Queerplatonic: Alterous, Affectionate, & Amorphous
(2 CEs)
In this workshop, you will be able to:
Discuss three ways queerplatonic relationships, as understood within the asexual community, resist fixed definitions.
Analyze two cultural narratives of idealized romance that are challenged by asexual and aromantic community perspectives.
Apply two community-based frameworks from the asexual and aromantic communities to clinical practice in order to affirm varied forms of connection, care, and life planning.
Identify two ways privileging romance in therapeutic practice can marginalize client experiences of non-romantic connection.
This presentation integrates social justice by challenging dominant cultural narratives that privilege marriage, romance, and normative kinship as the most legitimate forms of connection. By highlighting queerplatonic relationships as inherently queer and centering community voices (e.g., Kaz, meloukhai), the workshop resists academic gatekeeping and validates the language people create to describe their own lives. Participants are invited to critically reflect on how relational hierarchies marginalize diverse forms of attachment, care, and life planning, and to consider ways to affirm these structures in practice.
This course is designed to appeal to clinicians at all levels of experience.
Event Details
When: Friday Oct 24th, 9 am to 12:15 pm PST
Where: Online - secure Zoom room
How Much: $79
Early Bird: $64 until Sept 5
CEUs: 3 CEUs included in the price
Recording: Yes, it will be available within 1 week of the workshop
Sign Up: Sign up below at Rouse Academy
Instructor Bio
David F Khalili, LMFT
Aubri Lancaster (Bri/she) is an AASECT and ANTE UP! Certified Sexuality Educator with lived experience in and a connection to the Asexual and Aromantic communities. Her services can be found at AceSexEducation.com, including workshops, consulting, and training. She also offers free content on Instagram and TikTok at @AceSexEducation. This presenter meets the qualifications to instruct this course based on their direct personal and professional experience in the subject matter.
CA BBS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM POLICIES
David F Khalili, LMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs licensed through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEPA Provider # 1000132. David F Khalili, LMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Contact him at www.rouseacademy.com, phone 415-200-2119, 4124 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114, or david@rouse.academy.
To receive your CE certificate: Pay the ticket price, watch the live workshop with your camera on, and complete a brief evaluation after the workshop.
Grievance Policy: For this course, “Instructor” refers to David Khalili Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc.
If there is a grievance, the participants will be asked to put their concerns in writing to David Khalili david@rouse.academy.
If the grievance concerns the instructor, the content presented by the instructor, or the style of presentation, the individual filing the grievance will be asked to put his/her comments in written format. The participant will receive a written response in 1-2 business days. When necessary, the participant will receive a full refund.
If the grievance concerns a workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered, the instructor will mediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action, the instructor:
a. attempt to move the participant to another workshop or
b. provide a credit for a subsequent year's workshop or
c. provide a full refund of the workshop fee.
Actions 4b and 4c will require a written note, documenting the grievance, for record keeping purposes. The grieved individual need not sign the note.
Refund Policy: Refunds are not available on all items, especially live webinars (see individual promotional materials). Refunds are always available if CE item was purchased in error. Full refunds for CE test payment itself will be granted when the request is submitted in writing and a post-test has not been submitted and graded. Refunds will be issued within 7 days of request to the payment method used to pay for the original purchase.
Disability Accommodations: Arrangements can be made for those with disabilities or special needs; please contact David Khalili at 415-448-6743, david@rouse.academy or the address above.
Continuing Education Units: 1 continuing education unit available for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs in California. Outside of California, check with your states licensing board.
Format and Length:
Live zoom meeting. Total running time 195 minutes.
Topic Area:
Clinical practice
Instructional Level:
All levels
Live Course Completion Requirements:
Live viewers must complete an online evaluation at the end of the course to obtain their CE certificate via email.
Who Should Attend:
Counselors, masters or doctoral level clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors. Other wellness providers who work with couples, especially queer couples.
Course Date:
October 17, 2025
Conflict of Interest Statement:
There is no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support for this course.
Refund Grievance Policy:
Click here for the full refund and grievance policy.
Contact Information:
For any inquiries related to subject matter guidance, correction, grading, comments, or problem resolution, please contact us at david@rouse.academy.
David F Khalili, LMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs licensed through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEPA Provider # 1000132.