Elements of Therapy and Kink (4 CE Hours)

Learning Objectives

Elements 1: Basics of Kink and Therapy

Activity Schedule:

First Hour:

About the Presenters:

Anna Randall, DHS, LCSW, MPH

Anna Randall (she/her/hers) is Co-Founder & Exec. Dir. of TASHRA – The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance tashra.org, a national nonprofit sexuality research and clinical training organization. In 2009, she earned her Doctorate in Human Sexuality and Masters in Public Health from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and earned her Masters in Social Work from Boston University in 1988. Dr. Randall is a published researcher on the lived-experienced of kink-involved (BDSM & fetish) individuals, a sex therapist & adjunct faculty at Widener Univ. Her work focuses on the emergence of kink as an area of clinical and research specialty and she is the Co-Principal Investigator on the International Kink Health Study 2021, she’s on the leadership team forming the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Working with People with Kink Interests, and is a founder of the MOTE Conference. She is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in sex therapy with individuals, couples, and other relational configurations. She leads case consultation groups focusing on clinical practice with diverse sexuality and mentors educators, therapists and those looking to get involved in kink as a focus of professional interest. Drannarandall.com

Richard A. Sprott, Ph.D.

Richard Sprott received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from UC Berkeley in 1994. As a researcher he has examined in detail the relationship between professional identity development and the development of professional ethics in medical doctors, ministers and teachers, and professional identity development in emerging fields of work.  He is currently directing research projects focused on identity development and health/well-being in people who express alternative sexualities and non-traditional relationships, with a special emphasis on kink/BDSM sexuality, and polyamory or consensual non-monogamy.  He is the President of the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (APA Division 44) for 2021-2022.  He is also the co-author of Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). Along with Dr. Elisabeth Sheff, he is co-editor of a new book series Diverse Sexualities, Genders, and Relationships from Rowman & Littlefield. Richard currently teaches courses in the Department of Human Development and Women’s Studies at California State University, East Bay and graduate level courses at various universities in the Bay Area, including UC Berkeley and Holy Names University.