Our articles that specifically address the LGBTQIA+ community, the latter being an acronym that stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and other (plus) identities.
The lymphatic system is a system composed of lymph vessels (channels) and lymph nodes whose function is to balance fluid dispersion, and help the body to get rid toxins, waste materials, and unwanted materials by [ Read more … ]
Transgender Massage Therapy — also known as Transgender Affirming Massage or Trans-Affirming Massage — is not a special type of massage treatment modality, although it involves a Transgender-Informed working approach of the therapist and specific [ Read more … ]
Body positivity is a social movement that encourages a positive view of all types of bodies, irrespective of physical characteristics (such as size, shape, skin tone and race), or gender, sexuality, and physical abilities. Hence, [ Read more … ]
Transgender people and other gender diverse people have the same healthcare needs as anyone else, but sometimes additionally need specific healthcare such as Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy, Gender Affirming Surgery, Voice Therapy i.e. Speech Therapy, [ Read more … ]
The pelvic floor is a complex system of muscles in both male and female bodies spanning the bottom of the pelvis from the pubic bone to the tailbone. It has many functions: it supports and [ Read more … ]
Although the explicit use of acronyms like LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ or LGBTQIA is only of the past decades, the existence of people with other or fluid sexual orientations or gender identities outside the gender binary [ Read more … ]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s caused by witnessing or experiencing a deeply distressing and shocking event (trauma), or series of events (repeated trauma) happening over a longer period of time. [ Read more … ]
Members of the LGBTQ+ community often face particular challenges with regard to prejudice, stigma, bias, bullying, discrimination, hate crimes, rejection, and marginalization, which can lead to psychologically damaging phenomena such as emotional distress, trauma, stress, [ Read more … ]
The term somatic, derived from the Greek word soma (meaning body), is usually defined as “affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit.” The word as used in Somatic Therapy [ Read more … ]
Somatic Sex Education (SSE) as a professional treatment modality is built upon Sexological Bodywork (SB). Those who are certified in SSE are automatically certified Sexological Bodyworkers. By contrast, Sexological Bodyworkers are not automatically certified Somatic [ Read more … ]