Somatic Sex Therapy: Healing The Erotic Self w/ Mx. Lena Queen, LCSW, M.Ed. (Queen)

Somatic sexology is not a new concept to sexology (sex education & sex therapy), but often seen as fringe because it teaches client’s how to improve their mind-body connection (experience-focus) which is unlike traditional sex therapy’s sensate focus (i.e. outcome/orgasm-focus). Like many other helping professions, sexology must undergo a transformation to disrupt and de-center "the defaults" of societal and sexual expectations and assumptions that assume heterosexuality and monogamy and challenge the harmful impact of those defaults, which are often rooted in Euro-centric views and values (i.e. White supremacy). Centering the erotic lived experience and ancestral knowing and healing arts of marginalized people, in addition to, being grounded in the pleasure-manifesto of Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic, this workshop introduces an integrative, healing-centered, and spirit-inclusive approach to sex therapy, Somatic Sex Therapy. Somatic Sex Therapy is an intersectional, trauma-informed, sexuality and pleasure-affirming approach to sexology, both in psychotherapy and psychoeducation.

Mx. Lena Queen, LCSW, M.Ed. (Queen)

With over 21years of clinical and teaching experience, Lena Queen, LCSW, M.Ed. (Queen/they), a clinical somatic sexologist & integrative psychotherapist, is the owner of Journey Wellness & Consulting, LLC. Queen is the author or Healing The Erotic Self, a sexual shadow work healing guide which can be used for personal and professional growth, in addition to, Integrative Cognitive Behavior Therapy (I-CBT), SHIFT, A Social Emotional Healing Practice, and Somatic Sex Therapy. Queen has provided leadership and service delivery training and workshops in corporate, collegiate, and community settings.