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
Therapeutic Touch Practitioners: a Collaborative Resource
"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.
"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.
Therapeutic Considerations with LGBTQ+ Active Military and Veterans
Weds, January 22nd 12:00-1:30
Angela Caruso-Yahne
Angela will discuss the timeline of specific LGBTQ-related regulations for military service; the "nuts and bolts" of serving under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell;" the current legal matters around trans persons in military service; share her own experience; and respond to the group's questions.
