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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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Obedience ≠ Submission

by Yulinda Renee | June 8, 2025 | Personal Reflections | 0 Comments

Is obedience the same as submission? I’m not so sure. Obedience is about action. Compliance. Doing what you’re told. Someone can be obedient and never actually submit. They can follow rules, perform rituals, and hit every protocol on the list, but still hold...

When Innovation Makes People Uncomfortable

by Yulinda Renee | June 5, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM | 0 Comments

A real-life comment, a grounded response, and the work of building legitimacy beyond legacy systems. Recently, I received a strong critique in response to a post I made in a kink science group about Therapeutic BDSM™. The commenter came in swinging with a polished and...

What Is Therapy, Really? Why Language (and Leadership) Matters in the Work of Healing

by Yulinda Renee | May 26, 2025 | CPKP, Edge of Excellence, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM | 0 Comments

There’s a shift happening in the healing world, and I’m in the middle of it. After years of teaching, supervising, building programs, and contributing to platforms that weren’t fully mine, I made a decision that was both terrifying and necessary: I left. I stepped...

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

May 10, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Personal Reflections, Poetic Prose

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...

Why Academia Needs More Kink-Inclusive Research

Feb 20, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Kink Conscious, KPSA

Academia has long ignored or misrepresented kink and BDSM, reinforcing stigma instead of expanding understanding. For too long, research has either pathologized these practices or treated them as a curiosity rather than a legitimate area of study. This does not just...

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...

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