For over two decades, I have worked as some kind of an educator. I have been an art teacher in public schools; an art historian in museums; a sex educator in sex shops; an organizational trainer in hospitals and non-profits; and a social worker professor in an ivy league school. As a non-traditional learner who loves to learn and having a Masters in Education of Human Sexuality (MEd), I seek to cultivate the creative and curious spaces that I would want. My diverse teaching experience reflects my enthusiasm for different kinds of students and their varied learning styles.

Individual Trainings

I have provided the following workshops and am glad to discuss the creation of a training to meet your needs. 

Sexual Health + Counseling

  • Communicating Comfort: Things to Consider When Talking About Sexuality with your Patients

  • Creating Comfort: Working with LGBTQ Clients in a Medical Setting

  • Sex, Social Work and HIV: Promoting Positive Sexuality in Your Organization

  • Pleasure on the Table: Discussing Sexuality at the Provider’s Office

  • Dating and Disclosure: HIV and LGBT Baby Boomers

  • Kinky Counseling: Harm Reduction Strategies in HIV Counseling

  • Teaching On Our Backs: Creating Best Practices for Gynecological Teaching Associates

  • Think Big! Think Small!: A Grassroots Sex Education Business Perspective

  • Community Sex Organizations: A New Position on Community-Based Education

  • Transforming Sickness: When a Paraphilia Reads as an Illness

Sexual Orientation + Gender Identity

  • High Femme Impact: Latinx Resilience in Weary Times

  • A Queerer History: A Timeline of Queer Elders + Events

  • Sexy at Sixty: The Mind/Body Mambo

  • Loving Openly: Navigating Open Relationships

  • Transgressing the XXX: Intro to Trans Porn

  • Gender Exploration: Getting Below the Skin

  • Pollination Books: Building a Community Sexual History

  • Fantastic Sex Practices: A Look at Non-Traditional Loving

  • The Anatomy of Pleasure: What You Didn’t Learn in Health Class

  • From Smoochin to Sexin: Sexual Negotiation and Communication for Trans/Cis Couples

  • Disclosure in Relationships: A Gift or a Given?

 

Intimate Partner Violence

  • 45hr Domestic Violence Counselor Certification Training

  • Intimate Partner Violence, Gender, and Race: The Flexibility of Masculinity

  • Relational Violence + Stalking: Working with College Students

  • Empowerment Counseling and Intimate Partner Violence

  • Opioids and Intimate Partner Violence for Case Managers

  • Intimate Partner Violence in Health and Human Service Settings

 

Trauma + Journalism

  • An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Journalism

  • The Neurobiology of Trauma

  • Organizational Trauma & Health

  • Post-Traumatic Growth & Recovery

  • Community-Centered Journalistic Approaches

  • CareWebs and Mutual Aid Practices

Ibis Team

The Ibis Team is a collaboration with Iris Bowen, LSW, and offers trainings geared towards trauma-informed practice in the journalism field. Our work provides technical assistance for organizations aiming to deepen their professional practice with clients, communities, as well as themselves. Rooted in an Abolitionist Social Work practice, the Ibis Team  models liberationist approaches in our workshops, psycho-educational groups, and on-call social work services.  Find out more about us here.

The Ibis bird shares the work as they migrate together in V-formation. The Ibis at the front helps the other’s save energy by offering their updraft. When they get tired, the leader then goes to the back, and another takes their turn to lead. We find so much inspiration in this natural example of collaboration as group-led and self-sustaining. Read more about it here.

Consultation + Facilitation

Many organizations recognize that there is a benefit to hiring an outside consultant to bolster their offerings for clients and/or staff.  Whether this is to facilitate difficult conversations, review internal policies, or build out your organizational vision, I offer a personalized and dynamic approach to working with your team. (details upon request)

Clients + Partners

  • AccessMatters

  • The Attic Youth Center

  • Brown University

  • Bryn Mawr College

  • The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health

  • Einstein Medical Center

  • Health Care Access Maryland

  • ideas42

  • The Kinke Shoppe

  • Lakehead University

  • Mariposa Food Cooperative

  • Maryland Department of Health

  • Mazzoni Center

  • Philadelphia FIGHT

  • PhillyCam

  • Prevention Point

  • Resolve Philly

  • Resources for Human Development (RHD)

  • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • The Sexploratorium at Passional

  • Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (SEAMAAC)

  • St. Mary’s College of Maryland

  • The University of Pennsylvania

  • WHYY

  • WHYY- Youth Set the Stage

  • Widener University

  • The William Way LGBT Community Center