BDSM as a Healing Space: Techniques for Trauma Survivors

This trauma‑informed workshop is designed for those who want to explore kink within a healthy, intentional space. We’ll discuss how and why these activities can support a healing journey as well as recognizing when it’s not the right tool. Discover methods to dip your toes back into play or find alternative ways to connect and experience pleasure without certain pressures or someone else present. Let’s talk about building safe containers with clear boundaries and check‑ins that center your autonomy. Learn how to have effective negotiations that can help ease nervousness or hesitancy. Gain insights into crafting a care plan including grounding techniques to manage activated feelings. Explore somatic exercises to get you back in your body and stay present in the moment. We will also cover how anxious, avoidant, or disorganized patterns can show up in a scene. Our time is not just for those who have experienced SA but anything under the trauma umbrella including systemic, generational, and developmental. Walk away with effective ways to engage with and support a partner who has this history.

Dive deeper into topics including:

• Healthy vs. unhealthy dynamics to spot red and green flags early
• Exploring roles and headspaces for healing
• Understanding and navigating triggers
• Therapeutic concepts such as window of tolerance, titration, and pacing
• Identifying shame spirals and interrupting them
• Managing post-play drop
• And much more!

This workshop is meant to be an inclusive environment that is accommodating for all types of people. You can participate in a way that feels comfortable for you, whether that’s having your camera on, joining in the chat, or remaining anonymous while taking in all the information. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any accessibility needs.

Zoom information will be sent in your confirmation email. This workshop will be recorded so if you can’t join live, don’t worry because you will receive a link to view the recording after it’s completed to watch at your convenience.

Presenter Information:

Miss Mackenzee (She/Her) comes from a queer, neurodivergent perspective. She is a Board-Certified Sexologist, BDSM and Intimacy Educator, Certified Hypnotist, Sex Therapy Practitioner, Certified Trauma-informed Relationship and Sexual Wellness Coach, Kink Lifestyle and Professional Dominant Mentor, Owner of Elysium Dungeon and Playful Pinz, Host of Kink, Intimacy, and Cannabis Lounge Podcast, Content Creator, and Author. She is also the founder of BDSM and Intimacy University. Miss Mackenzee has written and been quoted in numerous publications, been hired as an expert for various media outlets, and is highly sought after for private lessons with individuals and folks in relationships as well as presenting at conventions and graduate programs at major universities. She has taken over 10,000 hours of continued education at universities and other organizations to become a better educator and coach. She hosts virtual workshops multiple times a week on topics including but not limited to energy play, sex magick, bondage, power exchange, reveling in pleasure, sadism, bedroom skills, and spirituality. One of her driving forces is to be the person she wishes she had when she first started her exploration of kink and sexuality. She loves helping others to have hotter, safer, and more fulfilling intimacy. Miss Mackenzee prides herself on creating a fostering and inclusive environment that is safe from societal judgments for people to explore their desires and individuality.

To view her full offerings, visit her website: www.MissMackenzee.com