Trainings for Therapists & Sexuality Professionals
Professional Trainings
Molly offers continuing education trainings and professional consultations for counselors, social workers, therapists, and sexuality educators. All CE events are approved by the National Association for Social Workers of New Mexico or the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board for therapists. Most CE trainings are also approved by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).
On Demand
These trainings are completed at your own pace and can be completed anytime, anywhere. CEUs are included.
Fucking Jealousy
Join Molly in breaking down the complex experience of jealousy into its underlying parts. Through better understanding of what’s underneath the jealousy we can help clients gain insight about their needs, let go of shame, and feel closer to partners.
1 CE approved by AASECT and the New Mexico Therapy and Counseling Practice Board
Working with Consensually Non-Monogamous Clients: Shift Your Paradigm
Come learn about the world of consensual non-monogamy that so many of our therapy clients are already exploring. We need to shift our paradigm and lens from one we’ve internalized in a heteronormative, mononormative patriarchy to something different.
Whether we ourselves are monogamous, polyamorous or something else, we all need to examine our own biases in order to affirm our clients’ potential joy. We need to unpack the systems, beliefs, and assumptions we’ve learned ourselves in order to fully show up with clients challenging those norms.
Let’s unlearn and explore new liberatory possibilities together!
1.5 CEs approved by AASECT and the New Mexico Therapy and Counseling Practice Board
Mindful Sex
Learn to apply mindfulness-based techniques to help clients connect with emotions, pleasure, boundaries, and to move through triggers with less dissociation.
This Mindful Sex training guides you to embrace sex therapy with confidence. You’ll learn powerful mindfulness techniques to help clients tune into their bodily wisdom.
1.5 CEs approved by AASECT and the New Mexico Therapy and Counseling Practice Board
Reclaim Your Sex Life:
Helping Clients Recover an Empowered Sexuality Post-trauma
This webinar will focus on bringing a non-judgmental, sex positive, and somatic mindfulness-based approach to working with adult client survivors of sexual trauma.
This training is designed for sex therapists, sex educators, clinicians, advocates, social workers, and counselors that work with adult survivors of sexual trauma. We will focus on helping clients identify their stress responses, increase understanding and compassion for dissociation, and practice applied mindfulness techniques.
1.5 CEs approved by AASECT and the New Mexico Therapy and Counseling Practice Board
Becoming a Kink Friendly Therapist
Many clients question if it’s safe to be “out” with therapists. Unfortunately, many clinicians may have unaddressed biases or assumptions about kink and may inadvertently pathologize clients. This presentation will provide introductory information about kink, help you apply an affirmative, intersectional lens in working with sexually diverse and kinky clients, better assess for safety, differentiate between consensual kink and abuse, and identify kink-affirming resources for cultural humility and to support your clients.
1.5 CEs approved by AASECT and the New Mexico Therapy and Counseling Practice Board
Live
These trainings are presented live via zoom and recorded for those who register. Synchronous and asynchronous CE credit is available for most sessions.
October 25: Desire Discrepancy through an Asexual Lens
One of the most common challenges that couples bring to therapy is desire discrepancy. You probably have a lot of experience with this challenge and an array of tools and therapeutic techniques to support these couples in nurturing desire and arousal. But what do you do if one of your clients is Asexual? What if nurturing desire and arousal is not actually affirming for your clients? Join Aubri Lancaster and Molly Adler to discuss assessment techniques, DSM criteria, the influence of dominant cultural narratives, biases, and making space for affirming relationship models and practices.
This training will be recorded. If you don’t want your voice to be recorded, you can always use the chat during the event. Only the speaker and slides will be visually recorded.
Are you hoping to just watch the recording? While some of this training is definitely experiential, we will be recording and you’ll have access to watch for 90 days after the event. CE credit is available for asynchronous attendance.
Friday, November 8
Microaggressions in “Safe” Spaces
Participants will learn about ethnocultural countertransference, which often leads to microagressions towards clients. Through role plays and discussion, we will process and identify ways to better support our BIPOC clients.
Ethnocultural countertransference refers to a variety of cultural factors, such as race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, etc. Similarly, therapist microagressions can occur towards many groups, and examples will be given that show how layers of oppressed identities impact therapist perspectives/behaviors towards clients.
This training is LIVE online, includes practice and group discussion, and will NOT be recorded.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Self Reflection:
A Critical Component of Anti-Racist Action
Through writing, discussion, and somatic abolitionism practices, participants will examine their biases. We will identify concrete ways to put self reflection into practice, which is essential for growth as anti-racist practitioners.
Folks with oppressed identities face many barriers to accessing therapeutic services. This profession has caused deep harm to BIPOC, the LGBT+ community, disabled people, immigrants, and so many more marginalized individuals. It is essential that providers are in a constant state of self reflection to avoid oppressing clients in spaces that should feel safe for them.
This training will be recorded.
Attendees will have access to the recording for 90 days. Asynchronous CEs are available.
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Practice Specialties
Working with LGBTQ+ Clients
Helping Clients Reclaim Pleasure
After trauma, illness & other interruptions
Sex Therapy Skills for Every Therapist
Kink & Polyamory Aware Practice
Mindfulness for Sex & Relationships
What Clients are Saying
Don’t just take it from me, let the audience do the talking!
“I absolutely loved your presentation. You are a very confident presenter and one of our strongest for the day… I also appreciated that you were consistent throughout the whole conference in your comments, offering input on pronouns and correct sensitivity comments. I would definitely reference you as a knowledgeable resource in the community and would love for you to present again…”
“I liked that you made connections between microaggressions against people of color and against queer people. I really liked that your examples included gender identity/expression stuff as well as sexual orientation. As always, you were funny and engaging.“
“Thanks for returning to teach on a very important topic – Intimacy and Aging. Attendees appreciated that you presented the information so professionally, that you put people at ease, that you had visual aids and a handout, and that you were non-judgmental. Thanks again!”
“I appreciated the level of comfort the facilitator brought. She normalized different experiences, was very informative, and welcomed participation. “
“The whole set up was comfortable, supportive, and encouraging. It was my first experience attending something like this, and it was very positive. It felt like a safe atmosphere.“
“Molly is awesome! Your passion for what you do illuminates your words.”
Need a 1 on 1 Consultation?
Through one on one consultations Molly has helped support numerous therapists develop and strengthen clinical knowledge in the areas of LGBTQ+ mental health, sex therapy, kink-aware practice, sex after trauma, non-monogamous relationships, and other relational dynamics.