Reclaiming Pleasure After Trauma: A Somatic Approach to Sexual Healing and Empowerment with Dr. Holly Richmond

Reclaiming Pleasure After Trauma: A Somatic Approach to Sexual Healing and Empowerment

Sexual trauma affects millions of people, shaping their experiences and interactions with their bodies and partners. According to rainn.org¹, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men experience sexual abuse, assault, harassment, or rape in the United States.

The aftermath of these traumas often involves navigating complex emotions, trust issues, and physical responses that can persist long after. Survivors also deal with the burden of belief as well as the often solitary journey toward mind/body healing.

Repairing what was lost to sexual violence and reclaiming pleasure after trauma is a significant milestone and vital to recovery. But surviving is only the beginning—it’s not the final destination.

This 6-hour live webinar takes a deep dive into what comes next.

Why Reclaiming Pleasure after Trauma Matters

Understanding and addressing sexual trauma is essential for mental health professionals looking to support clients on their path to holistic recovery. The effects of trauma are not just psychological; they profoundly impact the body, relationships, and self-concept.

In this course, you will learn how to shift clients from surviving to thriving; from “getting through it” to fully living, experiencing, and evolving. This shift will enable them to reconnect with their authentic selves and enjoy a fulfilling life.

Utilizing the latest research in sex therapy and somatic psychology, you’ll explore ways to ground survivors in concepts of safety, security, vitality, freedom, and trust. And you’ll discover strategies to help survivors rebuild their relationships with desire, authentic connection, and of course, great sex!

What You’ll Learn:

• Understanding Sexual Trauma: Identify and understand different forms of sexual trauma, including abuse, assault, rape, and harassment, and their impact on clients.
• Psychophysiology of Trauma Response: Gain awareness of how sexual trauma affects the body and mind, emphasizing a holistic therapeutic approach.
• Somatic Psychotherapy Interventions: Master three specific, actionable interventions to help clients move beyond healing and reconnect with their desire.
• Embodiment and Empowerment: Explore embodiment as a pathway to empowerment, focusing on a trauma-informed somatic sex therapy approach.
• Eroticism and Sexual Health: Understand how integrating concepts of eroticism can foster better sexual and relational health.
• Proven Protocols for Recovery: Apply evidence-based sex therapy protocols that facilitate clients’ transition from survival to thriving.
• Collective Healing and Social Justice: Discuss how social justice and collective healing play a role in supporting sexual trauma recovery and reclaiming pleasure after trauma.
• Resources for Survivors: Identify key allies and resources that contribute to the recovery of sexual health after trauma.

Why Choose This Course

Led by Dr. Holly Richmond, PhD, an esteemed Somatic Psychotherapist, LMFT, Certified Sex Therapist, and author of Reclaiming Pleasure, this 2-day live webinar is grounded in years of clinical expertise and innovative approaches to sexual trauma recovery. Dr. Richmond’s experience spans private practice, consulting, media appearances, and international retreats focused on trauma and sexual health. Her unique perspective on integrating somatic and psychological recovery offers a robust framework for practitioners aiming to expand their therapeutic repertoire.

Join us to deepen your expertise and provide survivors with a path toward genuine, empowered healing and reclaiming pleasure after trauma.

¹Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

1. Understand different types of sexual trauma including abuse, assault, rape, and harassment.
2. Gain awareness of the psychophysiology of sexual trauma response.
3. Provide three clinical examples of somatic psychotherapy interventions to help clients move beyond healing and reclaim desire.
4. Explain what is meant by embodiment and empowerment through a trauma-informed somatic sex therapy lens.
5. Discuss how concepts of eroticism are linked to integrated sexual and relational health.
6. Identify three examples using proven sex therapy protocols to address sexual trauma.
7. Discuss factors that contribute to social justice and collective healing.
8. Gain awareness of various allies and resources for the recovery of sexual health after sexual trauma.

This training offers 6 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.

Attendees of this in-person seminar will receive instructions on how to obtain their Certificate of Participation after the course has finished.

The Certificate of Participation includes:

• Name of participant.
• Title of training.
• Name of presenter plus their credentials.
• Number of hours of training.
• Date of training.
• Confirmation of 100% attendance at the workshop.

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Please check with your regulatory body/organization to ensure that this certificate is sufficient proof for you to claim CE credits.