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BDSM and Kink: The Basics
BDSM and The Basics provides an essential overview of knowledge that every clinician should have about alternative sexualities.
In an accessible, user-friendly format, the authors offer a high-level yet comprehensive introduction to the world of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, fetishists, and more. Written by two of the leading experts on working with kinky clients, BDSM and The Basics takes a sex-positive, kink-affirming approach to the material, exploring everything from etiologies and basic terminology through risk assessment and clinical best practices. The perfect desk reference for any clinician who wants to expand their understanding of erotic minorities, this book will prepare you to meet your clients with curiosity and competency while offering digital resources and specific suggestions to deepen your knowledge wherever you need it most.
This book is essential for mental health and medical providers, educators, and individuals interested in learning more about BDSM and Kink.
In an accessible, user-friendly format, the authors offer a high-level yet comprehensive introduction to the world of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, fetishists, and more. Written by two of the leading experts on working with kinky clients, BDSM and The Basics takes a sex-positive, kink-affirming approach to the material, exploring everything from etiologies and basic terminology through risk assessment and clinical best practices. The perfect desk reference for any clinician who wants to expand their understanding of erotic minorities, this book will prepare you to meet your clients with curiosity and competency while offering digital resources and specific suggestions to deepen your knowledge wherever you need it most.
This book is essential for mental health and medical providers, educators, and individuals interested in learning more about BDSM and Kink.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 11, 2024
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January 23, 2026
it’s genuinely so refreshing to see kink/bdsm discussed in such a non-biased, matter-of-fact way. i’ve grown all too accustomed to seeing my desires and my community misrepresented by authors, of both fiction and non fiction.
one part in particular that made me especially happy was the section about age play. part of me was nervous when i started reading this book because i expected it to be either not mentioned or mentioned with judgement because of my own past experience and awareness of how society at large sees it, and seeing it not only explained but defended made me so happy. reading about how it is not the same as pedophilia and that there is nothing wrong with those who engage in it made me happy beyond words. i’m still working through my own shame around being a little, and about having a daddy in my life, but this book has absolutely helped me, as i’m sure it will for others too.
i honestly think this book could be a game-changer, for both kinksters and those working with them in a clinical sense. i can only hope that others found it as interesting, informative and important as i did :]
one part in particular that made me especially happy was the section about age play. part of me was nervous when i started reading this book because i expected it to be either not mentioned or mentioned with judgement because of my own past experience and awareness of how society at large sees it, and seeing it not only explained but defended made me so happy. reading about how it is not the same as pedophilia and that there is nothing wrong with those who engage in it made me happy beyond words. i’m still working through my own shame around being a little, and about having a daddy in my life, but this book has absolutely helped me, as i’m sure it will for others too.
i honestly think this book could be a game-changer, for both kinksters and those working with them in a clinical sense. i can only hope that others found it as interesting, informative and important as i did :]
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