Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists in Colorado Springs, CO
Kamara Therapy Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CST, CST-S
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (Online Only)
I provide Sex Therapy and Coaching. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AASECT certified sex therapist, and AASECT supervisor. I have had the honor of being a therapist for 26+ years. I work with adults to help solve personal, sexual, and relationship issues. I provide both brief counseling and ongoing psychotherapy as well as coaching. I run sexuality and spirituality workshops locally and nationally. We will discuss and evaluate your most personal dilemmas and you will receive my compassionate expertise. I do not accept any insurance.
I provide Sex Therapy and Coaching. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AASECT certified sex therapist, and AASECT supervisor. I have had the honor of being a therapist for 26+ years. I work with adults to help solve personal, sexual, and relationship issues. I provide both brief counseling and ongoing psychotherapy as well as coaching. I run sexuality and spirituality workshops locally and nationally. We will discuss and evaluate your most personal dilemmas and you will receive my compassionate expertise. I do not accept any insurance.
Ben Morse
Counselor, LPCC, EMDR, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
I work with adults and adolescents, LGBTQ+ folks (including poly/ENM and kink/BDSM), people dealing with life transitions, interpersonal issues, existential questions, substance use issues, process addictions (gambling, electronics, etc.
As your counselor, I am your partner in self-understanding and change. My role is to support and guide you toward an understanding of who you are and who you want to be. We work together as you determine the changes you would like to make, and create plans for making those changes real. The end goal is a closer alignment of your self-understanding, your lived experience, and your ideal self.
I work with adults and adolescents, LGBTQ+ folks (including poly/ENM and kink/BDSM), people dealing with life transitions, interpersonal issues, existential questions, substance use issues, process addictions (gambling, electronics, etc.
As your counselor, I am your partner in self-understanding and change. My role is to support and guide you toward an understanding of who you are and who you want to be. We work together as you determine the changes you would like to make, and create plans for making those changes real. The end goal is a closer alignment of your self-understanding, your lived experience, and your ideal self.
Greyson Smith
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
I also work with all relationship structures (non-monogamy, kink dynamics, and monogamy).
When you’re experiencing a sexual issue in your relationship, you feel lonely, unheard, or longing for more connection with your partner. You might be wondering how a great relationship has become so sexually disconnected. One thing is certain: you’re ready for your relationship to change. You’re ready to feel heard. Most of all, you’re ready to feel understood and re-connect with the person that’s most important to you. As a couples and sex therapist who is genuine, humorous, and caring, I can help you build practical relationship skills, navigate sexual issues, and do the deeper work of uncovering unhelpful relationship patterns.
I also work with all relationship structures (non-monogamy, kink dynamics, and monogamy).
When you’re experiencing a sexual issue in your relationship, you feel lonely, unheard, or longing for more connection with your partner. You might be wondering how a great relationship has become so sexually disconnected. One thing is certain: you’re ready for your relationship to change. You’re ready to feel heard. Most of all, you’re ready to feel understood and re-connect with the person that’s most important to you. As a couples and sex therapist who is genuine, humorous, and caring, I can help you build practical relationship skills, navigate sexual issues, and do the deeper work of uncovering unhelpful relationship patterns.
Clinical Misfits
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Let's rebuild! Monogamous, Poly, consensual non-monogamy, kink, fetish, etc all welcome and accepted!.
Feeling sad, lonely, or stuck? Always feeling like life and everything in it hates you? Can't shake memories or events from the past? Do you work hard but have no time to do anything else? Do you just want to be seen? Are you in a relationship that struggles to have a civil conversation? Can you not go a day without yelling, calling names, or blaming each other for actions that happen? Has your sex life disappeared and you have no idea why? Have you or your partner been unfaithful and you truly want to work to find forgiveness and repair your relationship?
Let's rebuild! Monogamous, Poly, consensual non-monogamy, kink, fetish, etc all welcome and accepted!.
Feeling sad, lonely, or stuck? Always feeling like life and everything in it hates you? Can't shake memories or events from the past? Do you work hard but have no time to do anything else? Do you just want to be seen? Are you in a relationship that struggles to have a civil conversation? Can you not go a day without yelling, calling names, or blaming each other for actions that happen? Has your sex life disappeared and you have no idea why? Have you or your partner been unfaithful and you truly want to work to find forgiveness and repair your relationship?
Shaina Crisp
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (Online Only)
Whether navigating kink, BDSM, or diverse traumas, my eclectic, person-centered approach, enriched by Internal Family Systems, promotes self-discovery and harmonious relationships.
Shaina specializes in aiding LGBTQIA+ individuals with spiritual trauma healing. Clients address issues like sexual abuse, grief, and childhood trauma, seeking to embrace authentic gender and sexuality. Shaina welcomes those intrigued by kink, BDSM, and ethical non-monogamy, creating a calm and open-minded space for them to express truths and harmonize relationships. Her eclectic, person-centered approach, influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), dismantles pathologizing views.
Whether navigating kink, BDSM, or diverse traumas, my eclectic, person-centered approach, enriched by Internal Family Systems, promotes self-discovery and harmonious relationships.
Shaina specializes in aiding LGBTQIA+ individuals with spiritual trauma healing. Clients address issues like sexual abuse, grief, and childhood trauma, seeking to embrace authentic gender and sexuality. Shaina welcomes those intrigued by kink, BDSM, and ethical non-monogamy, creating a calm and open-minded space for them to express truths and harmonize relationships. Her eclectic, person-centered approach, influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), dismantles pathologizing views.
Heather Hembree
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, NLC
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (Online Only)
I have extensive knowledge about nonmonogamy, polyamory, kink, BDSM, AB/DL, DDLG, age play, and power-exchange relationships.
As a sex-positive therapist, my goal is to help clients create authentic and rewarding sex lives and relationships. I am currently under supervision by an AASECT approved supervisor. I can address a wide range of sexual concerns such as mismatched sexual desire, low libido, performance anxiety, sexual dysfunction, healing sexual trauma, recovering from infidelity, increasing intimacy, developing communication skills, treating out of control sexual behavior, reconciling conflicting identities, reprocessing beliefs about sexuality, and medical or age-related sexual problems. For more information, please visit AASECT.org or my website.
I have extensive knowledge about nonmonogamy, polyamory, kink, BDSM, AB/DL, DDLG, age play, and power-exchange relationships.
As a sex-positive therapist, my goal is to help clients create authentic and rewarding sex lives and relationships. I am currently under supervision by an AASECT approved supervisor. I can address a wide range of sexual concerns such as mismatched sexual desire, low libido, performance anxiety, sexual dysfunction, healing sexual trauma, recovering from infidelity, increasing intimacy, developing communication skills, treating out of control sexual behavior, reconciling conflicting identities, reprocessing beliefs about sexuality, and medical or age-related sexual problems. For more information, please visit AASECT.org or my website.
Nicole Pomroy (River Of Life Counseling)
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
I work with Individuals (Children / Teens / Young Adults), Ethical Non-Monogamy Affirming, Kink Affirming, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Sex-Positive / Pleasure Focused, Trauma-Informed.
As an art therapist and sex therapist in training, I see our work together as sacred, deeply rooted in trust and respect. The therapy I offer is creative arts-based, person-centered, trauma-informed, feminist-relational, and sex-positive. My role as a therapist is not to provide you with answers, rather, I will walk alongside you as you carve your path of healing, explore your truths, and deepen your relationship with self and others. I strive to provide a safe space for you to process and to just be yourself on this process.
I work with Individuals (Children / Teens / Young Adults), Ethical Non-Monogamy Affirming, Kink Affirming, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Sex-Positive / Pleasure Focused, Trauma-Informed.
As an art therapist and sex therapist in training, I see our work together as sacred, deeply rooted in trust and respect. The therapy I offer is creative arts-based, person-centered, trauma-informed, feminist-relational, and sex-positive. My role as a therapist is not to provide you with answers, rather, I will walk alongside you as you carve your path of healing, explore your truths, and deepen your relationship with self and others. I strive to provide a safe space for you to process and to just be yourself on this process.
Megan Gray- Therapy And Life Coaching
MEd, LSW, CLC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (Online Only)
You have the right to take charge of your life! Have you struggled with a loss of direction in life, issues with intimacy in your relationship(s), feeling down, on edge all of the time, or struggling with your identity? Let's work together to find individualized solutions to your concerns! I offer warmth, fresh perspective, nonjudgmental listening, and empathy while providing direction and obtainable goals. My niche is working with individuals on identity/growth, relationships (to include ethical non-monogamy), sexual concerns, life adjustments, and kink/bdsm. I also have experience working with grief, mood regulation, and more.
You have the right to take charge of your life! Have you struggled with a loss of direction in life, issues with intimacy in your relationship(s), feeling down, on edge all of the time, or struggling with your identity? Let's work together to find individualized solutions to your concerns! I offer warmth, fresh perspective, nonjudgmental listening, and empathy while providing direction and obtainable goals. My niche is working with individuals on identity/growth, relationships (to include ethical non-monogamy), sexual concerns, life adjustments, and kink/bdsm. I also have experience working with grief, mood regulation, and more.
Ann-Marie Manning
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LAC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
I make use of a variety of a variety of approaches, including sex positive therapy, trauma informed, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), and others.
I believe it is important to find the right therapist so you feel like you can be yourself and talk about the challenges you are facing. An essential part of my practice is to build rapport with my clients, so they feel comfortable talking about their problems and the hurtful issues they’ve experienced. I have enjoyed assisting individuals from multiple cultural, educational, gender, spirituality, and socioeconomic backgrounds who have experienced challenges with trauma, grief, anxiety, social identities, life transitions, sleep disturbances, mental health, health issues, adult children of alcoholics/addicts, & DV survivors.
I make use of a variety of a variety of approaches, including sex positive therapy, trauma informed, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), and others.
I believe it is important to find the right therapist so you feel like you can be yourself and talk about the challenges you are facing. An essential part of my practice is to build rapport with my clients, so they feel comfortable talking about their problems and the hurtful issues they’ve experienced. I have enjoyed assisting individuals from multiple cultural, educational, gender, spirituality, and socioeconomic backgrounds who have experienced challenges with trauma, grief, anxiety, social identities, life transitions, sleep disturbances, mental health, health issues, adult children of alcoholics/addicts, & DV survivors.
Somehow You Do
Clinical Social Work Candidate, MSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Waitlist for new clients
I conduct individual, couple, and family therapy including non-monogamy and polyamory relationships concerning all aspects: of trauma, sexual dysfunction, faith and it's role in sexual relationships, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, LGBTQ2S+, kink, infidelity, BDSM, and overall sexual health.
Life is not linear nor are the paths to healing, and healing with help is my goal. Regardless of age, walk of life, or faith my goal is to work with clients in a person-centered, non-judgmental way, creating an atmosphere of safety where intimate subjects can be freely discussed. I am a relational therapist that works through a lens of trauma-informed care and cultural humility.
I conduct individual, couple, and family therapy including non-monogamy and polyamory relationships concerning all aspects: of trauma, sexual dysfunction, faith and it's role in sexual relationships, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, LGBTQ2S+, kink, infidelity, BDSM, and overall sexual health.
Life is not linear nor are the paths to healing, and healing with help is my goal. Regardless of age, walk of life, or faith my goal is to work with clients in a person-centered, non-judgmental way, creating an atmosphere of safety where intimate subjects can be freely discussed. I am a relational therapist that works through a lens of trauma-informed care and cultural humility.
Savanna Manfredonia
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (Online Only)
I specialize in gender therapy and have a background in working with the LGBTIQA, consensual nonmonogamy, and kink population.
I offer individual and relational therapy for all people, all relationships, and all genders. I also offer supervision for MFT and LPC candidates who are pre-licensed. It can be difficult to make that initial step and reach out. I believe you are more capable, intelligent, determined, and stronger than you may know. Sometimes we need an open, safe, effective, and accepting environment to access and fully explore all that we are capable of.
I specialize in gender therapy and have a background in working with the LGBTIQA, consensual nonmonogamy, and kink population.
I offer individual and relational therapy for all people, all relationships, and all genders. I also offer supervision for MFT and LPC candidates who are pre-licensed. It can be difficult to make that initial step and reach out. I believe you are more capable, intelligent, determined, and stronger than you may know. Sometimes we need an open, safe, effective, and accepting environment to access and fully explore all that we are capable of.
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
), addiction, kink & polyamory, suicide prevention, grief/loss, end-of-life care, interpersonal relationships, and more.
Trying to figure out who you are? What your purpose is? Looking to improve relationships? Wholehearted living is a concept that I have adopted in the name of my practice and in the way I interact with each client. "It means cultivating courage, compassion, and connection and to think... I am enough... Yes I'm imperfect, vulnerable, and sometimes afraid but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging" - B. Brown. I believe any person deserves to feel whole. This is a process of returning to yourself through excavation, unlearning, and remembering who we are.
), addiction, kink & polyamory, suicide prevention, grief/loss, end-of-life care, interpersonal relationships, and more.
Trying to figure out who you are? What your purpose is? Looking to improve relationships? Wholehearted living is a concept that I have adopted in the name of my practice and in the way I interact with each client. "It means cultivating courage, compassion, and connection and to think... I am enough... Yes I'm imperfect, vulnerable, and sometimes afraid but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging" - B. Brown. I believe any person deserves to feel whole. This is a process of returning to yourself through excavation, unlearning, and remembering who we are.
Paul Courtland Soper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CST, CCTP
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80926 (Online Only)
I am currently taking new telehealth clients for sex therapy, couples therapy and trauma therapy. My ideal client wants to heal. With all the trauma from the past few years, self-work has never been more necessary and normalized. Coming out of a global pandemic, with relationships and sex lives suffering, we all need to be intentional about rebuilding emotional, mental and sexual health. Whether you’re trying to heal from trauma, improve communication and intimacy in your relationship(s), explore polyamory or consensual non monogamy, or explore sexual and/or gender identity, I believe I can help you to achieve your personal goals.
I am currently taking new telehealth clients for sex therapy, couples therapy and trauma therapy. My ideal client wants to heal. With all the trauma from the past few years, self-work has never been more necessary and normalized. Coming out of a global pandemic, with relationships and sex lives suffering, we all need to be intentional about rebuilding emotional, mental and sexual health. Whether you’re trying to heal from trauma, improve communication and intimacy in your relationship(s), explore polyamory or consensual non monogamy, or explore sexual and/or gender identity, I believe I can help you to achieve your personal goals.
Patricia S. Duggan
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, LCMHCA, LPCC, LCASA
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Often our hurtful experiences are out of our control. You didn’t choose to live with pain. You are tired of feeling alone and misunderstood. The reality is our experiences and memories can shape our beliefs and worldviews, creating guilt, anxiety, shame, anger, and isolation. Living with chronic pain, illness, trauma, anxiety, and grief – does impact us. Even if you don’t feel like it at this very moment, there is part of you that knows they deserve something more, whether it’s self-compassion, healthy connections, pleasure, joy, or the chance to move from surviving to thriving. Let's get curious.
Often our hurtful experiences are out of our control. You didn’t choose to live with pain. You are tired of feeling alone and misunderstood. The reality is our experiences and memories can shape our beliefs and worldviews, creating guilt, anxiety, shame, anger, and isolation. Living with chronic pain, illness, trauma, anxiety, and grief – does impact us. Even if you don’t feel like it at this very moment, there is part of you that knows they deserve something more, whether it’s self-compassion, healthy connections, pleasure, joy, or the chance to move from surviving to thriving. Let's get curious.
Neil Cannon
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CST-S
Verified Verified
12 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Common concerns that clients seek help with range from sexual desire discrepancy, and low libido to kink and BDSM, Out of Control Sexual Behavior, infidelity, and sexual fetishes.
Dr. Neil Cannon is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor. Neil is Clinical Director of the Cannon Institute. Neil and the team work with individuals & couples on any matter related to sex, intimacy & relationships. Neil is well known as a leader throughout the field of sex therapy. Neil is a published author and nationally known thought leader, mentor/supervisor. Neil is an instructor at the University of Michigan's Sexual Health Certificate Program and has served as the Colorado Section Leader for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) since 2007.
Common concerns that clients seek help with range from sexual desire discrepancy, and low libido to kink and BDSM, Out of Control Sexual Behavior, infidelity, and sexual fetishes.
Dr. Neil Cannon is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor. Neil is Clinical Director of the Cannon Institute. Neil and the team work with individuals & couples on any matter related to sex, intimacy & relationships. Neil is well known as a leader throughout the field of sex therapy. Neil is a published author and nationally known thought leader, mentor/supervisor. Neil is an instructor at the University of Michigan's Sexual Health Certificate Program and has served as the Colorado Section Leader for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) since 2007.
Krissi Franzen
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80902 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Most of my experience is working with the LGBTQIA+, kink, and poly communities, and I am a WPATH and IFS informed counselor! I like to use curiosity, expression, and experimentation to support you towards your goals!.
My role is to help support you to lead happier, healthier life. Sometimes this means lessening your symptoms of anxiety or depression, or maybe it's working towards a specific goal like changing jobs or making friends. It can also look like wanting to find your true, authentic self, which can be exploring gender, sexuality, life after loss, or even just trying to figure out who you are!
Most of my experience is working with the LGBTQIA+, kink, and poly communities, and I am a WPATH and IFS informed counselor! I like to use curiosity, expression, and experimentation to support you towards your goals!.
My role is to help support you to lead happier, healthier life. Sometimes this means lessening your symptoms of anxiety or depression, or maybe it's working towards a specific goal like changing jobs or making friends. It can also look like wanting to find your true, authentic self, which can be exploring gender, sexuality, life after loss, or even just trying to figure out who you are!
Ash West
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CCTPII
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
As a registered Kink-Aware Professional with the NCSF, I provide trauma-informed, sex-positive therapy for the kink, fetish, BDSM, and ethically non-monogamous communities.
Society can be overflowing with expectations, guilt, and shame…but it doesn’t have to. What would it be like if you understood and trusted that you are the expert on your life, your experiences, your relationships, your identity? What if you accepted your intrinsic value without toxic shame or isolation holding you back? Imagine a space where you are free from judgment and encouraged to explore your sexual, spiritual, and physical experience, to deconstruct toxic messages about your existence, and to find genuine fulfillment in your life.
As a registered Kink-Aware Professional with the NCSF, I provide trauma-informed, sex-positive therapy for the kink, fetish, BDSM, and ethically non-monogamous communities.
Society can be overflowing with expectations, guilt, and shame…but it doesn’t have to. What would it be like if you understood and trusted that you are the expert on your life, your experiences, your relationships, your identity? What if you accepted your intrinsic value without toxic shame or isolation holding you back? Imagine a space where you are free from judgment and encouraged to explore your sexual, spiritual, and physical experience, to deconstruct toxic messages about your existence, and to find genuine fulfillment in your life.
Caroline Lee
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate , LMFT-C, LPCC
Verified Verified
Colorado Springs, CO 80901 (Online Only)
In relational therapy, I have experience working with infidelity, opening up relationships, consensual non-monogamy, conflict resolution and kink.
I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate working in Colorado and offer both in person and telehealth options for my clients. I specialize in sex therapy and trauma therapy - areas that I am deeply passionate about. I have training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, and EMDR. I'm passionate about working with my clients where they are in their life and helping them create their absolute best life. Whether you are a veteran with a trauma history or a non-monogamous couple trying to navigate boundaries, you will find a non-judgmental space of compassion and growth.
In relational therapy, I have experience working with infidelity, opening up relationships, consensual non-monogamy, conflict resolution and kink.
I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate working in Colorado and offer both in person and telehealth options for my clients. I specialize in sex therapy and trauma therapy - areas that I am deeply passionate about. I have training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, and EMDR. I'm passionate about working with my clients where they are in their life and helping them create their absolute best life. Whether you are a veteran with a trauma history or a non-monogamous couple trying to navigate boundaries, you will find a non-judgmental space of compassion and growth.
Erica Laskin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Schedule now through my website in my bio! Healing and growth are not linear processes. Often, before we can become who we’re meant to be, we first need to unlearn and understand who we’ve been. Erica believes that being an effective counselor, therapist, and coach means developing a personalized and individualized approach for each client. By combining elements of clinical therapy and life coaching, Erica offers her clients a wide variety of modalities, frameworks, skills, and support along their journeys.
Schedule now through my website in my bio! Healing and growth are not linear processes. Often, before we can become who we’re meant to be, we first need to unlearn and understand who we’ve been. Erica believes that being an effective counselor, therapist, and coach means developing a personalized and individualized approach for each client. By combining elements of clinical therapy and life coaching, Erica offers her clients a wide variety of modalities, frameworks, skills, and support along their journeys.
Shannon J Murphy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd , LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80901 (Online Only)
I am a sex positive and BDSM, kink, fetish, queer aware therapist.
Accepting clients in Colorado and Oklahoma Pronouns: she/her/hers Fuck fear and self-doubt! Held back from fulfilling experiences? Feeling overwhelmed? Can't find your voice? Struggling with feeling unable, not good enough, or like you're too much? I have helped hundreds of people learn what is holding them back, and tap into their personal power to live their best life. I believe you already have it in you. I just help you find it. I will help you identify what is keeping you stuck and develop a plan for hope.
I am a sex positive and BDSM, kink, fetish, queer aware therapist.
Accepting clients in Colorado and Oklahoma Pronouns: she/her/hers Fuck fear and self-doubt! Held back from fulfilling experiences? Feeling overwhelmed? Can't find your voice? Struggling with feeling unable, not good enough, or like you're too much? I have helped hundreds of people learn what is holding them back, and tap into their personal power to live their best life. I believe you already have it in you. I just help you find it. I will help you identify what is keeping you stuck and develop a plan for hope.
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Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist?
A sex-positive or kinky individual may want to see a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist because the client may feel safer and more supported discussing their experiences and challenges. A therapist who identifies as kink-friendly will have experience with clients having diverse sexual preferences and will likely be nonjudgmental and supportive about issues brought to the table. It is important to note that sex-positive, kink-allied individuals may find equal success with therapists who do not have such specialized knowledge and background. The most important factor in the success of therapy is for the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in sex-positive, kink-allied treatment?
Generally, no. There are limited training programs and unofficial accreditations that therapists can pursue, but a therapist’s expertise will ultimately come from their previous experience with similar clients, their engagement with organizations that promote sex positivity or kink-allied lifestyles, and the importance they place on safety and cultural sensitivity.
How can individuals recognize a good sex-positive, kink-allied therapist?
An experienced therapist is able to help clients explore their sexual identity and expression and relieve any discomfort or stigma attached to discussing such matters and the client’s overall challenges. A therapist who is sex-positive and kink-allied is able to create an environment that honors a client’s experience and sexual preferences. To recognize a good therapist, clients can simply ask directly about topics and issues important to them and gauge their comfort level and connection with a clinician based on the responses.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist with a focus on sex positivity and alternative sexual lifestyles?
Some individuals may feel most comfortable knowing that the clinician they’re working with has a commitment to creating an atmosphere of sex positivity and has experience with relationship diversity and alternative relationship structures. Working with a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist may help clients respect their own challenges and improve identity-affirming treatment.