Kink-Affirming Practice - Culturally Competent Therapy From the Leather Chair

Kink-Affirming Practice is an essential guide in how clinicians can ethically and effectively integrate elements of their client's BSDM identities and practices into their treatment planning, creative interventions, and client self-care.

List of contents

Introduction 1.BDSM Foundations 2.The Kink-Affirming Practitioner 3.Identity, Fetishization, and Reclamation 4.Claiming Power 5.Ceding Control 6.Desiring Dominance 7.Caregiving Kink 8.Rules, Rituals, and Routines 9.Structures and Supports Conclusion Dedication Appendix Bibliography

About the author

Stefani Goerlich is a certified sex therapist who is internationally recognized for her expertise on topics such as gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity. Her work has been showcased on the BBC, and in The New Yorker, Teen Vogue, and Cosmopolitan, and she was named one of Healthline’s best Couples Counseling providers of 2020. Her book, The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients (Routledge, 2021) was the winner of the AASECT Book Award 2021 and SSTAR Professional Book Award 2021.

Summary

Kink-Affirming Practice is an essential guide in how clinicians can ethically and effectively integrate elements of their client’s BSDM identities and practices into their treatment planning, creative interventions, and client self-care.

Product details

• Authors: Stefani Goerlich
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032038773
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3203877-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Sexual abuse & harassment, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse and harassment, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services