I’m excited that I spoke with Jacqui about the
archetypes Latina women regularly face. Don’t be too sexual or
you’ll be in trouble with religion or other groups of women. But be
sexual for the male gaze and heteronormative “success.” Where in
lies the encouragement to be sexual for herself?
Jacqueline Mendez is an AASECT-certified sex
therapist and sex therapist supervisor. She provides sex therapy
supervision virtually to clinicians nationally and internationally.
She is the founder of The Center for Relationship and Intimacy
WellBeing, which serves clients throughout California and will soon
launch in other states, and Latinx Sex Therapy, which supports sex
education/therapy resources for the greater Latinx community.
Jacqueline is integrative and holistic in weaving spiritual
practices, multicultural rituals, and body-focused techniques with
more traditional therapy modalities. She is a fierce advocate of
sex positivity and is determined to make it easier for others to
talk more about sex, pleasure, and relationships. She delights in
breaking down sexual stigma and gender polarity in the
Latinx/Latine community. Jacqueline also believes in the importance
of revitalizing the soul of the healer—helping mental health
clinicians in the practice of self-care. She regularly contributes
to various media outlets and podcasts such as the New York Times,
Univision, Telemundo, Refinery 29, Well + Good, and NPR, among
others. A dynamic speaker, Jacqueline has spoken at various
platforms, including the annual AASECT Conference and the Motion
Picture Television Fund’s Deal With It Conference.