Les services de santé mentale pour les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe
Les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe méritent des services de thérapie, d’évaluation et de diagnostic fournis par des psychologues qui voient le travail du sexe comme une forme de travail, affirment les droits humains des travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe en soutenant la décriminalisation complète du travail du sexe et respectent l’autodétermination des travailleuses du […]
Basic Training Bundle Series (Parts I, II, & III)
Part I: May 28, 2022 In this two-hour workshop, I provide an overview of the legal framework, including the federal laws and municipal by-laws, that regulates sex work in Canada. Providing case examples, I highlight how an understanding of this framework is instrumental to providing culturally competent mental health services to sex workers. This workshop […]
The Intersecting Identities of Sex Workers
In this two-hour workshop, I provide an overview of the multiple and intersecting identities of sex workers and the challenges they face in the industry, including but not limited to, racialized, disabled, neurodivergent, working poor, HIV+ sex workers and sex workers who use drugs and/or alcohol. You will develop an understanding of the “whorearchy,” and […]
The Interpersonal Relationships of Sex Workers
This three-hour workshop provides an overview of how sex workers understand their interpersonal relationships and how they maintain boundaries between their personal and professional lives. Whorephobia and internalized whorephobia will be explored to understand how sex workers navigate complex relationships with friends, family, lovers, dates and partners. This workshop is inclusive of the experiences of […]
Basic Training I: Sex Work & the Law
In this two-hour workshop, I provide an overview of the legal framework, including the federal laws and municipal by-laws, that regulates sex work in Canada. Providing case examples, I highlight how an understanding of this framework is instrumental to providing culturally competent mental health services to sex workers. This workshop introduces the systemic interventions necessary […]
Mental Health Services for Sex Workers
Sex workers deserve therapy, assessment and diagnostic services provided by psychologists who understand sex work as a form of labour, affirm sex workers’ human rights by supporting the full decriminalization of sex work and respect the self-determination of sex workers. In other words, clinicians need to believe sex workers have the capacity to manage their […]
