Sexuality, Social Work, and Exploring Implicit Bias
Summary
This course challenges learners to explore their personal values, beliefs and judgements related to issues of sexuality. Interpersonal practice tools will be offered to assist clients in holding personal beliefs and values and remaining present to client's sexual self, needs, beliefs. Lecture and discussion will examine how implicit bias can limit services and harm clients, particular limits to sexually diverse populations. Sexual health will be considered as a social justice issue.
This course has been developed to meet the Michigan implicit bias training requirements for health professionals.
This course has been developed to meet the Michigan implicit bias training requirements for health professionals.
- Identify how implicit bias limits equitable access to health care, specifically in service to diverse populations.
- Apply strategies to minimize negative impact of implicit bias.
- Apply tools that encourage client exploration of sexual pleasure based in consent, empowerment and client-centered assessment protocol (PLISSIT).
Agenda
| Date | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2025 | 9:00am - 9:30am | Differentiating sexual values and sexual health |
| May 9, 2025 | 9:30am - 10:00am | Managing bias through mindsight |
| May 9, 2025 | 10:00am - 10:30am | Implications of bias in exploring sexual diversity |
| May 9, 2025 | 10:30am - 11:00am | The challenge of transference and counter-transference |
| May 9, 2025 | 11:00am - 11:30am | Creating safety in sexuality exploration: tools in assessment |
| May 9, 2025 | 11:30am - 12:00pm | Intimate Justice, Valuing the diversity of sexual expression |
Instructor
Erin B. Martinez-Gilliardwebinar (synchronous interactive)
Sessions
- 5/9/2025 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
CE Contact Hours
- 3 implicit bias live interactive online
Location
online
