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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: KPSA overview & Programing

Curious about Therapeutic BDSM, 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.

Jan 21st, 2026

FREE

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Power & Praxis

This program supports you in building ethical, kink-affirming, and culturally grounded practices that are anchored in real-world application, not performance. Whether you’re a therapist, educator, coach, bodyworker, or facilitator, Power in Praxis provides the structure, content, and space to refine how you lead, support, and serve. 40 CEUs available.

Feb 1st, 2026

$2997

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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.

March 7th, 2026

$1,297-$1,497

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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.

April 2026

$4,497

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Explore Our Latest Insights

Liberation, Power, and the Body: Why Kink Still Matters in a Culture of Control

by admin | November 3, 2025 | Article, Edge of Excellence, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM | 0 Comments

Every few months, the word liberation trends again. It shows up in campaigns, captions, and conference titles. But in a climate where rights are being rolled back and control is being repackaged as safety, it feels necessary to pause and ask—what does liberation...

The Edge of Excellence: Why Professionalizing Kink Isn’t Selling Out; It’s Leveling Up

by Yulinda Renee | August 23, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, KPSA | 0 Comments

Let’s talk about it. A lot of what we know and love in the kink world came up underground, on purpose. That’s where it felt safest. Away from people who didn’t get it. Away from judgment, stigmatization, and pathologizing. In the dark, something powerful was built....

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...

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,...

Why Academia Needs More Kink-Inclusive Research

Feb 20, 2025 | Edge of Excellence, Kink Conscious, KPSA

Academia has long ignored or misrepresented kink and BDSM, reinforcing stigma instead of expanding understanding. For too long, research has either pathologized these practices or treated them as a curiosity rather than a legitimate area of study. This does not just...

The Future of Kink Professionalism is Here: Announcing KPSA & CPKP

Feb 6, 2025 | CPKP, Kink Conscious, KPSA, Therapeutic BDSM

For far too long, kink professionals have lacked formal recognition, ethical standards, and structured training. While clinicians, sex educators, and therapists have established pathways for certification and legitimacy, those working in kink spaces have been left...

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