PHDAT 835 - Seminar in Human Sexuality

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This course will examine personal and interpersonal dimensions of the human sexual experience, including sexual issues in the context of oppression, liberation and social justice. Several domains that influence sexuality will be explored, including gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual attitudes and sexual behavior. Perspectives relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and gender nonconforming people’s concerns, as they pertain to advanced art therapy practices will be explored, including how heterosexism and heteronormativity, homophobia, transphobia, and other mechanisms of exclusion influence gender identity development, identity development, and general health and wellbeing. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of the therapeutic alliance and the supervisory relationship and understanding human sexuality and its relationship to art and artistic expression.