How To Navigate Awkward Interactions with Your Therapist
ft. Zita Nickeson
Today Erika interviews Zita Nickeson, certified Sex Therapist, Sex Educator, kink knowledgeable therapist, located in Washington state, licensed in Washington, Idaho, and Colorado. Zita is a mentor who heavily impacted much of how Erika sees sex therapy. She works to forward kink friendliness among therapist. They spend much of the episode talking about how to manage the situations therapists run into on a regular basis with their clients.
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What we talked about
We talked about rural sex therapy and what it's like to see your clients regularly at your normal places.
- How do you manage seeing your client in the grocery store?
- How do clients manage when seeing you in the store?
- How do you deal with the dynamics inside of yourself while you face know the dirt about your community?
- How do therapists navigate working with LGBTO+ clients and not outing them?
National coalition for sexual freedom Kink Aware Professionals (KAP)
More about Zita
With over 20 years experience in the mental health field, and as a graduate of Whitworth Univsersity with an M.Ed in Counseling, Zita is currently serving as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Zita has worked with individuals and families experiencing many different life altering transistions and challenges. Her experience encompasses working with individuals who have been diagnosed with a major mental illness, also providing education and support to their families, providing counseling and education to teens and teen mothers, working with couples experiencing a variety of communication and intimacy concerns, as well as individuals of all ages dealing with life stressors.
Where to find Zita
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