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By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed. CW: sexual assault, incest, abuse Circles of Sexuality The circles of sexuality were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach to social work for client’s sexual wellbeing. The “circles”...
By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed. CW: abortion, miscarriage/loss of pregnancy Circles of Sexuality The circles of sexuality were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach to social work for client’s sexual wellbeing. The “circles”...
by: Ryan Cocron CW: violence, police brutality, trans death, weapons Intro This is a blog that I hate having to write. But with all of the recent anti-trans laws being pushed and continued crime against the LGBTQ community, especially trans and nonbinary folks, it feels important and relevant...
By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed. Circles of Sexuality The circles of sexuality were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach to social work for client’s sexual wellbeing. The “circles” or categories of sexuality...
By Riley Fortier, M.Ed. Circles of Sexuality Intimacy is one of circles of sexuality that were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach to social work for client’s sexual wellbeing. The “circles”...
By: Ryan Cocron, LMFT, CAADC Let’s Talk Kink Kink is often hard to define, but broadly is an umbrella term for fetishes, BDSM, or any other “non-traditional” sexual or relational practice. In looking up the definition for this blog, I came across so many definitions of varying...
By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed. CW: mention of body dysmorphia and disordered eating Circles of Sexuality The circles of sexuality were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach to social work for client’s sexual...
Circles of Sexuality By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed. CW: brief mention of sexual assault, rape, and incest [caption id="" align="alignright" width="437"] Source: PreventIPV[/caption] The circles of sexuality were created by Dennis Daily in 1981 to show a more holistic approach to sexuality. Daily created this model for a strengths-based approach...
By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed., Sexuality Educator CW: medical procedure, medical racism What are Pap Smears? Pap smears (short for Papanicolaou test), test for cervical cancer in people who have cervixes. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus in which semen enters to join with an egg,...
By Ryan Cocron, LMFT, CAADC What is Flooding? When we begin to have strong emotions, especially anxiety, trauma responses, anger etc, we can lose our sense of being present. This process of strong emotions taking over is sometimes referred to as “flooding” by therapists (Psychology Today). When...