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Stefani's Clinical Publications


Published

Goerlich, S. & Goerlich, J.W. (2025) Securing Sexuality: A Clinician’s Guide to Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Intimacy and Technology. New York, NY. Routledge.

Goerlich, S., Jepson, A., Lennox, N., Frantz, S., Victor, B.G. (2025) "It's Only Fun When I Have Power:" A qualitative inquiry into the psychological impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election on BDSM Practitioners.  Sexuality & Culture. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10502-5
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Goerlich, S. & Lennox, N. (2025) Anti-Jewish Bias in Sexological Practice: History and Context. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 35(8), 1421-1437, https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2025.2501748
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Goerlich, S. (2024). A Roomful of Leopards: Differentiating Between Intimate Partner Violence and Consensual Kink. In W. Bodkin, & D. McCann, Turning a Blind Eye: Sexual Violence in Couple and Family Relationships (Special Edition),  Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, 14(1) 59-78.
http://dx.doi.org/10.33212/cfp.v14n1.2024.59
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Goerlich, S. & Helfer, E.  (2024). BDSM & Kink: The Basics. New York, NY: Routledge.

Goerlich, S. (2024) With Sprinkles on Top: Everything Vanilla People and Their Kinky Partners Need to Know to Communicate, Explore, and Connect. Louisvilla, CO: Sounds True. 
 
Goerlich, S. (2023). Cradle and All: Outcome Differences Between Kink- Affirming and Kink Uninformed Therapies for a Complex Client with Paraphilia. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2023.2215739  
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Goerlich, S. (2023) Threading the Needle: Ethical Practice with Kinky Clients. in J. Wadley, The Professional's Guide to Sexuality Consultation: An Exploration of Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, and Business Influence. New York, NY: Routledge. 

Goerlich, S. (2023). Rethinking Sex: A Provocation: Christine Emba. 2022 Penguin Random House: New York. 224 pages. $27.00 (HB). Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 49(1), 126–128. https://doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2023.2161749

Goerlich, S. (2022). Kink Affirming Practice: Culturally Competent Therapy with the BDSM Community. New York, NY: Routledge.

Goerlich, S. (2020). The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients. New York, NY: Routledge.
Forthcoming

Goerlich, S. (2026). Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey, Sexological Dialectics. in D. Rosen & W. Miller, Therapeutic Approaches to Out of Control Sexual Behavior: Operating Beyond the Sex Addiction Paradigm. New York, NY. Routledge.

Goerlich, S. (2026). Aberrance, Identity, and Serious Leisure: Understanding BDSM/Kink within the Framework of Compulsive Sexual Behavior. In e. Silva Neves, The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology . Ambington, UK: Routledge.

Ratcliff, S., & Goerlich, S. (2026). Kink-Affirming Perspectives on Clients Presenting with Sexual Behavior Concerns. In e. Silva Neves, The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology. Ambington, UK: Routledge.


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  • About Stefani
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    • Presentation Topics
  • Legal Consultation
  • Get in Touch
  • Kink & Scene Negotiation