​Sexuality Workshops - Wine & Wellness Series

Our workshops do not make any assumptions about anyone’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or sexual history or practice.  

All Workshops take place at our Ipswich Village Office, 174 High Street, Ipswich, MA
Most Wine & Wellness Workshops are $25 for a single session.  $100 for 6 Sessions
Dry Workshops range in price from Free to $50

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Core Concept Workshops
Sexuality & Values

• Looking at societies values & attitudes toward sexuality
• Exploring and defining personal values & attitudes
• Exploring and considering talking to children about sexuality & sexual values 

Sexuality & Communication

• Exploring human anatomy
• Language of sex & sexuality
• Building bodies
• Overcoming barriers of communication about sex & sexuality. 
• Doing it in the dark

Sexal Health

• Assessing your personal sexual health
• Involving psyche, emotion, and relationships into the conversation
• Societies attitudes towards healthy sexual behavior
• Explore what constitutes a healthy sexual relationship
• Identify areas of concern in sexual health including talking about diseases ​

Sexual Exploration Workshops
Discovering the Sexual Self

• Sexual time line
• Discovering the continuum of identity, attraction & expression
• Sexual response cycle
• Talking about normalcy
• Considering Masturbation

Experiencing the Sexual Other

• Interpersonal sexual connections
• “Having Sex” 
• “Lovemaking” continuum
• Promoting safer sexual activities ​

Sexual Relationships Workshops
Sexual Attraction & Early Relationships

• Exploring the nature of sexual attraction
• Reflecting on passion 
• Sexual arousal and response 
• Learning from the past; teaching youth
• Components of Love

Sexuality & Developing Relationships

• Explore the nature of developing relationships
• Stages of relationships
• Consider the nature of intimacy in friendships and romantic relationships
• Discuss (and discuss discussing) when it is appropriate for sexual activity to become part of a relationship.
• Introduction to concent 

Sexuality & Committed Relationships

• Explore the nature of committed relationships
• Consider the role of sexuality in committed relationships
• Name the forces that can undermine committed relationships
• Identify ways to nurture and sustain committed relationships

Considering Sexuality Workshops
Sexual Diversity

• Explore the meaning and nature of sexual diversity
• Increase self-knowledge 
• Build acceptance and understanding of diverse identities and behaviors
• Explore social tolerance
• The language of diversity

Sexuality & Family

• Consider the nature of family
• Explore gender roles within a family
• Explore family attitude towards communication about sexuality
• Consider how familial approaches to diversity can impact attitudes 

Sexuality & Aging

• Stages of sexual life
• Considering and confronting agism
• Exploring the impact of aging on sexuality
• Exploring personal feelings about aging and sexuality

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Participating in a Wine & Wellness Workshop

​Participants may wish to take part in a Wine & Wellness Sexuality Workshop for many reasons.  

• Information about sexual wellness and sexuality, and sexual values for example.
• An opportunity for a safe & effective place for communication with others
• General curiosity about the workshop topics
• Some participants may be wondering if “this is all there is,” or how to change their sexual relationships
• Interest in sexuality from a parenting perspective
• Struggles with memories of abuse or trauma
• Wrestling with impulses towards what has been deemed an unsafe act.
• Interest in looking at their current or past sexual relationships in a safe environment
• Wondering how to start over after an ended relationship
• Intrigued with the idea of starting over within a long term relationship
• Struggling with sexuality within an unhealthy sexual relationship

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