Contemporary Relationships Conference May 18-19, 2024 Tangeman University Center University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio https://www.contemporaryrelationships.com/schedule Each year, CRC hosts engaging presentations and collaborative conversations about creating strong and resilient relationships within the LGBTQ+ community. We pride ourselves on being boldly interactive and we value the perspectives and voices of everyone who participates. Saturday, May 18 8:00 am Registration, Check-In, Coffee & Networking 8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome & Announcements Tara Scarborough, PsyD Executive Director, Health and Wellness Director, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Division of Student Affairs 9:00 - 9:30 am Saturday Opening Plenary Quiet Connections: Grow Your Attachment Without Talking It To Death Jeff Lutes, LPC, QTAP 9:30 - 9:45 am Break 9:45 am - 10:45 am Concurrent Workshops - Break Out Session One Room 400 A Practice-Based Evidence: LGBTQ + Client Recommendations for the Adaptation of Emotionally Focused Therapy Caitlin Edwards, MA, LMFT, LPC, NCC and Robert Allan, PhD, LMFT, LPC Room 400 B Who's on Top? Social Constructs of Power and Their Influences on Queer Intimate Partnerships Emily Stone, PhD, LMFT-S, QTAP Room 400 C Title & Presenter Forthcoming 10:45 - 11:00 am Break 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops - Break Out Session Two Room 400 A NeuroQueering Relationships: When Divergence Collides Jamie L. Goodwin, PhD and Julia Macey Room 400 B You, Me and Them - Effective Ethical Non Monogamy Sarah Boesger, MSW, LSW Room 400 C Queer Beyond the Choir: The Invisibility of Queerness in the Black Church Whitney Williams-Coble, MAT, and Naomi Brown LCSW-S, QTAP 12:00 - 1:00 pm Catered Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Keynote Address The Matrix of Envy in Our Social & Sexual Lives Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW, QTAP 2:00 - 2:15 pm Break 2:15 - 3:15 pm Concurrent Workshops - Break Out Session Three Room 400 A Embracing Queer Joy: Movement, Mediation, Mindfulness, Breath, Dance, and Yoga as Therapeutic Treatment Tools Naomi Brown LCSW-S, QTAP Room 400 B At Home in Our Bodies Erin MacDonald, LCSW-S Room 400 C What Can Kink Do For You? Adam Maurer, LMFT, LPC, QTAP 3:15 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:30 pm Concurrent Workshops - Break Out Session Four Room 400 A Beyond Labels: Navigating Identity and Connection in LGBTQ+ Relationships Danielle Culpepper, LPC Room 400 B Advisory Board & Committee Information Session: Opportunities to Serve the Contemporary Relationships Conference and the Queer & Trans Affirming Certification Program Christine Hatchard, PsyD, QTAP Room 400 C Promoting Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health via Healthy Romantic Relationships Sarah Whitton, PhD; Emily Devlin MA; and & Charlie Giraud 4:30 - 4:45 pm Break 4:45 - 5:45 pm Saturday Closing Plenary Title Forthcoming Hannah Wilson PhD, LCPC, CST 5:45 - 6:00 pm Announcements and adjourn for the day Sunday, May 19 8:30 am Check-in, Coffee & Networking 9:00 - 11:00 am Conference Institute Polyamorous Emotions: New research on Jealousy, Envy, Compersion & Implications for Clinical Practice Michelle D. Vaughan, PhD 11:00 - 11:15 am Break 11:15 am - 11:45 am Closing Presentation Introducing the Black Transgender Child Uchenna Lizmay Umeh, MD, aka "Dr. Lulu" 11:45 am - 12:00 pm Circle of Excellence Award, Closing Remarks, and Adjournment warmly, Rahim Thawer MSW RSW Affective Consulting & Psychotherapy Services affectiveconsult.ca To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1