- $50
Understanding Age Play and Adult Babies: An Introduction for Helping Professionals (NO CEUs)
- Closed
- Webinar
- Started Dec 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
- 90-day access
Course Description
In this course, we will explore the intricacies of age-based roleplaying, also known as ageplay. This practice involves consenting adults engaging in personas that do not align with their chronological age, such as a 40-year-old playing a pre-verbal child or a 36-year-old acting as their grandparent. We will examine how misunderstandings can lead to these individuals being mischaracterized or perceived of as dangerous by professionals, and how to approach such clients with security and understanding.
We will delve into the various identities and lifestyles associated with ageplay, such as the terminology and distinctions between Adult Babies (AB), Littles, Middles, Tweens, Bigs, and Gerries. Understanding these roles and their dynamics is crucial for providing informed support, whether in a fantasy role-playing scenario or within long-term relationship dynamics. This will then set space for the course to dive into issues of trauma, reparenting, and rediscovering delight.
By exploring personal, cultural, and universal archetypes of parenthood and childhood, this course will help you discern the different expressions of these drives. We will consider the implications of regression, fantasy, and the role of these behaviors in self-reflection and personal growth. You’ll gain tools to help clients understand their motivations and integrate these aspects into their healing journey.
What you'll learn
Learn an array of common terms used to describe age play identities, roles, and dynamics
Break down the differences between major motivations and drives that lead individuals to these interests
Debunk common myths and misconceptions concerning age play and Adult Babies
Discern the difference between interest in consenting adults playing the roles of children compared to an interest in engaging with natal children
Consider the reasons that individuals might practice these activities and in turn why they might be seeking them out as mental health practitioners
Be exposed to an expansive range of activities that age players engage in
Gain some ways they can support their clients who practice age play activities and have age-based dynamic as part of their relationship structure and identity
Meet Your Instructor
Lee Harrington
Sexuality and Spirituality Educator, Author, and Artist
Lee Harrington (he/they) is an internationally known sexuality, gender, relationships, and personal authenticity educator. He brings a combination of playful engagement and thoughtful academic dialogue to a broad audience, having taught over one thousand classes, presentations, and keynotes worldwide. An award-winning author and editor on gender, sexual, and sacred experience, his books include “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Journeys,” “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” and “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities” (with Mollena Williams), among many other titles. He has been blogging online since 1998 and has been teaching since 2001. You can check out Lee’s adventures, as well as his podcast, tour schedule, free essays, videos, and more, at PassionAndSoul.com.
Audience
This course is designed for:
Mental health and physical health professionals, including: clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, peer specialists, recovery support specialists, housing specialists, nurse practitioners, wellness support workers, coaches, holistic practitioners
Students in mental health and/or gender, sexuality and relationship diversity studies
What You'll Get
2 hour live webinar
Access to the recording for 30 days
Engaging discussion with community of professionals and advocates during the course
A reference and resource list to aid ongoing learning and exploration on the course topics
This ticket does not include CEUs.
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Frequently asked questions
When does the training start and finish?
This is a 2 hour live webinar scheduled for 9/28/2024 12-2pm EST.
How long will I have access to the recording?
You will have access to the recording for 30 days after the live webinar.
What if I am unhappy with the course, content, or platform?
We love hearing your feedback on what we can do to improve our efforts to provide gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity studies to helping professionals! Shoot us an email at hello@serenayeager.com and let us know your thoughts. If you disagree with any of the perspectives shown in this course - that's great! We encourage differing perspectives, so feel free to leave a comment in the course - so long as your comments remain respectful and you speak from your own point of view.
Are refunds available?
At this time, all sales are final, we cannot offer refunds after purchase.
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