Fetish, Kink & BDSM Counselling
Our counsellors understand that we were each born into an environment that had expectations around how we would engage with our curiosities, our fears, our desires, our selves, and others. We offer counselling support to folks at various points in their journey, including clients who have integrated significant parts of their identities related to fetish, kink, and/or BDSM and simply want to work with a counsellor who is able to normalize unconventional ways of being. When we initially experience interest in non-conventional sexual practices, interests and/or fantasies, we may experience distress, shame, judgement and feelings of embarassment. For some of us, these experiences are compounded by a lack of acceptance around our two-spirit, lesbian, gay, queer, transgender, and non-binary identities. At The Grounding Stone, we support folks with restrictive and sometimes traumatic histories in finding freedom in healthy and authentic expressions of their fetishes, kinks, and engagement in BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism).
Fetish Counselling
We offer counselling to people who are at various points in their journeys of identifying, understanding, accepting, and engaging with their fetishes. Some of our clients access counselling for support in making sense of some of their interests and desires that are non-conventional or not frequently discussed in broader conversations. Some of our clients simply want to work with a counsellor who is able to normalize the reality of their fetishes, and is able to weave that into the therapeutic work, that may or may not be directly related to their fetishes. We work a great deal at the intersection of fetish and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, queer, transgender, and non-binary identities.
Kink Counselling
We offer counselling to people who are at various stages of exploration in regards to kinks and their relationship to self and others around these kinks. Some of our clients are seeking counselling support to destigmatize their experience of kink and to better understand a healthy path forward in their exploration. Some of our clients strongly identify as kinky and are looking for skills and support in navigating some of the complexities that may arise related to expression of their kinks and relationship with self and others. We work with many expressions including kinky folks, folks curious about kink, and folks who feel unsure about their kinks, often with intersections of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, queer, transgender, and non-binary identities.
BDSM Counselling
We offer counselling support to folks who are curious about, on their journey with, and/or are well versed in BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism). There are endless expressions and ways of engaging with BDSM, and we have clients who arrive at The Grounding Stone with a wide variety of experience and intention. Some clients are looking for support in navigating details around their identities related to BDSM, while others are simply looking for counselling support from counsellors who understand BDSM and the importance of particular practices and dynamics present within their lives. We support a wide range of people and identities around BDSM, and we often find ourselves at the intersection of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, queer, transgender, and non-binary identities.
