Working with Clients who Practice Kink & BDSM – An Interview with Margie Nichols

About this Episode:

Dr. Megan Speciale interviews Dr. Margaret Nichols about her clinical experiences working with the kink/BDSM (bondage/discipline, Dominance/submission, and sadomasochism) community.

About Dr. Nichols:

Dr. Nichols is a psychologist, AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor,  WPATH certified GEI provider,  and founder and first Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth, a psychotherapy organization in New Jersey  specializing in sex therapy and other clinical work with the sex and gender diverse community.  She is an international speaker on LGBTQ issues and author of many articles and papers on LGBTQ sexuality, transgender youth, and kink and consensual nonmonogamy. She is currently involved in a project to develop a certification program for clinicians working with transgender clients, and is finishing a book on working with  LGBTQ+ clients in therapy. Currently she works independently through Nichols Counseling and Psychotherapy in Jersey City, NJ.

Learn more about Dr. Nichols work here: https://ipgcounseling.com/publications/dr-margaret-nichols/

APA Citation for this Episode:

Speciale, M. (Producer). (2019, October 29). EP146: Working with Clients who Practice Kink & BDSM – An Interview with Margie Nichols [Audio Podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. Retrieved from https://thethoughtfulcounselor.com/?p=227451.

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