Blog Posts
Cross-post: Dasya Yoga—Self Development Through Surrender and Pain
Click here or on the following url to read the full article on Dr. Michael Aaron‘s Psychology Today blog, Standard Deviations: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/standard-deviations/201806/dasya-yoga-self-development-through-surrender-and-pain…
Cross-post: Dasya Yoga
Click here or on the following url to read the full article on Dr. Michael Aaron‘s Psychology Today blog, Standard Deviations:…
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Legal Update: Immigrant Rights
What are my rights as an immigrant under Trump’s immigration executive orders?
Guest blog post by Angela Torregoza, founder at LegalEase.us, a boutique law firm providing immigration and small business support. She is a member of the New York …
Gender Inclusive Terms for Sexual Health, Pregnancy, and Birth
Click HERE or on the following link to see the full live Google doc of Gender Inclusive Terms for Pregnancy, Birth, and Sexual Health: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pSq-wQq_gVCw7Px4gexKH1QXY5X9nJCaR-mCXWGvBVM/edit
While there is a notation in this document giving permission to share and repost, the …
Hormones & Handcuffs
How many trans or gender nonconforming people are involved in BDSM, nonmonogamy, or other forms of alternate lifestyles? Actual numbers do not exist, but anecdotal evidence suggests percentages are significantly higher than in cisgender (non-transgender) populations. Why?
Those of us …
De-stigmatizing Grief
Guest blog post by Kailey Roberts, a clinical psychology PhD candidate at The New School for Social Research and an NIH-supported pre-doctoral research fellow specializing in cancer and bereavement. She has worked as a researcher and clinician for 6 years …
Sword Class NYC: A Safe Place To Be Fierce
Guest blog post by Sara Tunick, social worker and general manager and instructor at Sword Class NYC, where she studies kendo and has achieved 2nd Dan in Siljun Dobup.
Compared to others in my generation, I came out relatively …
The Kink-Poly Confluence, part 2
Continued from last week’s The Kink-Poly Confluence, part 1…
The Kink-Poly Dynamic in Therapy
Unfortunately, pathologizing attitudes towards kink and poly lifestyles persist among many therapists, therefore individuals with atypical sexualities or lifestyles may tend to avoid going to …