Clinical Perspectives on Kink: The Power of Kink: Why People Like It Online
This workshop explores why kink draws people in and what it offers them psychologically, relationally, and erotically. We look at kink through a biopsychosocial lens, drawing on research that frames BDSM as a complex, often healthy form of sexual expression rather than a symptom to be explained away (Williams & Sprott, 2022). Participants will examine current findings on kink interest and behavior, including evolutionary and motivational perspectives on why some people are especially drawn to dominance, submission, or specific forms of power exchange (Larva & Rantala, 2024). We will also engage work that treats BDSM participation as a meaningful, chosen activity that can function like leisure, creativity, and intentional identity work (Prior & Williams, 2015). By the end of the workshop, attendees will be better able to articulate the diverse reasons people engage in kink, recognize the roles of desire, power, and surrender in those choices, and meet kink related material in clinical settings with more curiosity, nuance, and respect grounded in current research on kink and sexuality (Hansen Brown & Jefferson, 2022).
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:
- Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/may_7_2026/
- Audience:
- All Graduate Students All Students Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Masters Students Public The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students