Laura Rademacher
Laura is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who loves to help clients increase their experiences of pleasure with themselves and others. She is a national presenter on various topics in sexuality. Her workshop, Teaching Pleasure; Best Practices was awarded the 2014 Schiller Prize by AASECT. She frequently presents to/works with the LGBTQ, kink, non-monogamy, and sobriety communities as well as those healing from sexual trauma.
Biography
I started my career as a sex positive sexual health educator. It is important to me that my work is designed with people of all orientations, gender expressions, and relationship styles in mind. I am currently learning the most from sexual health professionals who teach about the intersections of race, culture, and sexuality.Education
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MA, Marriage and Family Therapy, Argosy University, 2011
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Pleasure and how to present pleasure issues professionally
LGBTQ issues
Healing from sexual trauma
Sobriety & sexuality
Relationship therapy
Personal Interests
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In my spare time I enjoy genealogy and watching bad documentaries.
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Books
Articles
The Way We Teach Sex in Schools is Terrible
Published: Sep 07, 2017 by www.educationpost.org
Authors: Tom Rademacher, Laura Rademacher
Subjects:
Education, Adolescent Studies, Gender & Sexuality, Psychological Science
Teachers like to imagine that sexuality has little to do with our work, as if teenagers are not explosive balls of sexual energy who are actively working out what it means to be attracted and attractive, what it means to give and get consent. We interview Certified Sex Therapist and Author, Laura Rademacher to discuss sex-ed in K-12 schools.