“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
Therapy for sex workers
I am an a affirming and non-judgmental therapist that offers a safe and confidential space for sex workers. Many therapists or helping professionals don’t recognizes sex work as a valid and legitimate profession and I wanted to create a safe place for this profession. The Therapy space should be one that you can be celebrated and to be allowed to show up authentically because this is so important in the healing process.
Therapists for sex workers should acknowledge the challenges of your job, both validating your work under capitalism and not adding to the stigma that you already experience. Sex work can be emotionally challenging, with unique stressors and vulnerabilities. Affirming therapy provides emotional support, helping sex workers develop coping strategies to navigate the complexities of their work, manage boundaries, and maintain their mental well-being--without making the problem sex work itself. Having a therapist who understands the experience of stigma and the intricacies of the work can be hugely validating.
Though the dominant narrative insists sex workers are helpless victims, many are adept entrepreneurs who enjoy their work. Enjoying the work or not, some sex workers suffer from embarrassment or stigma and may hide their work from many people in their lives or everyone in their lives. Sex workers may risk prosecution or violence from law enforcement and others. Whatever you have experienced I am here to honor your and help you heal.
I offer cultural humility, deep listening, client-led psychotherapy, and collaborative treatment plans when offering therapy for sex workers.
Confidentiality
All therapists are bound by the ethical codes of their respected professions along with the legal requirements of the jurisdiction in which they are physically located. They have been chosen for their sex positive attitude to counselling and have all agreed to abide by the following principles;
• To respect the inherent dignity and autonomy of clients and the meaningfulness of their concerns
• Provide services without regard to age, profession, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or socioeconomic status
• Keep all the information regarding a client in the strictest confidence
• Maintain boundaries in the counselling relationship in order to ensure that the client is not exploited in any way by the therapist
• Recommend that clients seek psychological or psychiatric evaluation locally if they appear to need treatment for a mental disorder beyond the scope or jurisdiction of the therapist’s training or licensure
Are you ready to get started?
At Therapy for Cycle Breakers is a therapy office virtually throughout Indiana and Florida with an office based in Largo, Florida. We are a group of holistic therapists specializing in breaking cycles and helping you heal. We focus on helping you understand yourself, build self-esteem, reduce anxiety, strengthen coping skills, and heal emotional difficulties.
You may have wanted to start therapy years ago but haven’t had the time or energy. You may be feeling frustrated with finding a therapist who gets you, trying to understand your past better or just need support. At Therapy for Cycle Breakers we understand how hard life can be sometimes and we are here to help.
All of our therapists have master’s degrees in mental health counseling or social work and all have extensive post graduate training. We are also trained in affirming therapy for sex workers, affirming therapy for the LGBTQ community and have advanced trainings in trauma.
We wanted to offer therapy in multidisciplinary approach to healing therefore our each of our therapists offer different approaches from Emotionally focused therapy (EFT), Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) family therapy, and adolescent therapy.
We know how hard it is to get started and we encourage you to take the step forward and schedule with one of our licensed therapists. We also offer virtual therapy for residents in Indiana.
If you’re ready to start feeling better, schedule a complimentary consultation today by emailing us jennifer@therapyforcyclebreakers.com.
We are an inclusive and affirming therapy practice. We welcome diversity including all body sizes, abilities, races, sexualities, genders, religions and political values.
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Frequently asked questions
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They also experience social stigma and discrimination, mistreatment by law enforcement, physical violence, harassment, and the fear of being arrested or prosecuted. All this can lead to the increased stress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that people in the sex trade struggle with.
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In another study, 44% of sex-workers reported having experienced sexual abuse in their lifetime. These high levels of sexual violence suffered by sex workers have very traumatic effects on the men and women working as prostitutes.
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Therapists working with sex workers are best when they approach their patients with nonjudgmental, affirmative curiosity. Therapists can, and should, seek professional education about sex work, in order to provide effective and non-discriminatory treatment.
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PTSD may be especially severe or long lasting when the stressor is planned and implemented by humans such as war, rape, incest, battery, or prostitution rather than natural catastrophes. Previous studies on prostitution have shown that prostitutes have a high prevalence of PTSD.