Can a genuine, warm connection with another person facilitate healing and enhance your well-being? YES!

Relational Healing Through Trusted Touch and Connection - Allowing for a Corrective Emotional Experience

Triadic Model / Collaborative Case Examples

Did you catch my presentation at the 2023 AASECT Annual Conference with Dr Lee Phillips, Brian Gibney, and Brandon Hunter-Haydon? Great news, you can watch it now! Also check out the interview with the client from the case in Business Insider.

Erin Kelly, LCSW, and Platonic Surrogate Partner Michelle Renee, talk with Tammy Nelson, PHD, LPC, about working collaboratively in the triadic model, adding a relational-based touch professional to the client’s care team.

Recorded and Shareable Presentations

Sex Coach U brought in Michelle Renee to talk about Relational Healing Through Trusted Touch & Platonic Connection, a presentation about both Cuddle Therapy and Platonic Surrogate Partner Therapy.

I held a client during their 3-hour EMDR session. I’ve been working with this client for about 21 months. They are based on the East Coast, so it takes a bit to get their therapist and me in the same room. It was amazing! The therapist reported there was way more somatic release of stored trauma with me there to hold them. Read more here.