Meet Doc Yu Roc

 

 

I’m Doc Yu Roc, clinical sexologist, educator, creator, and disruptor.
I do this work at the intersection of kink, mental health, and embodied healing, offering alternative paths to self-reclamation for those ready to move beyond talk therapy and into transformation.

About Me

I’m Dr. Yulinda Renee, affectionately known as Doc Yu Roc. As a Clinical Sexologist, Educator, and Creator of Therapeutic BDSM™ and Self-Reconciliation Therapy, I guide individuals and professionals through transformative practices that transcend traditional talk therapy. My work is rooted in spirituality, informed by kink, and dedicated to fostering self-reclamation through embodiment and consent.

I’ve carved out a niche in integrating kink practices with therapeutic methodologies to promote healing, self-discovery, and personal growth. Therapeutic BDSM is a modality I developed to aid individuals, particularly those with histories of sexual trauma, in their healing processes. 

My Approach

I specialize in:

  • Therapeutic BDSM™: Utilizing consensual power dynamics and sensory experiences as tools for healing and self-discovery.

  • Self-Reconciliation Therapy (SRT): A modality focused on integrating fragmented parts of the self to achieve holistic well-being.

  • Certified Professional Kink Practitioner (CPKP) Program: Training professionals to ethically and effectively incorporate kink into their practice.

My Mission/Goal

My mission is...

My mission is multifaceted and unapologetic: to create resources for populations too often overlooked, underrepresented, or silenced, particularly Black people with a history of sexual trauma and members of the kink community. I aim to spark OUTLOUD conversations that center the needs of these communities, helping dismantle stigma and silence.

Through research, education, and public engagement, I strive to normalize kink, expand how we understand pleasure, and prioritize the mental health needs of kink-identified people by including their wisdom in the development of healing spaces, interventions, and systems of care.

I’m not just teaching—I'm living this.

The frameworks I teach were born from lived experience, personal healing, and a commitment to changing the systems that failed us. This is heartwork and hard work, and I’m here for both.

Whether I’m rolling through the world as Doc Yu Roc or holding space for transformation in a healing session, my work is always rooted in realness, reclamation, and embodied truth. From individual offerings to collective conversations, every path I create is an invitation into deeper self-awareness and aligned expression.

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Yulinda Renee. Ph.D.

Kink Professional Standards Alliance

In addition to developing my own frameworks and trainings, I’m the founder of the Kink Professional Standards Alliance (KPSA), a certifying body committed to establishing ethical, trauma-informed, and culturally conscious standards for kink professionals.

Speaking Engagements

Dr. Yulinda Renee, known as Doc Yu Roc, is a sought-after speaker whose work lives at the intersection of kink, mental health, embodiment, and liberation. She brings bold, trauma-informed insight to conversations around alternative healing, power dynamics, and the transformative potential of Therapeutic BDSM™. Whether speaking to clinicians, educators, students, or community members, Doc Yu Roc challenges norms, invites curiosity, and creates space for truth-telling with depth, warmth, and unapologetic realness.

Her speaking engagements include workshops, keynotes, panel discussions, and interviews on topics such as:

  • Kink and Mental Health

  • Trauma-Informed Approaches to BDSM

  • Consent, Power, and Self-Reclamation

  • Embodied Healing Beyond Talk Therapy

  • Creating Ethical Standards in Professional Kink Practice

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Sex in the Windy City: Therapeutic BDSM

September 2023

Illinois Affiliation of Family and Marriage Therapists hosts a conference for a mental health professionals exploring pleasure, sex, and intimacy.

IAMFT 2024 Conference: My Body My Image

Mar 15-16                                               2024

A conference of mental health professionals that highlight the latest trends and research in marriage and family therapy.

Chicago Rose: Trauma, Kink, & Healing

Feb                                                    2025

Conversation at the Chicago Rose where we explored the intersection of kink, trauma, and healing as we imagined alternative forms of self-reclamation.

IAMFT 2025 Conference: To Kink or Not to Kink

Mar                                                    2025

A conference of mental health professionals that highlight the latest trends and research in marriage and family therapy.

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