Welcome to the registration for the Spring 2025 meeting!
For details and agenda, please click 'Show details'. To register, click the 'Register' button to the left.
Please follow the directions given to register, and give us any feedback! If you have any trouble, please contact Diane Martins.
Notes:
- Online registration ends April 19th 2025
- Guests are welcome to attend all day Thursday, and on Friday starting at 10:45 am.
- If you would like to invite a guest, please send them to the Event Registration Link
- ASTO Spring Meeting Flyer (includes presenter bios)
- All payments are to be made via e-transfer to astotreasurer@gmail.com
Education Module (see below for outline of presentation topics)
Thursday April 24th 2025 -Agenda
8:30am-9:00am Meet and mingle – coffee, tea and pastries provided
9:00am-10:30am Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW: Sex in the Psychedelic Renaissance
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:00pm Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW: Sex in the Psychedelic Renaissance
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break-Lunch Provided
1:00pm - 2:30pm Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW: Sex in the Psychedelic Renaissance
2:30pm-2:45pm Break
2:45pm-4:30pm Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW: Sex in the Psychedelic Renaissance
ASTO SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
Friday April 25th 2025-AGENDA
8:30am - 8:45am Breakfast and Mingle
8:45am - 9:00am Welcome
9:00am -10:45am Business Meeting
10:45am -11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:00pm Brad Garrison, MEd, RP, CCC (he/him): Shared Meanings: Linguistic and Perceptual Multiplicity in a Non-Monogamous Gay Relationship
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm -2:00pm Jessica McGuire, M.A., CCC, RP: Exploring the Self in Relationship: A Case Study Through the Lens of Self-in-Relationship Psychotherapy.
2:00pm - 2:15pm Break
2:15pm - 3:15pm Annika Vander Kooy, MSW
3:15pm- - 3:30pm Discussion and closing remarks
Overview of Presentation Topics:
● Psychedelics and Sex Therapy - Where are we today?
● Understanding Psychedelic Medicines and Research- The basic science of psychedelics and the current state of psychedelic research
● Specific Psychedelics and Their Future Applications In Sex Therapy Practice - MDMA, psilocybin, ayahuasca, mescaline, 5-MeO-DMT, LSD, and ketamine
● Psychedelics and Sexual Trauma- research, clinical practice, and controversies including psychedelic “recovered memories” of sexual abuse
● Psychedelics and Queer Identities, Polyamory, and BDSM
● Exploring BIPOC identities, the body, and sexuality - obstacles to treatment, racial trauma, and issues of indigenous inclusion and reciprocity
● Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy for sexual healing, relationship enhancement, and embodied pleasure
● Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Sexuality
● Risks and ethical considerations
● Case study presentation
● The Psychedelic Erotic- exploring the role of pleasure in psychedelic healing
