Health and Wellness Professionals
With SW experienceWhat outsiders don't always know is that many forms of sex work have at times a therapeutic benefit to the customer. This work experience can make us ideal clinicians, therapists and practitioners: we become good at reading people, their body language, their fundamental emotional needs and more. It's a shame that we can't always be open about our work experience because of prejudice and misconception. This can make it hard to navigate therapeutic or clinical challenges as we can't talk to our supervisors openly. It also presents practical problems around running our practices.
The online peer support group for health and wellness professionals with a sex work background is for clinicians, therapists or providers in health or wellness discipline or modality whether complementary or mainstream and also have current or previous experience in the sex work industry. Check the details below and then apply via the form. Applications are vetted individually. It's a welcoming, informal and open-minded group that embodies the holistic approach to health that is at the core of Ess Wellness. You don't need to share your legal name with others on the call.
It’s great to have a space where I can bring all sides of myself. It feels really healthy to be welcomed as a therapist and sex worker.
Details
- Free
- 1 hour (but no obligation to stay the full time)
- Every 2 months
- A weekday in the last week of the month but check for details
- 8pm UK, 9pm Central Europe, 12pm Pacific
- All participants commit to confidentiality
- All abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders welcome
- Any kind of sex worker, whether you describe yourself as one or not
- Any kind of health and wellness provider, provided you are either:
- in training
- have a professional qualification in your therapeutic or clinical modality
- or can prove you have been practicing for a number of years
- Informal
- Ongoing mutual support via a group chat in between meetings
The next sessions are
Tuesday the 26th November
Tuesday the 28th January
For health and wellness practitioners with a SW background: 1 hour online (Zoom).
9pm CET - 8pm GMT - 3pm Eastern - 12pm Pacific
Contact Form
Your details will be kept strictly confidential but get in touch if you have any concerns.
At first I was nervous to join [this group], as a relative newcomer to the world of sex work...I wasn't sure if it would be the right space for me, and was worried I would be judged, or have nothing useful to contribute. I could not have been more wrong. It is such a welcoming group and the discussions are always interesting and insightful, often positive and sometimes emotional. I feel that I have found a safe space in which to belong....You can be as involved in discussion as you want to be, without any pressure to share or comment if you don't want to.