Polysecure:

Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

A Zoom Training with Aida Manduley, LCSW

January 21, 2022 | 1:00-4:15 pm, EST

How can we understand and help others—as well as ourselves—with attachment needs outside a mono-normative frame? Join Aida Manduley, LCSW for a discussion of the recently released “Polysecure” and a nuanced exploration of non-monogamy and attachment that also brings in other voices and resources. To our collective detriment, much of this field and literature centers Eurocentric perspectives, but never fear—we aim to explicitly disrupt that at this event.

In this interactive workshop/discussion we will unpack some of our biases about relationship-building and therapeutic practice, learn new tools to help all partnerships (non-monogamous or not) better map their relational desires, and challenge the ways our own relationships may be caught in attachment-traps and subsequently influencing our work.

Whether you're a long-standing non-monogamous clinician or someone as green as grass to all these conversations and just curious about the book, you'll leave with new knowledge and resources. Come with your questions, nuggets, and struggles and let's get into the messy work of human connection!

About the Presenter

Aida Manduley (they/elle) is an award-winning Latinx organizer, therapist, consultant, and sexuality educator known for big earrings and building bridges. Notably, Mx. Manduley launched Rhode Island's first Sexual Health Education and Advocacy Program housed at a domestic violence agency in 2011, which included groundbreaking data-collection on LGBTQ domestic violence and building the infrastructure to provide on-site HIV testing. With over a decade of experience and degrees from Brown University and Boston University, Mx. Manduley’s areas of specialization include trauma, anti-carceral justice systems, and the integration of technology for change efforts. They are well-known for their leadership with The Women of Color Sexual Health Network as well as various other national and regional coalitions. They're primarily based in Boston where they have a thriving therapeutic practice at The Meeting Point.