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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.
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Asexuality & Aromanticism
6 hrs - 6 AASECT CEs
Upcoming Dates (Registration Links will be posted soon):
July - INTENSIVE - Sunday July 19th - 10am-5pm PT
January, 2026 - Tuesday Jan 12th & 19th - 11am-2:15pm PT
Over the last 50 years, Asexuality and Aromanticism have gained visibility in communities, academia, and public discourse, with a notable surge in awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research suggests that 1% to 5% of the global population identifies as Asexual—representing over 70 million people worldwide—while data on Aromanticism remains limited but equally significant. As recognition of these orientations grows, so does the need for education and training to create affirming spaces in both professional and community contexts.
This training provides an in-depth exploration of Asexuality and Aromanticism through biopsychosocial perspectives on attraction, expansive identity development, challenges like compulsory sexuality and amatonormativity, inclusive frameworks for desire, pleasure, and relationship dynamics, and practical strategies for fostering non-sexual/non-romantic intimacy, self-acceptance, and community connection.
It welcomes Therapists, Doctors, Coaches, Educators, Counselors, Surrogate Partners, Sex Workers, and Asexual and Aromantic individuals seeking to deepen their understanding in a validating and inclusive environment.
Through nuanced discussions, historical context, community perspectives, and evidence-based insights, participants will gain actionable strategies and a wealth of resources to empower their clients—or themselves—to build meaningful and fulfilling 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 (NOT exclusive for AASECT Members, all are welcome!)
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A: Ethics and ethical behavior
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C: Socio-cultural, familial factors (e.g., ethnicity, culture, religion, spirituality, socioeconomic status, family values) in relation to sexual values and behaviors.
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D: Issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: heterosexuality; issues and themes impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual people; gender identity and expression.
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E. Intimacy skills (e.g., social, emotional, sexual), intimate relationships, interpersonal relationships and family dynamics.
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O. Knowledge of professional communication skills used with clients, students and colleagues.
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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:
March- INTENSIVE - Sunday Mar 22nd - 10am-5pm PT Register
September - Tuesday Sept 8th & 15th - 11am-2:15pm 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