Clinical Consultation

Jennifer Rehor, LMFT provides specialized consultation to help mental health professionals work with clients from gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity.

Topics include the following areas:

Assessing and improving therapist comfort with sexual health conversations:

• Sexual Health Principles
• General Sexual Health issues
• LGBTQ-specific questions

Non-monogamy: working with clients who are involved in non-monogamy (polyamory, swinging lifestyle, or other open arrangements), or considering opening up their relationship. 

• The opening up process
• Understanding the role of jealousy, 
• Assessing attachment styles; 
• Multiple relationships: how to strengthen secure attachments in each relationship
• Determining whether their open relationship is working for them, 
• Unpacking each individuals’ meaning of monogamy and non-monogamy, 
• Dealing with discrimination
• Overcoming shame, stigma, judgments

Kink, or unconventional sexuality: Working with clients who have an interest in BDSM and/or sexual fetishes.

• D/s and M/s relationships, DD/lg relationships,  or any other type of power dynamic or relationship style.
• Myths about sadomasochism
• Differentiating between abuse and S/M
• Common philosophies of the kink community
• Dealing with discrimination
• Overcoming shame, stigma, judgments

Adult industry: Working with clients who work in some area of the adult industry.

• Erotic dance
• Novelty retail 
• Adult film
• Sex work
• Dealing with discrimination
• Overcoming shame, stigma, judgments

Credentials include the following training and experience:

• Master of Arts degree in Human Sexuality Studies
• Original research about women from the kink community
• San Diego County Train-the-Trainer program titled “Professional Skills Development for Sexual Health Conversations”, 
• Recurrent Guest Lecturer at  San Diego State University for the graduate-level MFT class in sexuality. Topic presented is titled, “Cultural Sensitivity: Alternative Sexuality — working with people from diverse sexual lifestyles (including kink/BDSM, fetish, and non-monogamy)”
• Adjunct Professor at Alliant International University teaching the Sex Therapy class to graduate students of the Couples and Family Therapy program
• Advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
• Psychotherapy experience working directly with individuals and couples from sexual minority communities

If you are interested in scheduling a clinical consultation with Jennifer Rehor, please send an e-mail to Jennifer@AffirmingTherapyCenter.com, or call 619.456.0830.