Parenting with Cancer: Sex After Cancer: Maintaining Intimacy and Connection for Couples
Date: Wednesday October 18th
Time: 11am PST/1pmCST/3EST
Speaker: Lauren Broschak, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, Survivorship Program Manager, Inova Life with Cancer
Description Sexuality and intimacy are vital, rich, and pleasurable parts of life, and maintaining intimacy and connection for couples after a cancer diagnosis can be challenging. This can be especially when also balancing parenting and family responsibilities. Join us as we have a frank and honest conversation about maintaining intimacy and connection after a cancer diagnosis, and provide accurate information to help support a safe, healthy, and pleasurable approach to sex and intimacy.
Bio: Lauren Broschak is an oncology-certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specializing in young adults, sexuality, and cancer. She received her Master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan, as well as certificates in sex therapy and sexuality education from the University of Michigan’s Sexual Health Certificate Program. Lauren works as the Survivorship Program Manager at Inova Life with Cancer in Northern Virginia where she leads an interdisciplinary team which developed and launched a Survivorship Clinic and survivorship programming at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. In addition to her survivorship programmatic work, Lauren offers individual counseling, facilitates support groups, and instructs educational classes for those touched by cancer. She is a co-author of the chapter Intimacy and Sexuality Needs of Children and Adolescents at the End of Life in the book Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss, published by Hospice Foundation of America in 2020. Lauren serves on the Board of Directors for After Cancer, and is a Co-Chair for the Association of Oncology Social Work’s Adolescent and Young Adult Special Interest Group.