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Understanding Kink: Healthy Expression or Hidden Addiction? -- Dr. Stefanie Carnes Explains
Manage episode 483903384 series 2934535
Kink. Fetishes. BDSM. Are they expressions of healthy sexuality—or signs of addiction and unresolved trauma? In this powerful and nuanced conversation, Dr. Stefanie Carnes joins the Conversations on Sex Addiction and Relationships team to unpack what kink really means, how it intersects with sex addiction, betrayal trauma, and recovery, and what therapists and couples need to know when navigating arousal templates, consent, and communication.
Whether you're in recovery, partnered with someone who is, or simply curious, this is the kink conversation most are afraid to have—until now.
115 episodes
Manage episode 483903384 series 2934535
Kink. Fetishes. BDSM. Are they expressions of healthy sexuality—or signs of addiction and unresolved trauma? In this powerful and nuanced conversation, Dr. Stefanie Carnes joins the Conversations on Sex Addiction and Relationships team to unpack what kink really means, how it intersects with sex addiction, betrayal trauma, and recovery, and what therapists and couples need to know when navigating arousal templates, consent, and communication.
Whether you're in recovery, partnered with someone who is, or simply curious, this is the kink conversation most are afraid to have—until now.
115 episodes
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