The framework and lens from which RISE operates are vital components to the practice. RISE unapologetically upholds the following values; to challenge systems of oppression and to create positive change in the world through disseminating radical compassion and support for those folks and communities often marginalized.
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Anti-Racist
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Feminist
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Kink/BDSM
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Sex Positive
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Social Justice
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Intersectional Identities
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LGBTQ+ Queer Affirming
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Disability - Neurodiversity
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Transgender - Nonbinary - Gender Non-Conforming
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Fat Positive - Health at Every Size - Body Positivity
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Consensual Non-monogamy - Open Relationships are Valid
Mxs. Lindsay Matthews-Naumann LMSW, CST
Certified Sexual Health Psychotherapist
Clinically, Lindsay approaches therapeutic work from: a personable, feminist, strength based, queer, humanistic, sex positive perspective. This approach is backed by research driven interventions and education in the mental health and sexual health fields. Lindsay brings unique clinical strengths from her time at Michigan Medicine which enhanced her skills within the intersections of medicine, psychology and sexual health.
Lindsay continues to advance these intersections by affirming the spectrum of human diversity, empowering individual expression, and intentionally tailoring treatment to the goals and desires of each client.
Lindsay believes that sexual health is a part of your overall health. Further, Lindsay values sexual health and pleasure and sees both as human rights. Lindsay seeks to support folxs who are looking for positive changes in their sense of sexual self, as well as, their overall mental health.
Lindsay gives back to the community through a few different channels;
She provides education and training for: medical fellows, residents and students at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. These medical professionals are completing a transgender elective with a focus on the role of sexual health psychotherapy. She also currently serves on the Sexual Health Education Advisory Committee for the Ann Arbor Public Schools where she assesses curriculum for the school system’s sexual health education program.
