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Intimacy and sexual health are important parts of everyone’s well-being. Although ALS does not directly affect fertility or sexual function, sexuality is an issue for many people with ALS and their partners. Understanding how ALS affects sexuality is the first step to alleviating problems with sex and intimacy imposed by the disease.
Our speaker, Joanna Nunez MSW, LCAS, LCSW, CCTP, will be available for a Q&A session with attendees following the presentation. This virtual event is free of charge. For questions about the program, contact Joumana Baroody at joumana@alsachicago.org.
Joanna Nunez MSW, LCAS, LCSW, CCTP is a native of Fayetteville, NC, born to two career Army parents. After graduating from East Carolina University, she worked for the Department of the Defense as an outpatient substance abuse counselor. Seeing a great disconnect in how the Army dealt with combat trauma in soldiers, she left the DOD and opened a private practice in 2009, specializing in Trauma and Substance Abuse. She began working with the ALS Association of NC in 2012.
In February of 2020, the ALS Association of NC added a sixth clinic to the state, and Joanna became the Chapter Liaison for that clinic (Wilmington, NC) as well as the Vidant Clinic in Greenville, NC 2021. She was a featured speaker at the International MND Allied Professionals Forum in late 2022. She hosts two to three ALS focused Support Groups per month, through the Chapter, and does her best to garner support for the Fight Against ALS with every person she meets.
