Course curriculum

    1. All about the learning platform

    2. Welcome from The President of The Advocacy Academy

    1. Video #1 Trauma and Sexuality

    2. Handout #1: Circles of Sexuality

    3. Pause and Reflect #1

    1. Video #2 Healing and Agency

    2. Pause and Reflect #2

    3. Consent Stones

    1. Video #3 Pleasure

    2. Identifying Sources of Pleasure

    1. References and Resources

    2. Feedback

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor, T. Nicole Cirone, will focus on the impact of traumatic events on one's sense of self and feelings around safety and agency in relationships.

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Learning Objectives

  • 1

    Participants will reflect on how trauma can impact a person's sense of self and feelings of safety in relationships with others.

  • 2

    Participants will consider how recommending self-intimacy-encouraging techniques such as reconnection with the body through self-sensual practices, journaling and yoga can help their clients and loved ones reclaim agency and practice safety and consent, which can function as an important part of their healing.

  • 3

    Participants will engage in thoughtful exercises in which they will process, in writing and discussion, their own understanding of how trauma might impact their practice and relationships with self and others.

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Instructor: T. Nicole Cirone, Sex Educator

T. Nicole Cirone

Trainer

T Nicole Cirone (she/her) is an educator with classroom experience in both secondary and higher education. Ms. Cirone holds a dual concentration MFA in Creative Writing with specializations in Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction; an MA in English Literature and Writing; a BA in Italian Studies; and a BA in Political Science/International Relations. She is currently a graduate student in the Human Sexuality Education program at Widener University, with a 2024 expected completion date for her Master of Education degree in Human Sexuality Education. Nicole is a published author of essays, poetry and a novel. She is also a certified yoga instructor (200-hour RYT). She believes in a holistic approach to education and wellness that can include writing and yoga as part of the learning process; and she offers culturally conscious, age-appropriate, trauma-informed theory and fact-based workshops and curricula to organizations seeking sexuality educators on the topics of the menopause, sexual wellness in adults mid-life and beyond, teen sexuality education and memorable messages.