Queer Affirming Therapist Guild

Therapeutic Touch Practitioners: a Collaborative Resource

  • 17 Dec 2019
  • UMKC Administrative Blg & Conference Center. 5115 Oak Street, KCMO
  • 20

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Therapeutic Touch Practitioners: a Collaborative Resource 

Tuesday, December 17th 12:00-1:30
Ethan Kaseff and Rellian Merrin, Co-Founders of Safe Space Cuddling
Madelon Guinazzo, Co-Founder and Director of Training for Cuddlist.com

"What the heck is professional cuddling?" To many the idea of a professional cuddler, and Cuddle Parties, is new and innovative. A panel of professional cuddlers will offer insight into what they do and why it's valuable. The panel will discuss consent practices as related to therapeutic touch; benefits for mental health regulation & trauma recovery with case studies; information about specific experiential therapeutic practices; potential collaboration with psychotherapists; and research related to Oxytocin and touch.

Optional: participants will be invited to an opportunity to witness and/or experience non-sexual therapeutic touch at a separate event later that evening,December 17th at 6pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cuddle-party-and-consent-workshop-tickets-80575648935?aff=guild . For this second part, use discount code "Guild" for 25% off in Eventbrite.

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