Born in India, neurodivergent, non monogamous, a New York sex therapist who loves sex-positive spaces, let’s talk healing with Nikita Fernandes MHC-LP and learn some healing tips for life and sex.

1:00 meet our guest

3:00 women’s gender studies classes were key to critical thinking 

6:00 assimilation as a safety mechanism

9:00 tips for therapeutic movement 

12:00 dance, hiking, kink, gym

15:00 medical issues

19:00 The People’s Book of Human Sexuality - Laureano

23:00 coping tips

26:00 more tension release tips

28:00 fantasies around sexual assault 

40:00 needing to offload or share to others

43:00 what if I’m not responding to trauma?

50:00 DBT (dialectical behavior therapy)

55:00 partner jealousy and disclosure

58:00 working all the time makes healing harder

Find our guest on: healingwithnikita.com

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