In this enlightening episode, Erin and Dani interview licensed therapist and retired sex worker Karlee Coffey, LPC, on all things sex, and learning to embrace sex-positive sexuality. * * Content warning: we do talk about sexual abuse and trauma throughout the episode, mainly in talking about support for those who’ve experienced sexual trauma. * * Karlee shares her wise and unique perspective as a massage therapist, former stripper, and currently-practicing therapist on disrupting normative shame-based sex culture to create shame-free, pleasure-centered sex and sexual experiences. We cover many spectrums of sexuality, sexual identities, and ways of engaging with sex, share personal insights around reclaiming sexuality for ourselves, and offer suggestions for anyone interested in deconditioning from harmful sexual norms.
Key highlights:
De-stigmatizing sex work and reframing it as an opportunity for reclaiming empowerment, teaching consent, modeling what giving and receiving pleasure in healthy ways can look like, and disrupting heteronormativity
Highlighting the vast importance of consent in sex and life in general, and defining sex as only sex when it is consensual
Breaking free of shame in sex, divesting from obligatory sex and sex based in power dynamics, and reclaiming pleasure as a core element of what sex is
Embracing sexual liberation as a multi-faceted process and highly personal experience, exploring many possible facets including queer sex, disabled sex, asexuality, polyamory, teaching sex-positivity and consent in parenting, and more
How to reach Karlee Coffey: https://kcmassageandcounseling.com/
Find episode resources on our website: https://beinginpracticepodcast.com/
