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Intimacy Resources in Seattle by NWiOI, Northwest Institute of Intimacy

for the public & professionals

Below you will find all kinds of helpful resources (books, film, articles, learning platforms, organizations, etc) on sexual health just for you. Check out the category filter to help you organize your search. Enjoy!

Intimacy Resources

Sex & Spirit - A Path to Healing from Sexual Shame

Sex & Spirit - A Path to Healing from Sexual Shame

Have you ever felt paralyzed by sexual shame? Take this webinar and learn how to liberate yourself

What you'll get:

The history of America became more sexually shaming over the last 40 years

The history behind the sex positive story you were meant to inherit - but never did

The 4 phase model for how you heal sexual shame

Resources you can use to liberate yourself to enjoy connection and pleasure

Video, Sexplanations "Sexual Negotiation featuring Midori"

Video, Sexplanations "Sexual Negotiation featuring Midori"

Some of you fangirl over me. I fangirl over Midori. She's an artist, author, educator, and expert in sexuality. I've met up with her twice now and feel so fortunate we were able to record and share our talk with the world.

Boyfriends & Girlfriends: A Guide to Dating for People with Disabilities

Boyfriends & Girlfriends: A Guide to Dating for People with Disabilities

Everyone knows that dipping your toe in the dating pond can be a little intimidating without first seeking some expert advice. And that's exactly what Terri Couwen delivers in her new book written expressly for teens and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Boyfriends & Girlfriends explains the do's and don'ts of dating and validates their normal, age-appropriate desire for companionship and romance.

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls

For many girls, puberty can be an uncertain time. Celebrate Your Body (And Its Changes, Too!) includes everything girls need to know about breasts and bras, their period, hair here and there, feelings and friends, and so much more. This book will guide them as they learn about (and celebrate) their amazing, changing, one-of-a-kind bodies―during puberty and beyond!

Video Series, OMG Yes!

Video Series, OMG Yes!

Findings from the largest-ever research study into women’s pleasure.  Explore new techniques with super-honest videos, animations & how-to’s.  Inspiration for women, men & couples, solo or together.

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

Linda Gromko, MD is a Board Certified Family Physician who has worked with the transgender community for nearly eighteen years. She explains the basics of gender identity, sexual orientation, puberty, puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and gender affirming surgeries. She shares years of her patients' wisdom and practical information on getting through every day in the best way possible-from coming out to parents, to school issues, to coping with depression, to love and sex.

Online Platform, Kink Clinical Practice Guidelines Project

Online Platform, Kink Clinical Practice Guidelines Project

As helping professionals, mental health workers have an ethical and a professional responsibility to provide culturally humble care to our clients. This care is especially crucial for individuals who are underserved and misunderstood in society, such as those involved in kink and fetish. When some find their way to mental health professionals for help, they may be fortunate to find a therapist who is knowledgeable and experienced with kink and BDSM. Yet, many more may find clinicians unfamiliar with kink who have unaddressed biases or may pathologize them. Due to this care gap and high likelihood of negative experiences, people involved in kink often fear being stigmatized and can experience the negative effects of minority stress.

Love Worth Making - How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long Lasting Relationship

Love Worth Making - How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long Lasting Relationship

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships

A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you (think you) know about sex, monogamy, marriage, and family. In the words of Steve Taylor (The Fall, Waking From Sleep), Sex at Dawn is “a wonderfully provocative and well-written book which completely re-evaluates human sexual behavior and gets to the root of many of our social and psychological ills.”

A Headache in the Pelvis, a New Expanded 6th Edition: A New Understanding and Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

A Headache in the Pelvis, a New Expanded 6th Edition: A New Understanding and Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

This groundbreaking book describes the Wise-Anderson Protocol for muscle-related pelvic pain in men and women, a new and revolutionary treatment developed at Stanford University. The Wise-Anderson Protocol involves the treatment of muscle-related pelvic pain and dysfunction with many presentations and diagnoses. 

The Wild Side of Sex: The Book of Kink

The Wild Side of Sex: The Book of Kink

Internationally-acclaimed sex educator Midori's book Wild Side Sex is an excellent gateway into the world of fetish and kink for curious explorers. Using her well-known mix of humor, sensuality, and ethics, Midori takes readers through her own adventures while giving straightforward advice about how to find your way past media fantasies and into the very rich, very real pleasures of kink.

Video, Red Table Talk with Paula Stone Williams

Video, Red Table Talk with Paula Stone Williams

Jada, Willow, and Gammy sit down with Pastor Paula Williams, a transgender woman who risked her job, family and friendships in order to live her truth. Plus — Paula shares what she’s learned from her experiences living as both a man and a woman.

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