A lifetime of being told you are broken, sinful or just wrong can tend to make our hurts and our flaws somehow less obvious, hidden under heaps of shame, guilt and trauma. Tapping into our innate mammalian care-giving system and inner sense of kindness and compassion can give us the tools to sit with ourselves in our darkest places and empower our healing and growth. This week on RfRx, Christy Powell, licensed professional counselor with Valence Counseling and producer of the AEN’s Secular Sexuality shares his experiences of sexual healing, religious trauma and the healing power of loving attention.

Christy Powell is a licensed professional counselor highlighting issues of gender, sexuality and religious trauma. Through Secular Sexuality and Valence Counseling, Christy works to normalize, educate and entertain while providing kink, poly and queer affirming therapy, online or in person.

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