We're reviewing movies & television shows that feature sex work! Just like the Bechdel Test is a way to measure how women are portrayed in media, at ECC we created The Red Light Rules™ to asses portrayals of sex work (SW) in media.

We are so happy to introduce a few of the new providers in the directory! The ECC Therapist Directory is dedicated to ensuring unbiased mental health and healing services.

"Well as we predicted Season 3 of Euphoria did NOT score well in The Red Light Rules. Sam Levinson clearly hates women, sex workers, Black people, and his audience…”

Reclaiming intimacy after birth is a conversation we don’t have enough. So many birthing people are told how to care for their baby—but not how to navigate the shifts in desire, identity, body, and connection that come with it. This workshop is an invitation to change that.

“We can all agree that abusive relationships are not exclusive to the porn industry. The point this film tries to make is that the entirety of the porn industry is bad & exploits women. As I mention in my review, I was not in the industry in the 70s so I don't know what was actually happening…

Money avoidance isn’t laziness… it’s a trauma response. 🧵

We want our workshops to remain accessible to everyone in our community, especially during these tough times. We are happy to offer tiered pricing levels for all of our workshops. CE Level: $150 Growth Level: $75 Equity Level: $50 Pay What You Can: Minimum $10

"Stephanie Olano, CEO and founder of TODOS Therapy, is a Latinx ADHD therapist, ADHD and autism assessor, and financial therapist based in the Bay Area, CA. She offers culturally sensitive mental health support to Latinx/BIPOC individuals dealing with impostor syndrome, anxiety, and burnout."

Stop using deficit models for aging. Our workshop provides you with the Desire Intimacy Wellness Inventory™️—a practical tool to help navigate shifting roles and needs across the lifespan. 📅 Saturday, May 9 from 4:00-6:00pm Eastern 📍 Zoom 2 AASECT CE’s available

In this workshop, we’re talking about financial trauma + financial anxiety in sex workers through a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, sex work-affirming lens.

Well we've got Christopher Abbott being a sick freak again! I knew nothing about Piercing before watching it besides what the little movie preview sentence said ‘a man plans to kill a SWer to satisfy his murderous urges’. Alas, the script was flipped & the movie didn’t go how I thought it would!

Ready to reframe aging as an erotic evolution? Join Jet Setting Jasmine & Dr. Nicole Crawford for Aging Kinky AF. We’re deconstructing ageism and centering pleasure as resistance! Come learn adaptive strategies for desire and connection as our bodies and needs shift.

WORKSHOP RESCHEDULED 🗣️ Using a biopsychosocial and culturally responsive framework, participants will examine the physiological, psychological, relational, and cultural factors that influence postpartum sexual functioning.

Aging Kinky AF reframes aging as erotic evolution—especially for Black, Brown, queer, disabled, and sex-working communities. We blend clinical insight, public health, and lived kink expertise to dismantle ageism and center pleasure as resistance.

The movie poster features Burt Reynolds as a cop, I imagined it would be the classic the cop wants to shut the place down, the townspeople are on board with closing it, etc. But the movie was actually the exact opposite! – Mel

APRIL FEATURED PROVIDER: Victoria Moon "My approach is firmly grounded in a strengths-based perspective, empowering you to celebrate your own intersectionality and develop the skills needed to overcome life's challenges.”

Our Therapist Support Group has gone back to meeting once a month! You can sign up at the 🔗 in our bio.

We are so excited to be able to host the knowledge of our guest presenters in asynchronous format! So if you didn't get the chance to attend their workshops you can now purchase them after the fact & still get CEs 💻

How do you navigate both clinical work and sex work? 👠 Join our donation-based virtual support group for mental health professionals that are also SWers. 🗓️ Upcoming Meetings: March 25, April 8 & April 22 www.equitablecarecertification.com/therapist-su...

A Woman is a Woman scored 4/4 on The Red Light Rules™ test that assesses portrayals of sex work in media. Listen to the full review below!👇🏽 www.equitablecarecertification.com/blog/a-woman...

And that’s that on that! 🧵

Interested in getting certified but want to go at your own pace? ✨ Our ASYNCHRONOUS learning option gives you all 12 courses at once to go at your own pace! Once all coursework and feedback forms are complete you will receive the AASECT CE certificate. Pre-requisites: NONE

CW// Diet Talk, ED, Body Image YOU ARE ENOUGH. That is all.

Want to enroll in the Equitable Care Certification but price has been a barrier? We are proud to offer one FULL and two PARTIAL scholarships (you only pay $600!) for our upcoming July Cohort.

Main takeaways, I know he is saying and doing all the right things but I still don't trust a cis, straight, white man whose films are SOLELY about people who have none of his lived experiences. It's giving fetishization of marginalized people and their stories. – Mel Audio blog available below!

Coming January 2027! The Anti-Carceral Care Certification 📚 “Therapists have the framework but aren’t principled in practice and that’s the problem.” Course sessions will tentatively take place on Wednesdays from 6:00-9:00pm Eastern for 10 weeks beginning in January 2027.

I hope you enjoy this audio review of Red Rocket (available on our blog)! I watched it last night and boy did I feel many different things while watching. Mainly though, it was a lot of annoyance and second hand embarrassment from the actions of the main character. – Mel

Missed one of our workshops? You can now purchase the recording and still get AASECT CEs! And there's more coming soon 👀 Workshops Currently Available: - Sexual Health Self Assessment - Dynamics of Abuse - SW, Trafficking, and Propaganda - Rejecting Mandated Reporting

What do therapists need to know before working with marginalized clients?

This interactive and experiential workshop blends theory with guided reflection, somatic awareness practices, and applied clinical tools. 2 AASECT CE’s Available!

“What brings you joy & a full body yes?” Hear from our Featured Provider, Erum. Want to learn more and inquire about sessions with Erum? Head to our website: equitablecarecertification.com/erum-khan

Enrolling in the Equitable Care Certification means expanding your knowledge around sex work, how sex workers come to the work, how trafficking & SW are different, why decrim is important, how the mental health industry does harm and strategies for competent care.

"I will not accept a life I do not deserve" Maxxxine scored 4/4 on The Red Light Rules™ test that assesses portrayals of sex work in media.

Why join a helping profession only to cause more harm? With our 🆓 guide learn how to define sex work, how sex workers come to the work, how trafficking is different, why decrim is important, how the mental health industry does harm, as well as strategies for competent care!

Hey BTW pussy smells like pussy!!! A thread 🧵

Pleasure has often been denied, pathologized, or politicized in marginalized communities due to systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, and cultural stigma. This workshop explores how reclaiming sexual & intimate pleasure can serve as a radical act of resistance, healing, and legacy-building.

ICYMI: The second SWer Support Group of the month has a new meeting time! It will now meet from 9:00-10:30pm Pacific Time. You can sign up at the 🔗 in our bio.

FEBRUARY FEATURED PROVIDER: Erum Khan "Erum is an independent researcher, trainer and psychotherapist who has been working with individuals, couples and families for more than a decade.”

How do you navigate both clinical work and sex work? 👠 Join our donation-based virtual support group for mental health professionals that are also SWers, lightly facilitated by ECC Co-Founder, Soleil (Angie Gunn) LCSW, CST, CSTS. 🗓️ Upcoming Meetings: January 28, February 11 & February 25

Involuntary hospitalization is incarceration.

Therapists are cops. Just look up Granville Stanley Hall & Francis Gaulton and that’ll tell you all you need to know about the origins of this field!

Talk therapy has a ceiling.

✨2025 was our second year of certifying professionals to work with SWers✨ We are also working hard to bring you a BRAND NEW CERTIFICATION program: Rejecting Mandated Reporting. Coming later this year! 👀

ECC is also in the process of offering a BRAND NEW certification program for therapists who no longer want to engage in the harmful practice of mandated reporting. You can also learn more about these efforts on their page @equitablecare.bsky.social on their website.

“What is it like when you and a client don’t share the same identities?”

COMING SOON: Rejecting Mandated Reporting Certification 📚👀

Our experiences are not as different as we would like to think. It's important we have community that holds us accountable to fostering more connection in our lives!

Sex workers and those who have experienced exploitation deserve dignity, care and compassion. This workshop centers the voices of those in the industry to ensure that you receive, not only the academic and clinical perspective, but also the lived experience.

Learn more about what it's like to be a client of our January Featured Provider: Sarah Kelleher, LCSW.