2 NBCC CEs • $120

On Demand Workshop with Sabrina Longley, LCSW and Dr. Kade Sharp, PhD, LICSW, CMHS, CST, RPT-S™

Harnessing Kink for Autistic Clients

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About this course:

Did you know that autistic folks are more likely to be interested in kink than non-autistic people? Do you feel confident in supporting your autistic clients to explore their kinky side? We can harness the unique structure and ethos of BDSM to help our clients in finding sensory joy and strengthening their communication! Join Sabrina Longley and Dr. Kade Sharp as they explain the ethical considerations and benefits of kink in regards to autistic clients. You will leave with actionable activities for your clients to engage in and resources for further exploration.

What’s Included:

2 hour video recording
Slides + Bonus Materials
2 NBCC CEs

Price: $120

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Objectives
Participants will be able to…

  • Incorporate an ethical, research-based, kink-affirming approach to their clinical practice.

  • Create interventions for clients based on their unique needs to elicit sensory joy and self-attunement.

  • Discuss multiple options of sensory support through kink for their autistic clients.

  • Identify the non-sexual uses of kink practices to promote autistic wellness.

  • Critique stigma around kink in professional spaces.

Learn more about…

  • Kink can help with self-attunement and self-actualization!

  • Our Brief Sensation to Kink Flowchart to help clients explore sensory joy. Kinks can promote sensory joy, check out our Brief Sensation to Kink Flowchart!

  • Kink can allow clients to experience different realities.

  • Kink specifically complements autistic traits!

  • Bonus content includes a quick summary of A Kink in the Spectrum research!

Meet the Instructor

Sabrina Longley, LCSW

Sabrina is a queer, fat, Black, multiply neurodivergent Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is most passionate about offering lived and clinical experience support to both clients and other mental health providers related to topics including racial justice, neurodivergence, fat liberation, queer liberation, teen mental health, and DBT. She works to honor her own lived experience and the lived experiences of other marginalized folks to promote ethical and just mental health care. You can find Sabrina at www.radicalinsightsconsulting.com and @radicalinsightconsulting on Facebook and Instagram.

Meet the Instructor

Dr. Kade Sharp, PhD, LICSW, CMHS, CST, RPT-S™

Dr. Kade Sharp (he/they) is a queer autistic trans Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, Certified Sex Therapist, and Child Mental Health Specialist practicing in Washington state. He has his PhD in Clinical Sexology through Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. He specializes in supporting queer, trans and non-binary autistic and AuDHD clients of all ages, as well as neurodivergent supervisees. Kade loves helping people figure out they're autistic, playing board & card games, roleplaying, reality TV, true crime, and his 2 adopted senior cats. You can find Kade at www.kadesharp.com and www.neurokink.org