Therapeutic Diversity Training offers helping professionals the opportunity to effectively and empathically support their clients as they explore new ways of living and relating.
Expand your ideas. Equip your work.
Better serve your communities.
The world is shifting.
Shift with it.
Ethical Non-Monogamy for Therapists offers helping professionals the opportunity to effectively and empathically support their clients as they explore new ways of living and relating.
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“Recent samples suggest an equitable number of people are in consensually nonmonogamous relationships as there are in same-sex relationships (Conley et al., 2013). Despite a pervasive societal stigma, therapists rarely receive education and training on polyamory issues (Moors & Schechinger, 2014; Weitzman, Davidson, & Phillips, 2012), and many mental health providers have been found to hold stigmatized attitudes and use harmful clinical practices (Schechinger, Sakaluk, & Moors, in progress).”
A course created by therapists for therapists.
Whether we believe in the concept of a counsellor being an “expert” or not, our clients see us as knowledgeable and the way in which we demonstrate understanding of their experience can have a massive impact on their personal shame. Cherish and Cora teach from an experienced, on the ground perspective as they help you flow from theory to practice.
Practical information immediately applicable to your practice.
Your instructors for this course are more than observers. Cherish and Cora have been living within ENM communities for decades and continue to serve the members through discussion groups and private practices.
What our students are saying.
“This course was professional, thorough, and expertly put together. The material was clear, and the concepts were in depth and thought-provoking without being overwhelming. There was a perfect mix of research driven content and crafted guided introspection, allowing the student practitioner space to grow and learn. Given the often overlooked prevalence of ethical non-monogamous relationships in our society, this course is invaluable in serving our clients from an informed and inclusive perspective.” - J.C
Ethical Non-Monogamy for Therapists
You may have been hearing terms like polyamory, swinging and relationship anarchy in your office or in the media only to be left with more questions. This course will give you even more confidence to support your clients through their relationship journey.
Meet Your Instructors
Cherish Dorrington, RTC, MTC & Cora Bilsker, RSW have been working with people in unconventional communities for over 40 years combined. Their collective knowledge and passion for relieving shame fuels their desire to spread what they’ve learned to the rest of the therapeutic community.