Clinical Perspectives on Kink: Mismatched Desires Online
This workshop focuses on what happens in relationships when partners are out of sync in their erotic lives, whether one partner is kinky and the other is not, or both are kinky in very different ways. Sexual desire discrepancy is one of the most common concerns couples bring to therapy and is strongly linked to distress in both sexual and relational satisfaction (Dewitte et al., 2020; Rosen et al., 2017; Jodouin et al., 2021). Rather than locating the problem in the partner with less desire or less interest in kink, this program treats desire discrepancy as a relational process shaped by attachment, communication, power, culture, and the meanings each partner assigns to sex and kink. Grounded in current research on desire discrepancy and relationship satisfaction, the workshop will explore how couples navigate differences in sexual and affectionate desire over time and what strategies they actually use to manage those gaps in real life (Clark et al., 2024). We will then bring this work into kink specific contexts, including situations where one partner wants to explore kink, the other feels hesitant, or both are kinky in very different ways.
Presented by Yulinda Renee Rahman, PhD, LCPC
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This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 3.0 CEs for Psychologists, 3.0 IL CEUs for Counselors and Social Workers, 3.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, 3.0 AASECT CEs for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, or 3.0 NBCC Clock Hours.
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PROGRAM PRICING:
- General Admission: $75
- Students: $50*
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Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 3, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/june_3_2026/
- Audience:
- All Graduate Students All Students Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Masters Students Public The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students