Sex History is a comprehensive journey through the global evolution of human sexuality, tracing its intersections with Culture, Money, Identity, BDSM/Kink, Literature and Science. This workshop moves beyond a Western-centric timeline, exploring historical sexual practices, the evolution of anatomical knowledge, and the origins of diverse sexual expressions across Asia, SWANA, Africa, South America and Europe.

Participants will examine how religious institutions, political structures, and early medical paradigms defined, regulated, and sometimes celebrated sexual behaviors that are often misunderstood today. By investigating the historical roots of sex work, BDSM, non-monogamy, and the slow progression of clitoral anatomy in medical literature, attendees will gain a critical lens on how modern sexual norms were constructed. Designed for sexuality professionals, this session provides vital historical context to help deconstruct contemporary biases, reduce pathologization, and foster a more culturally and historically informed approach to sex education, counseling and therapy.

🎤 Presented By: Nishita Rao

📌 What to Expect:

• Trivia/Jeopardy gamified delivery of Sexology History
• Deconstruct biases around Sex History
• Develop a critical lens to map how modern sexual norms were constructed

👤 Who Is This Space For:

• Educators
• Licensed Mental Health Providers
• Clinicians
• Counselors
• Researchers
• Community Members and Activists

🧠 Learning Objectives:

• At the end of the session, attendees will be able to analyze how socio-cultural, religious, and political forces across diverse historical eras (from ancient civilizations to the 20th century) have shaped contemporary understandings of human sexuality.
  
• At the end of the session, attendees will be able to evaluate the historical origins and evolution of diverse sexual expressions, including BDSM, sex work, and non-monogamy, to deconstruct modern biases and pathologization in clinical and educational settings.

Accessibility: Zoom offers live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed please let us know.

Please Note: This workshop will be recorded for sale after. 

Money stress isn’t “just budgeting.” For a lot of clients—especially sex workers—it can be trauma, stigma, survival mode, and nervous system activation all tangled together.

In this workshop, we’re talking about financial trauma + financial anxiety in sex workers through a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, sex work-affirming lens. We’ll cover what it can look like clinically (compulsive spending, avoidance, panic, shame spirals, dissociation around money), why it makes sense, and how to intervene without reinforcing harm.

You’ll leave with practical tools you can use immediately: financial narrative mapping, CBT strategies for money-related anxiety, and boundary-setting/communication practice—plus referral considerations and ethical guidance.

Save this if you work with clients who carry money shame. Share with a colleague who wants to offer care that’s actually aligned.

🎤 Presented By: Stephanie Olano

📌 What to Expect:

A grounded, skills-forward space where we name the realities of financial stress without moralizing it.

We’ll cover:

• how financial trauma shows up for sex workers (clinically + systemically)
• trauma-informed interventions you can actually use (not just theory)
• boundary-setting and communication tools (with role-play prompts)
• ethical considerations, referral pathways, and cultural responsiveness
• case examples + reflective moments to integrate what you’re learning

You’ll walk away with concrete language, structure, and tools for sessions—especially when money shame, avoidance, or urgency is running the room.

👤 Who Is This Space For:

This space is for therapists + sexual health professionals who want to support sex workers with care that’s:

• trauma-informed
• sex-work-affirming
• culturally responsive
• practically useful (not just “insight”)

Especially for you if you’ve ever thought:

• “I don’t want to accidentally shame my client when money comes up.”
• “I need better tools than ‘try a budget.’”
• “I want to understand how trauma + financial behaviors connect.”
• “I want to talk about money and safety and agency in the same conversation.”

If you work with clients navigating stigma, survival, debt, irregular income, or financial panic—this will support your clinical toolbox.

🧠 Learning Objectives:

• By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to identify and describe at least five ways financial trauma manifests in sex workers, including compulsive spending, avoidance behaviors, and anxiety, referencing socio-cultural, ethical, and sexual health considerations.
  • C. Socio-cultural factors (e.g. ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socio-economic status, family values) in relation to sexual values and behaviors
    
• By the end of the workshop, participants will demonstrate at least two trauma-informed intervention techniques tailored for sex workers experiencing financial anxiety, including setting healthy boundaries, budgeting strategies, and referral practices, with fidelity to ethical and culturally responsive care standards.
  
  • O. Professional communication skills
    

Accessibility: Zoom offers live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed please let us know.

Please Note: This workshop will be recorded for sale after. 

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