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Certified Sexuality Educator
AASECT Certified | BA² | ANTE UP! Certified
Professional Sexuality Educator since 2003
In-Depth Courses
Interactive 6-hour Zoom Courses with 6 AASECT CEs
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Courses with registration links are open to the public.
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Pay-what-you-can (suggested range $165-$315) No one turned away for lack of funds.
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You can review my Grievance Policy for AASECT CE events here.​​​
Demystifying Limerence and Romantic Love: Extended Edition
6 hrs - 6 AASECT CEs
Upcoming Dates:
May - Tuesday May 12th & 19th - 11am-2:15pm PT
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Nov - INTENSIVE - Sunday Nov 15th - 10am-5pm PT Register
What is limerence, and how does it shape the way we understand romantic love and attraction?
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This six hour continuing education training examines the concept of limerence as originally described by psychologist Dr Dorothy Tennov. Drawing from Tennov’s foundational research, the course explores the distinctive characteristics, progression, and outcomes of this intense emotional and cognitive state often associated with romantic attraction.
Limerence occupies a curious cultural position. For some, it represents the highest form of romantic love, the feeling that proves a relationship is real or destined. For others, it is treated as a kind of emotional distortion or false love, marked by obsession, idealization, and instability. Returning to Tennov’s original work reveals a far more nuanced account of how limerence operates and why it has been interpreted in such different ways.
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Participants will examine the psychological patterns Tennov identified, including intrusive thinking, emotional dependency, idealization, and the powerful feedback loops that sustain limerent attachment. The training also explores how cultural narratives about romance amplify or normalize these experiences and how they have come to define what many people believe romantic love should feel like.
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Particular attention will be given to Tennov’s observation that not everyone experiences limerence. Her inclusion of individuals who reported never having experienced this state was woven throughout her work and is arguably one of the first inclusive frameworks for understanding some positions on the Aromantic Spectrum.
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By examining limerence through both historical and contemporary frameworks, participants will gain tools for understanding how romantic attraction and romantic love is described, interpreted, and socially positioned within psychological and cultural discourse.
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This training is designed for clinicians, sexuality educators, researchers, and other professionals who want a deeper understanding of romantic attraction, limerence, and the diversity of experiences surrounding romantic love.
In addition to conceptual and historical analysis, the course connects these ideas to real world clinical and educational contexts so participants can better recognize the psychological mechanisms, cultural narratives, and social positioning that shape how limerence and romantic love are understood.
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
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Define limerence as described in Dorothy Tennov’s research and explain its relationship to romantic love and romantic attraction.
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Identify and describe at least four common characteristics of limerence.
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Name and organize the stages of limerence from Readiness and Longing through the Moment of Mutuality.
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Apply the mechanisms of hope and uncertainty to predict potential developmental trajectories or outcomes of limerent experiences.
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Contrast culturally coded elements of romance with the intrinsic experience of limerent romantic attraction.
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Evaluate how the experiences of aromantic and non-limerent individuals challenge cultural assumptions that romantic love and limerence are universal human experiences.
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AASECT Core Knowledge Areas: C, D, E, P
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This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 6 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. AASECT Individual CE Provider #26-0121-AL - You can review my Grievance Policy Here
Asexuality & Aromanticism:
Frameworks, Language, & Thriving
6 hrs - 6 AASECT CEs
Upcoming Dates:
July - INTENSIVE - Sunday July 12th - 10am-5pm PT Register
2027 - Jan - Tuesday Jan 12th & 19th - 11am-2:15pm PT
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Over the past several years, Asexuality and Aromanticism have gained increasing visibility across community spaces, research, and public discourse. As awareness grows, so does the need for nuanced, informed approaches to understanding and supporting these identities in both professional and everyday contexts.
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This training offers an in-depth exploration of Asexuality and Aromanticism through a biopsychosocial lens, with particular attention to how we understand attraction, desires, identity, and relationships. Participants will engage with concepts such as compulsory sexuality, amatonormativity, and differentiated attractions, while developing practical strategies to support non-sexual and non-romantic intimacy, self-acceptance, and community connection.
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This course is designed for Educators, Therapists, Doctors, Coaches, Counselors, Surrogate Partners, Sex Workers, and Asexual and Aromantic individuals seeking a deeper, more nuanced understanding in a validating and inclusive environment.
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Through historical context, community-informed perspectives, and applied learning, participants will leave with concrete tools, expanded frameworks, and curated resources to support asexual and aromantic people in building meaningful, intentional, and thriving lives.
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
1. Define asexuality and aromanticism
2. Identify and understand the differentiated attractions that exist
3. Assist clients in navigating self-acceptance and connection to community
4. Understand the challenges due to erasure that lead to additional mental health concerns for asexual and aromantic people
5. Distinguish between diverse Asexual perspectives on engaging in or abstaining from sexual activity and Aromantic perspectives on engaging in or abstaining from romantic relationships
6. Establish new affirming intimacy practices that decenter sex and romance
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AASECT Core Knowledge Areas: A, C, D, E, O
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Why Take This Training?
This course has been described as “essential,” “eye-opening,” and “one of the best presentations I’ve seen.” Participants consistently praise Aubri's engaging and affirming teaching style, which creates a welcoming space to explore unfamiliar concepts and ask challenging questions.
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By providing “critical information often overlooked in mental health and education settings,” this training fills significant gaps in understanding Asexuality and Aromanticism, empowering attendees to better serve clients and communities. Attendees have shared that the course:
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Delivers “practical tools and resources” to immediately apply in clinical, educational, and personal contexts.
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Challenges biases around intimacy, relationships, and sexuality, equipping participants to “deconstruct amatonormativity” and rethink conventional frameworks.
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Offers a deeper understanding of often-misunderstood concepts like libido, desire, attraction, and intimacy, helping participants feel “confident and informed.”
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Whether you’re a clinician, educator, or anyone seeking a more inclusive understanding of relationships and identities, this training has been called “a must-have” for professional development—one that “should be required” for anyone working in the field of sexuality or mental health.
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This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 6 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. AASECT Individual CE Provider #26-0121-AL - You can review my Grievance Policy Here
Asexuality and the Invention of 'Normal': Across Sex, Gender, & Orientation
6 hrs - 6 AASECT CEs
Upcoming Dates:
September - Tuesday Sept 8th & 15th - 11am-2:15pm PT Register
2027 - April - INTENSIVE - Sunday Apr 4th - 10am-5pm PT Register
Where did the idea of “normal” come from, and how did it become central to the way we understand sex, gender, and sexual orientation?
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This six hour continuing education training examines how scientific, medical, and cultural institutions constructed the concept of “normal,” and how that concept continues to shape professional knowledge today. Using asexuality as a critical lens, the course explores how assumptions about desire, attraction, and identity became embedded in professional frameworks.
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The word normal is often treated as if it simply describes what is typical or natural. In reality, it blends several different meanings including statistical average, common experience, and moral ideal. This course traces how that conflation developed in the sexual sciences and how it continues to influence the ways bodies, identities, and desires are interpreted.
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Participants will examine how intersex variations, hormonal research, gender classification, and sexual orientation models helped establish modern assumptions about sex and attraction. Through this exploration, the training highlights whose experiences have historically been centered and whose have been ignored, pathologized, or misunderstood.
By the end of the training, participants will have a deeper understanding of how normative assumptions shape clinical and educational frameworks, along with practical tools for recognizing and questioning those assumptions in their own work.
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This training is designed for clinicians, sexuality educators, researchers, and other professionals who want a deeper historical and conceptual understanding of how norms around sex, gender, and desire are constructed.
In addition to historical and conceptual analysis, the course connects these ideas to real world clinical and educational practice so participants can recognize and interrupt normative assumptions that shape assessment, diagnosis, and support for clients and students.
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Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Identify at least three ways the concept of “normal” has influenced the development of Western sexology and sexual health.
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Describe the STS (Science-Technology-Society) cycle and apply it to the development of gender and sexual orientation frameworks.
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Differentiate between testimonial and hermeneutical injustice and give examples of how these concepts impact sexual and gender minorities.
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Analyze how intersex variations and hormonal research have shaped binary constructions of sex and gender.
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Explain how Asexuality challenges dominant narratives of sexual attraction, desire, and intimacy.
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Critically assess how race, gender, and cultural scripts shape norms around sexual desire and identity.
AASECT Core Knowledge Areas: B, C, D, G, I, P, Q, SE-C, SE-D
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This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 6 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. AASECT Individual CE Provider #26-0121-AL - You can review my Grievance Policy Here