Charna Cassell
Sexuality coach, podcast host, psychotherapist, writer and dog momma, meet Charna!
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Charna Cassell
Sexuality coach, podcast host, psychotherapist, writer and dog momma, meet Charna!
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Body-centered psychotherapy and sex therapy that frees you from traumatic experiences.
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Charna Cassell, an LMFT, and Trauma-Trained Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach, helps people heal and find pleasure in their bodies. For over two decades, first, as a sex educator and sex toy clerk at Good Vibrations located in San Francisco. Then, as a Master Somatic Coach and bodyworker, and now, a licensed psychotherapist.

Charna’s published work features stories about healing from trauma, she also explores this topic in her performed autobiographical monologues and podcast she hosts, LaidOPEN Podcast

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Charna interviews post-trauma thrivers, who share creative resources to support living an authentic, passionate, mindful existence.  Together they explore how to have a more pleasure-filled, peaceful life while reducing self-sabotaging behaviors and gaining control over reactive behaviors. Charna’s mission is to help people like you understand the impact of trauma on their nervous system and therefore their relationships with an emphasis on ways to heal. In every episode, Charna explores how to build our physical and emotional capacity to be with all that moves through us and around us to ultimately feel more liberated on the other side.

 

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Redefining Relationships: The Complex Dance of Jealousy and Safety

Have you ever found yourself questioning the nature of jealousy, relationships, and the safety we often seek in our connections? I’m your host, Charna Cassell, and in today’s eye-opening episode, we dive headfirst into these very issues with Dr. Joli Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton is a relationship coach who specializes in guiding couples who explore non-traditional relationship structures, and she’s the founder of ‘The Year of Opening.’ If you’re curious about non-monogamy or tailoring your relationship dynamics to fit your unique desires outside of societal norms, this discussion is a must-read. She’s also an expert on the intricate nature of jealousy—its primal roots, its value, and even how it can be eroticized. Let’s unpack the layers of what Dr. Hamilton has to offer, shall we?

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