhythms and passions
Core Foundations of Supervision with Jacqueline Mendez
Decolonial and Liberation-Centered
Together we name and unlearn the internalized systems that silence, fragment, or pathologize. We reclaim practices that honor ancestral wisdom, community care, and cultural knowing as valid and vital forms of intelligence in supervision.
Somatic & Embodied Awareness
Supervision is not only intellectual—it’s also felt. We engage the body’s intelligence to cultivate presence, regulation, and embodied attunement. This supports your ability to hold supervisees through erotic, spiritual, and trauma-informed landscapes.
Spiritual Integration & Soul-Centered Growth
Whether you name it as intuition, spirit, ancestral guidance, or soul—this dimension is welcomed in our work. Supervision can be a ritual, a remembrance, a re-alignment. I support you in bridging the clinical with the sacred, so you can guide others with greater clarity and integrity.
Clinical Depth & Ethical Integrity
We attend to case consultation, AASECT competencies, ethics, and the challenges that emerge in supervision. You'll grow confidence in navigating complexity, supporting supervisees, and embodying best practices with integrity and heart.
