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Whether you’re here to deepen your professional practice, expand your personal awareness, or explore the powerful intersections of healing, kink, and authenticity, there’s something here for you.

Keep an eye on this page. I move when Spirit moves, and when it does, you’ll find the openings here.

Current Offerings

Info Session: Therapeutic BDSM & KPSA Overview

Curious about Therapeutic BDSM, the KPSA Summit, or how to get involved?
Join this live info session to learn more about the movement, upcoming cohorts, professional paths, and how everything connects.

Come with your questions and your curiosity.

July 2025

FREE

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Self-Reconciliation Therapy & Therapeutic BDSM Training

This three month training is tailored for clinicians, pro practitioners, and educators interested in trauma-informed, somatic, and power dynamics–based care. New cohort Begins August 30, 2025.

August 30, 2025

$997-$1,297

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KPSA Virtual Summit – October 2025

Two days of community-rooted, depth-driven learning.
No demos. All substance. CEUs available.

October 2025

$147

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Certified Professional Kink Practitioner (CPKP) Program

Join our 12-month hybrid training for pro practitioners committed to ethical, embodied kink practice. Early Bird Enrollment Now Open for January 2026 cohort.

January 2026

$3,497

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When the win isn’t pretty

by Yulinda Renee | May 21, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Personal Reflections, Poetic Prose | 2 Comments

Finally. Completion.A circle closing. And a lone person standing in the center.Bloody. Beaten. Sword tipped downward in surrender.Surrendering to the acknowledgement that this took everything.This victory cost more than they reckoned. It cost them peace,...

Talking About Trauma and Kink Shouldn’t Be Taboo

by Yulinda Renee | May 20, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence | 0 Comments

There’s a conversation many people avoid having in kink spaces, especially in public. Sometimes it’s fear of stigma. Sometimes it’s the emotional labor of constantly explaining nuance to people who’ve already made up their minds. And sometimes, it’s the pressure to...

Building something from nothing is exciting and exhausting all at once. Here’s what it feels like to stand at the edge of creation…

by Yulinda Renee | May 10, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Personal Reflections, Poetic Prose | 0 Comments

Building something from nothing is an act of defiance.An act of faith.A battle between vision and reality, exhaustion and exhilaration, certainty and the creeping whisper of doubt. There is a weight to creation.A burden carried by those who see the unseen,who dream...

Kink as an Identity: More Than Just a Preference

Apr 28, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence, Kink Conscious, KPSA

For many people, kink is often seen as something they do rather than something they are. It is framed as an activity, a hobby, or an alternative way to experience intimacy. But for others, kink is much more than that. It is an identity that shapes how they move...

The Future of Kink Professionalism is Here: Announcing KPSA & CPKP

Feb 6, 2025 | CPKP, Kink Conscious, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM

For far too long, kink professionals have lacked formal recognition, ethical standards, and structured training. While clinicians, sex educators, and therapists have established pathways for certification and legitimacy, those working in kink spaces have been left...

Transforming Deviance: The Power of Therapeutic BDSM

Jan 21, 2025 | Therapeutic BDSM

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