One can destroy trust and connection – another offers transcendent dark-edged sexual ecstasy "Galen is one of our favorite presenters...always fascinating, insightful and compelling insights into the Psychology of Kink." Dusty - Kink.com events Our unresolved shadow personas can wreak havoc on our D/s relationships.  They can also add potent psychological depths to our erotic excursions into the taboo edges of BDSM sex. For example, a raging tyrant or an incessant victim aspect of a person may be triggered to life in a moment, that acts nothing like the noble Dom or sub one aspires to be.   But in a consensual, negotiated scene, bringing out the tyrant aspect has the potential to drive the sexual intensity off the charts for both Dom and sub. There can also be a shadow behind one’s hesitancy to fully embody the tyrant in a scene, even when a partner desires that intensity. Learning about and beginning to resolve our shadows can build profound trust, enhance the depth and intimacy of our D/s relationships, and allow the deepest expression and ecstatic experience of our personal BDSM sexual personas.  Concepts Considered Shadows [...]

The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute is proud to present a 3 CE training opportunity on Sexual Integration by Galen Fous MTP. A Sex-Positive Alternative to the Sex/Porn Addiction Therapy Model “Galen Fous is a visionary looking to undo the shackles of societally induced sexual shame!”  Dr. Michael Aaron, Modern Sex Therapy Institute For Therapy Professionals and Individuals Seeking Support Whether you are a sex therapist, psychologist, sex-educator, coach or student wanting to help clients embrace their sexuality in a healthy way, an individual seeking help in dealing with compulsive sexuality – aka sex/porn addiction, or someone wanting to explore and embrace your authentic sexuality while resolving shame, fear or past trauma, this webinar will offer a strong foundation of techniques and practices to support you. Learn about The 6 Stages of Reclaiming Sexual Agency from Shame, Fear or Trauma  Is Sex/Porn Addiction the Problem or the Symptom  Shifting Sexual Compulsivity aka Sex/Porn Addiction to Sexual Authenticity  Secret Sex Lives –The Epidemic of Sexual Secrecy  Sexuality as Birth-Right and Integral to Your Wholeness  Understanding Sexual Authenticity Disorder  The Psychological Dynamics of Sexual Fantasy  The 5 [...]

Tools to fully embrace your unique sexuality, and untangle all that resists, fears, hides or judges its honest, consensual expression. “Galen Fous is a visionary looking to undo the shackles of societally induced sexual shame!” Dr. Michael Aaron, Sex Therapist, Founder, Modern Sex Therapy Institute Being sexually authentic is your birthright. Learning to share your deepest sexual truths with a trusted partner is one of the most loving, liberating, intimate and ecstatic of human experiences. Registration Link: https://galenfous.com/product/being-a-sexually-authentic-conscious-empowered-man-workshop-may-22-23/ What we will explore in this workshop? *Defining what “Normal” means… to you!  *Is the Problem Sex/Porn Addiction or Sexual Dishonesty *Being a Sexually Empowered, Embodied Man - Owning Your True Desires *Impeccable Integrity – Walking Your Talk  *Shifting Sexual Compulsivity to Sexual Authenticity  *Untangling Fear, Shame, Trauma and Harsh Judgments from our Authentic Sexual Expression *Understanding, Owning and Resolving the Shadows of our Secretive Sexual Expressions. *What to do with Your Nice Guy When your partner begs for Your Bad Boy…or vice versa! *Sex is Friction…Eros is Myth - Ritual, Archetypes, Symbols, Metaphor – tools to understand and express what turns you on sexually. *Key Consent Points [...]

Have you been in sex/porn addiction therapy for a year or more and are still struggling? Do you want to move beyond secrecy and find a way to be honest, confident and shame-free about your sexuality? You might be a candidate for an alternative treatment program called Sexual Integration Theory and Practice. We are inviting 8 participants to this FREE 8 week program. Sessions are 50 minutes scheduled once per week. This program has a value of $800 plus. If someone is experiencing compulsive use of porn or sex, often called porn/sex-addiction, the Sexual Integration approach considers that the behavior may be a symptom of an underlying psychological conflict, not a psychological nor physical addiction. Here are some other possibilities that SITP considers in assessing the client: The core conflict may be the internal psychological struggle the client has about their own sexual desires not matching the moral or religious expectations of partners, family, religion or society. This inner conflict can include feelings of deep shame, confusion, fear of being discovered, or harsh internalized self-judgments condemning their sexual desires.  These sex-negative judgments opposing their authentic [...]

The Conscious Engagement of Dominance and Submission A one-day workshop for inquisitive couples to explore dominance and submission and awaken the delicious tension of sexual polarity. With Sex Educators, Galen Fous MTP and Corinne Farago March 29th, 2020 10am – 5pm San Francisco Bay area (Marin) address provided on registration Cost: $200 per couple. (we’re keeping the cost extremely low for this first Bay Area workshop) REGISTER HERE In this one-day workshop you, and a small group of couples will learn about dominance and submission and how to play with these polar energies to heighten your erotic experience, find your authentic sexual expression, and bring novelty and passion into your sexual connection. You’ll learn new ways to embrace the heart, expand your intimacy, and ride the ecstatic energy of sexual polarity. When a couple explores conscious dominance and submission they can learn to: exchange erotic power within a safe and consensual container of intention and ritual. create a sexual polarity that fuels their passion and deepens their connection explore their core erotic minds, embody the archetypal erotic figures true for them, and share what turns [...]

A Sex-Positive Alternative to the Sex/Porn Addiction Therapy Model “Galen Fous is a visionary looking to undo the shackles of societally induced sexual shame!”  Dr. Michael Aaron, Sex Therapist, Author – Modern Sexuality Whether you are someone seeking help in dealing with sexual compulsivity, or a sex therapist, psychologist, sex-educator, coach or student wanting to help clients embrace their sexuality in a healthy way, this talk will offer a strong foundation of techniques and practices to support you. Standard admission - $20 - single or get 2 tickets for $30 (just order 2 tickets then use code  2430 on checkout) Register Here This class offers 3 CE credits for therapists attending from the accredited Modern Sex Therapy Institute. Admission is $40 Register Here Registration also includes a FREE digital copy of  “Decoding Your Kink – Guide to Explore, Share and Enjoy Your Wildest Sexual Desires”  DYK has been praised by sexual psychologists and Kink/Sex Educators as "Visionary ...Masterful ...Groundbreaking  ...Cutting Edge...Worth its Weight in Diamonds ... Highly Recommended...A Must Read!" Date: Mar 31- Entry 7:00 - Start: 7:30pm to 9:30pm Location 730 Commercial Street, San Francisco, CA [...]

Sexual Integration Theory and Practice - A Sex-Positive Alternative to the Sex/Porn Addiction Therapeutic Model   “Galen Fous is a visionary looking to undo the shackles of societally induced sexual shame!” Dr. Michael Aaron, Sex Therapist, Author – Modern Sexuality     People leading secret sex lives is an unacknowledged epidemic across the world. The burden and risk of this secrecy, and the subsequent fear of discovery is a horrific psychological torment to each individual who is hiding their authentic sexuality. I call this fear of revealing or others discovering the full range of one's sexuality, Sexual Authenticity Disorder (SAD). I believe Sexual Integration Theory and Practice, as a treatment model for SAD, offers an empowering alternative for many misdiagnosed as sex or porn addicts.   Date: Thursday September 19, 2019 Time: Friday Opens - 6:45pm Starts 7 - 9:00pm Cost: 30 Pounds ($36 USD or 50 Pounds ($60 USD) for 2 Location - The Jesus Centre - 83 Margaret Street, W1W 8TB London, United Kingdom Register at https://galenfous.com/product/sexual-integration-theory-practice-london-9-19-7pm/   Registration includes a FREE digital copy of Galen's well-praised book - Decoding Your Kink - [...]

A Transpersonal View of the Empowering and Healing Dimensions of Sexual Authenticity Presenting at the 20th Anniversary Conference of the European Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Paris France, Sept 2019 My lecture will demonstrate how embracing one’s authentic sexuality from mainstream to Kink, can lead to a sense of wholeness, empowerment, deep intimacy and ecstatic transcendence of the ordinary realms of consciousness. This implies consensual, negotiated, conscious expressions of one’s sexuality. At the same time, the path to sexual authenticity offers an opportunity, if not a necessity, to untangle decades old internalized shame, fear, trauma, and moral judgments that may resist one’s authentic sexual desire. The path to sexual authenticity runs parallel to the path of sexual healing. Context  The “normal” range of human sexual expression is shifting profoundly. Millions of people around the world have already crossed the thresholds of previous cultural, moral and spiritual norms for acceptable sexual behavior. Millions more stand at their own thresholds, hesitant but eager to cross over. This mass excursion into the full spectrum of Erotic expression is unprecedented in the history of civilization. New relationship styles are emerging, [...]

There is a long unending stream of national news reports about politicians, teachers, religious leaders, entertainers, sports figures and other celebrities, caught in some variation of sexual dishonesty. Pundits and experts often label the behaviors, and the fall from grace that follows, the result of sex or porn addiction. These highly publicized celebrity cases point to, but overlook a larger issue of rampant sexual dishonesty that is found at every level of the culture. These cases are just the visible tip of the iceberg of our collective sexual shadow, and the secretive ways we attempt to express our sexuality. Imagine all the rest of the population that are indulging their sexuality in covert ways. The stats are astronomical! My concern is that the current psychological tools used to assess someone as a sex/porn addict, a hypersexual or a sexual deviant, are inadequate and outdated. They do not allow for nor encourage this amazing range of emerging sexuality. Many assessed as having a sexual disorder may simply be men and women who have an alternative sexuality that is outside the range of those doing the assessment. [...]

Researchers hope to expand project from 3000 participants to over 10,000 in the next 6 months Dr. Jeremy Thomas and Galen Fous MTP believe their Kink-focused research project, including the largest sex-survey of its kind to date, can help curious individuals as well as psychology professionals, better understand the emerging phenomenon of Kink sexuality. The on-line survey, developed and curated by Fous is completely anonymous for participants. To insure privacy, no personal information is gathered. What is unique is that participants can opt-in afterward through a separate email to receive the compiled responses of all participants. Many participants commented after receiving the results they felt a huge relief to understand they were not alone in what they desired. Dr. Thomas, Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Idaho State University and Researcher with the Center for Positive Sexuality (CPS, along with Dr. DJ Williams and  Emily Prior MA, also from the CPS,) are joining Fous to do a scientific analysis of the data gathered from his survey.  Fous hopes to expand the survey from the current level to over 10, 000 participants over the next [...]