OAASIS’s next Chat in April will focus on healthy relationships and sexual health. Abuse can impact the way that we relate to ourselves and others, and healing often involves claiming a healthy way to be our full selves.
Healthy relationships are rooted in consent and respect. Our current culture simultaneously promotes and punishes. Entertainment media sexually idealize youth, while our culture also ascribes fear to human sexuality. Families and communities deserve greater support to help children, young people and adults develop healthy relationships and boundaries.
We can change the culture around child sexual abuse. Join us, Saturday, April 22nd to talk about sex, healthy relationships with self and others, and how to create a culture that supports healthy relationships and boundaries. During this quarterly chat we will begin to change this culture—starting with ourselves. Dr. Jane Fleishman and Annie Tabachnick (art therapy professor, Marylhurst University) will share about healthy relationships and sexual health, particularly in the context of having experienced trauma. They will begin by supporting a safe space for honesty and provide an interactive and informative structure for authentic and mutually respectful dialogue to occur.
Presenter and Facilitator: Dr. Jane Fleishman holds her PhD in Human Sexuality from Widener University and is a sexuality educator, researcher, and writer who believes in hope for people who’ve experience sexual or other forms of trauma. Through Jane’s consulting firm, Speaking About Sex, she believes: “Speaking about sex can be a challenge particularly in the context of trauma and survivors of sexual violence. Bringing discussions of healthy sexuality necessitates candor and a comprehensive sexuality education approach. Education about healthy sexuality can result in the development of positive, mutual, and consensual sexual expression.”