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Whether you’re here to deepen your professional practice, expand your personal awareness, or explore the powerful intersections of healing, kink, and authenticity, there’s something here for you.

Keep an eye on this page. I move when Spirit moves, and when it does, you’ll find the openings here.

Current Offerings

Info Session: Therapeutic BDSM & KPSA Overview

Curious about Therapeutic BDSM, the KPSA Summit, or how to get involved?
Join this live info session to learn more about the movement, upcoming cohorts, professional paths, and how everything connects.

Come with your questions and your curiosity.

July 2025

FREE

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Self-Reconciliation Therapy & Therapeutic BDSM Training

This three month training is tailored for clinicians, pro practitioners, and educators interested in trauma-informed, somatic, and power dynamics–based care. New cohort Begins August 30, 2025.

August 30, 2025

$997-$1,297

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KPSA Virtual Summit – October 2025

Two days of community-rooted, depth-driven learning.
No demos. All substance. CEUs available.

October 2025

$147

EARLY BIRD

Certified Professional Kink Practitioner (CPKP) Program

Join our 12-month hybrid training for pro practitioners committed to ethical, embodied kink practice. Early Bird Enrollment Now Open for January 2026 cohort.

January 2026

$3,497

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The Cruelty is the Point: What Ethical Sadists Understand That Power-Hungry Systems Never Will

by Yulinda Renee | July 23, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence, KPSA, Mental Illness | 0 Comments

What Power Looks Like When It’s Held With Care There’s a difference between consensual sadism and what we’re watching unfold on the world stage. In kink, sadists don’t just cause pain. They hold it. They honor the impact. They check in. They stop when told. They...

Why BDSM Makes Sense Right Now

by Yulinda Renee | June 29, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence, Therapeutic BDSM | 0 Comments

We are living in a time of deep instability. Collective stress is high, people are overwhelmed, and the nervous system rarely gets a break. The world doesn’t feel safe, not in our bodies, not in our communities, and not in the systems that are supposed to protect us....

Obedience ≠ Submission

by Yulinda Renee | June 8, 2025 | Personal Reflections | 0 Comments

Is obedience the same as submission? I’m not so sure. Obedience is about action. Compliance. Doing what you’re told. Someone can be obedient and never actually submit. They can follow rules, perform rituals, and hit every protocol on the list, but still hold...

Obedience ≠ Submission

Jun 8, 2025 | Personal Reflections

Is obedience the same as submission? I’m not so sure. Obedience is about action. Compliance. Doing what you’re told. Someone can be obedient and never actually submit. They can follow rules, perform rituals, and hit every protocol on the list, but still hold...

What Is Therapy, Really? Why Language (and Leadership) Matters in the Work of Healing

May 26, 2025 | CPKP, Edge of Excellence, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM

There’s a shift happening in the healing world, and I’m in the middle of it. After years of teaching, supervising, building programs, and contributing to platforms that weren’t fully mine, I made a decision that was both terrifying and necessary: I left. I stepped...

When the win isn’t pretty

May 21, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Personal Reflections, Poetic Prose

Finally. Completion.A circle closing. And a lone person standing in the center.Bloody. Beaten. Sword tipped downward in surrender.Surrendering to the acknowledgement that this took everything.This victory cost more than they reckoned. It cost them peace,...

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