GET READY FOR TWO DAYS OF UNIQUE DEEP DIVES INTO THE REALITIES AND CHALLENGES OF BDSM AS PRACTICED BY PEOPLE TODAY.

We will unpack the personal assumptions, unspoken expectations, general cultural stereotyping, and kink subcultures’ own mythologizing narratives. These biases may be held by clients as well as clinicians. For the clients, these may lead to unproductive, unfulfilling, or even toxic sexual experiences or relationships. For clinicians, this course fills many gaps in the therapy discourse of BDSM sexuality, where clients often go unserved.

Midori will introduce a practical framework around the language of play and strategy navigation of desire using Midori’s “BDSM Appetite Grid.”  Become proficient in an effective model of sex and BDSM negotiation where mutuality and collaboration is emphasized. 

Midori’s presentation will be frank and we are encouraging everyone’s first-person perspective discussions. Expect break-out discussions, role-playing conversations, lectures, and Q&A.

Over these two days, you will dive into:

• What BDSM practitioners are seeking and the challenges that they experience
• Practical, judgment-free framework of BDSM
•  Improving cultural proficiency of North American BDSM
• Understanding how clients may use Midori’s “BDSM Appetite Grid” for better play and pleasure
• Learning Midori’s method of collaborative and co-creative BDSM negotiation
• Considering constructive versus destructive erotic humiliation play
• Gaining a working knowledge of a model to conceptualize and discuss humiliation play
• Frank and illuminating discussion with a subject matter expert educator with decades of lived experience

Info + Registration

WHEN
Saturday, February 4 – 5, 2023
10am – 6pm CST / 8am – 4pm PST

WHERE
This event is 100% Virtual

Can’t attend live? No problem! This event will be recorded and made available within 7-10 business days. Make sure to purchase a ticket that includes the recording prior to the workshop as it will not be available to purchase after the workshop ends.

Continuing Education Units: 16 LPC, LMFT, LCSW and AASECT* CEs for the Entire Weekend

CEs for AASECT, Texas, Colorado, and other state licenses are included in the CE ticket(s) price options. For all states and licenses, check with your board if they will accept SHA CEs or AASECT CEs.

Please note: If you purchased CEs, you will receive asynchronous credit.