Intimate Relationships and Centering Pleasure

Presented by Lena Elkhatib, LMFT, CST

Thursday, October 16, 2025

9:30am-12:30pm PT / 11:30am-2:30pm CT / 12:30-3:30pm ET

Event held live online via Zoom. Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before and the morning of the session.

Sex and sexuality are central, and multifaceted, elements of the human experience across the lifespan. Yet clinically it has been marginalized, compartmentalized and its components relegated to specialists within healthcare disciplines. Mental health professionals receive little, if any, specific training on addressing sex during their graduate level training. Yet all counselors and therapists, regardless of the settings or populations they work with, will encounter a wide range of sexually related issues.

This session provides an exploration of human sexuality, focusing on the dynamics of healthy relationships and the clinical importance of centering pleasure in the work of participants. Through evidence-based frameworks, participants will examine (3) core components of healthy relationships, including self-awareness, relational-awareness and communication. Additionally, the course emphasizes the value of addressing pleasure, exploring how a pleasure-centered approach can enhance client well-being and relational fulfillment. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with foundational knowledge and practical skills to support clients in developing positive, pleasure-affirming relationships with themselves and others. This program is built on a sex-positive framework, using strength-based approaches promoting health and wellbeing. Participants will gain foundational knowledge and explore the emotional skills necessary to conduct clinical work that that maximizes pleasure and celebrates sexual diversity.

When attended in full, this program offers 3.0 CEs for Psychologists, 3.0 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, 3.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, 3.0 AASECT CEs for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, or 3.0 NBCC Clock Hours.

Price: $80.00 

Register Link:  https://tcsppofficeofce.com/product/intimate-relationships-and-centering-pleasure/