On ep 153 of American Sex Podcast, Kevin Patterson & Dr. Liz Powell talk about the complexities of both finding a therapist knowledgeable about non-normative lifestyles/identities and becoming a therapist who is. Learn why non-monogamous people shy away from therapy, questions to ask practitioners when searching, and how to handle a judgmental or uneducated health professional or coach. Find out if vanilla therapists can ever be a good fit for clients in alt lifestyles, why many therapists don't divulge their personal experience with non-monogamy, if there's professional credentialing to indicate a provider can work effectively with clients in these communities, and why censorship is making it more difficult for people to find polyamory and kink-friendly therapists.

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Episode 153 Links

• Unfuck Your Polyamory Courses for both clinicians and individuals https://unfuckyourpolyamory.com/?wpam_id=5 (professional weekend intensive coming up 2/20/21)
• Dr. Liz Powell Twitter http://twitter.com/drlizpowell
• Dr. Liz Powell Instagram http://instagram.com/drlizpowell
• Dr. Liz Powell Website https://drlizpowell.com/
• Building Open Relationships http://buildingopenrelationsips
• Kevin Patterson Twitter http://twitter.com/PolyRoleModels
• Kevin Patterson Instagram http://instagram.com/PolyRoleModels
• Poly Role Models https://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/
• Love's Not Color Blind Book Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1944934464/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_t2_DiNUzbMDAA9EW
• Kink & Poly Aware Professional List from NCFS https://www.kapprofessionals.org/
• Polyamory Friendly Professionals List https://www.polyfriendly.org/
• Healthy Erotic Humiliation Class 2/24/21 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sanctuarys-the-course-hot-and-healthy-humiliation-by-sunny-megatron-tickets-138121642551
• American Sex Podcast Discord Community http://bit.ly/discordasp
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