May 2019 was the debut of a new effort, a new conference:  Multiplicity of the Erotic.  This is a collaborative project between organizations to promote clinical training and research on sexualities that are often stigmatized and marginalized.  CARAS is one of the organizing partners, along with PASD (Programs Advancing Sexual Diversity) at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and TASHRA (The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance) in San Francisco.

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For the past two years, a team has been working on creating updated, state-of-the-art clinical practice guidelines for therapists and counselors who are working with kink-involved clients.

By creating these practice guidelines, we hope to move the entire field of mental  health  further towards providing competent care to these people we care so much about. 

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