Therapist Nicki
Meet Therapist Nicki - Your Geek-Friendly, Kink-Aware Guide to Mental Wellness: Licensed mental health therapist by day, tabletop RPG enthusiast by night! I'm a Certified Sex Therapist and Kink-Aware Professional who believes healing happens best when you can be authentically YOU. Whether you're navigating relationships, processing trauma, or exploring your identity within alternative communities, she brings a judgment-free, culturally competent approach to therapy. Therapist Nicki's specialties include working with individuals in the sex industry, kink/BDSM communities, and fellow geeks who want a therapist who truly gets their world. She has over a decade of experience ranging for inpatient to private practice. From Baldur's Gate 3 to real-life relationship dynamics, she uses evidence-based practices (CBT, DBT) mixed with a healthy dose of pop culture wisdom. When she is not in session, you'll find her crafting therapeutic D&D campaigns, presenting at conferences about trauma-informed kink therapy, or creating educational content in various forms.
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Healing Through Kink: Reclaiming Power, Pleasure, and the Erotic Self
As seasoned kinksters, many of us already know that BDSM is more than play — it’s ritual, release, reclamation. But what happens when we approach kink as a deliberate tool for healing trauma, particularly relational and sexual trauma? In this workshop, therapist Nicki Line dives into the neurobiology of trauma and how kink can serve as a container for rewriting embodied narratives. Through carefully negotiated power dynamics, scenes can offer profound opportunities for agency, integration, and somatic repair.
We’ll explore how trauma may live in the body long after the mind has moved on, and how intentional kink — with clear consent, boundaries, and aftercare — can create portals for healing past versions of ourselves. We’ll also discuss when kink can harm rather than heal, and what signs to look for when using BDSM as a therapeutic modality. This is a space for those who are already immersed in kink to deepen their understanding of its potential as a practice of embodiment, erotic sovereignty, and personal transformation.