THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW CLOSED - ONSITE REGISTRATION IS STILL AVAILABLE

Most graduate social work curriculum and in-service agency training programs do not train social workers about sexuality issues nor the intersectionality of racism and sexuality. Racial hatred is hatred of the body and sexualized hatred. The physical bodies of people of color have been demeaned and eroticized.

"Almost every aspect of sexual behavior may be affected by cultural norms, from displays of affection to sexual initiation-indeed, everything from the when to the what and how of sexual exchange. Even the attributes of an appropriate or ideal sexual or marital partner vary across cultures " and racial groups. (Mc Goldrick, M., Loonan, R. and Wohlsifer, D. (Eds). 2007 Sexuality and Culture. In Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy. S. Leiblum, Ed. New York, The Guilford Press)

This workshop will explore how cultural factors, especially those of ethnicity, race, gender, and religion affect the sexuality of individuals and couples. We will also discuss how those factors have shaped our sexuality as social workers and how this affects our clinical work. Mini lectures, small group discussions and experiential exercises will be used.

Participants will discuss clinical vignettes which illustrate client's conflicts about sexuality and its intersection with racial/ethnic and cultural identity.

With this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• Identify the dominant culture's stereotypes about the sexuality of different racial/ethnic groups and how this supports oppression of different racial groups and LGBTQ group

• Discuss two cultural norms of their religious or racial/ethnic group that have influenced their personal sexuality or the sexuality of their cultural group

• Take a sexual history of clients

• Highlight client's conflicts about the relationship between their racial/ethnic and cultural identity and their sexuality

NASW Member: $120 | Non-Member $210

6 SW/LMFT Contact Hours

Over the years, Judith C. White, LCSW, GCP, CST has developed a clinical practice which integrates knowledge of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy with an understanding of issues of race, ethnicity, culture and sexuality.  She is a seasoned psychotherapist in private practice who works with individuals, groups and couples both same sex and heterosexual. She has been a faculty member and supervisor in the Advanced Training Program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services.  

Currently, Ms. White is a training analyst and faculty member at the Harlem Family Institute as well as a faculty member and supervisor of the Group Therapy Training Program of the Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society. As a certified sexuality therapist with AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists), she conducts workshops for mental health professionals who wish to integrate issues of sexuality into their clinical practice. 

An author and public speaker, Ms. White has made numerous presentations and has published articles on the impact of race/ethnicity and sexuality. 

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All refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org. Valid requests must be received no later than five days prior to course date. NASW-NYC reserves the right to refuse any refunds requested later than five days prior to the course date.

All refunds are subject to a $20.00 administrative processing fee.

Refund requests typically require 1-2 weeks processing time.

Refunds ONLY; credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

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