Damon Constantinides, Phd, Lcsw: Individual, Relationship & Sex Therapy

10/28/2024

Tomorrow my October newsletter comes out! Join my email list to read about the connections between s*x, pleasure, our anscestors and resistance.

I send out 2-3 emails a month sharing my thoughts about q***r and trans pleasure, ideas for how to deepen your relationship with your own pleasure, and updates about my offerings or other cool s**t that's going on that you need to know about.

www.drdamonc.com/subscribe

10/10/2024

I love this pic of me because you can really see my eye wrinkles. I feel like as a middle-aged q***r trans man I've really earned them. I feel quite proud of them!

I haven't been as active on FB this past month because I've been prepping to be off for a week for a procedure to remove a benign tumor from my neck. I'm sharing this because I'm proud of taking care of my aging trans body - and I want you to take care of yours too. Here's a high five for everyone who scheduled that appointment you had been avoiding!

I'm excited to reengage on here post-surgery to share some of the things I've been working on. When I'm stressed my creative brain kicks into high gear so I have a million ideas for ways to talk and write and teach about q***r pleasure!

***raging ***relder

10/10/2024

Rich Juzwiak interviewed me when he answered the question by a trans man about s*xual pleasure. You can find the link to the article in my profile!

09/25/2024

It's been so hard to work today! It's dark and rainy and cold where I am today. It's not necessarily bad weather, I'm up for a cozy day as much as the next guy. But it was weather that made me want to curl into a ball and not write new bad-ass s// ed curriculum!

It was helpful for me to remember not just the sunny warm weather on Fire Island, but the euphoric feeling of getting to be immersed in community with so many q***r and trans folks!

What gets you through the rainy dreary days?

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09/18/2024

50% off of our audio book, S// Therapy with Erotically Marginalized Clients: Nine Prinicples of Clinical Support!

This is a great resource for both mental health providers new to incorporating s// into your clinical practice and providers who are skilled in the field and want to add a new lens to their work. 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️

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S*x Therapy with Erotically Marginalized Clients: Nine Principles of Clinical Support provides a clinical guide to relational s*x therapy with individuals, partnerships, polyships, and alternative family structures where one or more of the clients are erotically marginalized. This term refers to peo...

09/16/2024

Last call to join the Trans Masc Pleasure Program! I won't be offering this group again until the Spring. If you're on the fence and want to talk it out to see if it's the right space for you, please message me and we'll make a time to connect.

This program includes one one-on-one intro meeting, 8-weeks of group meetings, activities, and journal prompts (maybe even in a cute workbook if I get it done before group starts!). The dates for the Fall cohort are 10/1, 10/8, [no group 10/15], 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26.

You can expect:

- Large group discussions
- Small group discussions
- To connect with other trans masc folks
- Trans specific s//-ed info
- Trans-centered curriculum tailored to the group
- Thought provoking journal prompts
- Trauma-informed facilitation

I’m really excited to be running this group again. I love creating a space for transmasculine folks to be our full s//ual selves, to safely explore our boundaries and our fears, and to learn even more ways to experience pleasure and joy.

www.drdamonc.com/coaching

09/06/2024

Headed to the Philly Trans Wellness Conference! It hasn’t happened in person since before the pandemic. So grateful to the planners for making it happen again. When I first moved to philly in 2005 the conference planning committee was where I started building my philly q***r family and community!

08/29/2024

REGISTRATION IS OPEN TODAY!

Hello! This October I’m offering the next cohort of the Trans Masc S3xual Pleasure Program. This program includes one one-on-one intro meeting, 8-weeks of group meetings, activities, and journal prompts (maybe even in a cute workbook if I get it done before group starts!). The dates for the Fall cohort are 10/1, 10/8, [no group 10/15], 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26.

You can expect:

- Large group discussions
- Small group discussions
- To connect with other trans masc folks
- Trans specific s3x-ed info
- Trans-centered curriculum tailored to the group
- Thought provoking journal prompts
- Trauma-informed facilitation

I’m really excited to be running this group again. I love creating a space for transmasculine folks to be our full s3xual selves, to safely explore our boundaries and our fears, and to learn even more ways to experience pleasure and joy. I hope you’ll join me!

Register here: www.drdamonc.com/coaching

08/06/2024

Ever wish you could get s3x ed that was for q***r and trans folks? Wish you could do one of my groups but the times never work out?

This Fall I'll be adding virtual asynchronous classes to my offerings! You can get the info you need and explore your relationship with s3xual pleasure on your own time.

Join my mailing list to have access to early bird discounts when I launch! - www.drdamonc.com/subscribe

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07/23/2024

Spending some quality time with these three amazing resources as I update my Q***r & Trans S*xual Pleasure Program curriculum and work on a new offering coming soon!

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***rpleasure ***randtrans

07/10/2024

When we understand the vastness of pleasure we are more able to tap into it in all parts of our lives.

People usually come to be wanting to learn how they can have more s3xual pleasure. And that is important and sacred work. One way I like to enter that kind of work is first zooming out to the bigger experience of pleasure in a person's life.

What makes you smile reflexively? What do you find yourself looking forward to? What else in your life brings you pleasure?

***rpleasure ***rcoach ***rtherapy

07/09/2024

Rich Juzwiak from Slate interviewed me to help him answer the question:

“I’m a trans guy who’s been on testosterone for a year and a half-ish. One way my gender dysphoria manifested when I was younger was that I didn’t like acknowledging the existence of my genitalia. The only way I felt I could comfortably ma******te was by hu***ng the bed. Now that I’ve had some cl****al growth from the T, I feel a little more comfortable touching down there, but now I don’t know what I’m doing (like I ever really did, three cheers for US s*x ed). Though I’m more comfortable with the idea now, sticking my fingers inside my va**na isn’t really an option (I hate the smell and feeling from the va**nal liquid on my hands, and a side effect of T is that I get a lot less wet, so insertion isn’t easy). I want to (read: probably should) change the way I ma******te, because I have reason to believe the position I favored for my previous method (facedown on a pillow with my head turned to the side) is/was putting pressure on my teeth/jaw and straining my neck in a way that won’t be good in the long run.

Should I try some toys? Where should I look for those? Do I just start stroking my dick that’s literally the size of a newborn baby’s and hope for the best? It feels like I’m at a halfway point between male and female genitalia, but my body’s doing neither correctly.“

Check out the link to see what Rich had to say and what I had to offer!

https://slate.com/advice/2024/07/female-friendships-adult-friends-booty-calls-social-life-advice.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=web_share