CCLIENTS WHO ENGAGE IN, OR CONTEMPLATE, CONSENSUAL NONMONOGAMY are often exposed to bias, prejudice, and harm when talking to friends and family or working with mental health and healthcare professionals. The choice to pursue consensual nonmonogamy is frequently and unfairly judged. But books like Jessica Fern’s Polysecure, Esther Perel’s Mating in Captivity, and Molly Roden Winter’s More, among others, have opened up a culture-wide discussion that’s more open-minded and sex-positive.

All relationships present opportunities for imagination, creative adaptation, and mindful improvisation. This webinar, drawing on contemporary neuroscience and attachment research, as well as the wisdom of participants, offers frameworks and concrete tools for individuals who are navigating consensual nonmonogamy. It’s particularly tailored to those transitioning from a monogamous orientation (or considering such a change). Please note: The webinar is not prescriptive about any relationship form. It is not intended to replace therapy. But it does open space for reflection on what will work for each individual and relationship.

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By the end of this two-morning webinar, participants will be able to 

1. Explain the damaging impacts of shame, especially mononormativity and cultural prejudice, on this client group, both individually and interpersonally;
2. Apply neuroscience and attachment research, especially information about the autonomic nervous system and human threat response, to the challenges clients in these relationships face; 
3. Articulate interpersonal strategies to enhance safety and connection and to mitigate threat;
4. Explore their own biases and other effects of their cultural training and socialization and how these can interfere with ethical, clinically sound treatment; and
5. Embrace personal and cultural humility as a clinical strategy to center client voices, needs, and experiences.

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By the end of this in-person workshop, participants will:

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