Consent Dojo 22: Dr. Stefani Goerlich
For this 22nd edition of the Consent Dojo, Midori is joined by Certified Sex Therapist & Board Certified Clinical Sexologist, Dr. Stefani Goerlich.
Join them as they explore topics such as…
- The influence of Christianity as the “normative” experience of Americans means that many clinicians lack cultural competence in working with members of minority faiths.
- This is doubly true when it comes to sex therapy. Many clinicians assume that the Christian understanding of sexuality is universal, when in actuality many religious traditions (even other Abrahamic traditions) have widely divergent views on sex and intimacy.
- Kinky people from minority faith groups can struggle to find therapists who are culturally competent in both their religious, cultural, and kink community norms.
Stefani, a former seminarian turned Kink-Affirming Sex Therapist is fascinated by these intersectional identities and works to educate her colleagues and clients on how both topics influence their understanding of intimacy, relationships, shame, and sensuality.
Bring your curiosity and questions for Q + A after the conversation!
Style: Conversation + Q&A
Props: Bring note-taking tools
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Consent Dojo is always free.
Join us Live on Zoom followed by Q & A or watch the replays on YouTube.
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ABOUT STEFANI
Award-winning author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients, and its advanced practice sequel Kink-Affirming Practice: Culturally Competent Therapy from the Leather Chair, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist Stefani Goerlich is an expert in working with Gender, Relationship, and Sexuality Diversities as well as religious minority clients, and has over 15 years’ experience in supporting survivors of domestic and sexual trauma.
Describing herself as “building bridges between the margins and the mainstream,” Stefani has worked with high-risk young people, commercial sex workers, and survivors of human trafficking- among others. In addition to her work as The Society for Sex Therapy and Research’s Diversity Chair, she is the founder of Bound Together Counseling, a boutique private practice based in Detroit, Michigan, and co-founder of Securing Sexuality, a multimedia educational endeavor focusing on the intersection of intimacy and technology.
Stefani holds a Master’s in Social Work from Wayne State University, where she specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, earned her Post-Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy from the University of Michigan, and holds a PhD in Clinical Sexology. A member of the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program Teaching Faculty, she is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona and Florida. Her next book, With Sprinkles on Top: Everything Vanilla People and Their Kinky Partners Need to Communicate, Explore and Connect is coming out in October.
https://www.BoundTogetherCounseling.com
https://www.SecuringSexuality.com
Instagram: @BoundTogetherCounseling
Mastodon: @Tzefira_Neviah@ioc.exchange
Consent Dojo is an ongoing project created by Midori where she sits down with a special guest to discuss different aspects of consent, how communication can affect and enhance our relationships, and how consent transcends the interpersonal world and builds more resilient communities and organizations.
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