Pricing

Non-Members; $50
NYMHCA Members: $40

Continuing Education Credits

NYS LMHCs: 2.0 CE hours
NYS LMSWs and LCSWS:  2.0 CE hours
NYS LMFTs: 2.0 CE hours
NYS Licensed Psychologists: 2.0 Contact hours
NYS CASAC, CPP, CPS, CASAC-G, CPP-G, and CPGC renewal: 2.0 CE hours
NBCC Credit: 2.0 CE hours

(This is a LIVE VIRTUAL event. Access to a recording will not be available.)

Presenter
Juliet Spier, LCSW

This workshop goes beyond the basics of defining asexuality, offering mental health professionals a deeper understanding of compulsory sexuality and its impact on both asexual and allosexual clients. Through the presenter’s lived experience as an asexual person and clinical expertise, we will explore the challenges and growth opportunities in asexual identity development, common fears among ace clients, and strategies for challenging acephobia—both external and internalized. Participants will gain tools to better support asexual clients in therapy while also examining how compulsory sexuality shapes all clients’ experiences of consent, desire, and autonomy. Through case examples, discussion, and practical interventions, this session will equip clinicians to help clients navigate their sexual and erotic lives with greater self-determination. Attendees will leave with a stronger foundation for addressing asexuality in clinical work, supporting ace community-building, and fostering a more inclusive, affirming practice.

Learning Objectives:

As a result of attending this course, learners will be able to:

1. Identify the ways compulsory sexuality shapes both asexual and allosexual clients' experiences of consent, desire, and autonomy in therapeutic settings. 

2. Implement strategies for challenging acephobia, supporting asexual identity development, and fostering community-building for ace clients. 

3. Formulate non-pathologizing case conceptualizations of asexual clients accounting for the intersections of ace identity and biopsychosocial factors 

   
   

About Juliet Spier

Juliet Spier, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University. They have worked in diverse settings, including schools, prisons, and victim services organizations, before establishing their private practice, where they have provided therapy for the past six years.
Juliet specializes in working with neurodivergent and queer teens and adults, offering a relational, process-oriented approach that centers curiosity, authenticity, and self-trust. In addition to their clinical work, they co-facilitate a peer case consultation group for queer clinicians and has lectured on topics related to social justice in mental health and therapy worker cooperatives. They are committed to creating affirming, liberatory spaces for clients and clinicians alike.

The NYMHCA Institute, Inc is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0034).

The NYMHCA Institute, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0118).

The NYMHCA Institute, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers (#SW-0764).

The NYMHCA Institute, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0252).

The NYMHCA Institute is an authorized Education and Training Provider of the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). Training provided by The NYMHCA Institute is acceptable toward renewal credentialing for CASAC, CPP, CPS, CASAC-G, CPP-G, and CPGC credentials. (Certification Number 1431)

 The NYMHCA Institute, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7407. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The NYMHCA Institute, Inc.is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.