“Healing Queer Sex and Love” by Dr. Douglas Sadownick

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About the Event

Join Dr. Douglas Sadownick for a joyful & transformative six-week journey to combat isolation, foster connection, and enrich our individual and collective queer experiences. Through a mix of lecture, group discussion, creative work, and the possibility of producing a zine or public reading, this follows the path outlined in his upcoming book, “Healing Gay Sex and Love: A Group Experience.” This program may be extended by three additional weeks for participants interested in creating a zine or culminating in a public reading.

Learning Objectives:

1. Build Community by explore the ancient legacy of queer sex and love.

2. Learn tenants of LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy

3. Identify Internalized Oppressive psychological thoughts & feelings

4. Adapt Plato’s notion of Eros as a God for Today

5. Toward Erotic Wholeness via the Hero’s Journey

6. Create & Share – Consider ways to express this journey through a **zine** or public reading in an optional three-week extension.

About the Facilitator

Dr. Sadownick is a licensed psychotherapist, award-winning author, and founder of Colors LGBTQ Counseling Center. He established the nation’s first LGBTQ Specialization in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in 2006 and has been a lifelong advocate for queer mental health and community-building.

His Work Includes:

Healing Gay Sex and Love: One Group Learns How to Heal Itself* (Upcoming)

Sacred Lips of the Bronx (a novel being republished this year)

Sex Between Men: An Intimate History of the Sex Lives of Gay Men, Postwar to Present (Harper)

How and Why to Find a Therapist

Additionally, he has been a journalist for the LA Times and LA Weekly and co-founded Highways Performance Art Space, a landmark venue for queer and experimental performance.

This program offers a joyous, intellectually stimulating, and healing space that bridges ancient queer wisdom with the challenges of modern LGBT

Cost

Monthly Cost: $40 for members | $60 for non-members

When & Where

Weekly on Thursdays | 4:00 to 6:00 pm | from April 3rd Thru May 8th, 2025 | 6-weeks

In-Person at The Center McDonald/Wright Building | Third Floor | Community Room Three