Life Coaches

As a kink- and sex-positive professional I enjoy working with individuals and couples from all backgrounds. Whether you are a couple with years of experience in a BDSM relationship or an individual exploring your kink identity for the first time, I meet you where you are on your journey. In addition to my knowledge of kink/BDSM, I am knowledgeable and experienced with polyamorous and non-monogamous individuals and couples in a variety of relationship structures. I am body-positive, and welcoming of folks from the LGBTQ community. I self-identify as a queer cis woman, and have taken multiple trainings to improve my competence in working with trans and non-binary folks. In the counseling room I do more than talk therapy, we'll work to get you out of your head and into the present moment, leaning in to your intuitive wisdom to guide our work. I aim to help my clients reconnect with their true selves, shed old ways of being and create a more enriching, fulfilling life. I am conveniently located in SE Portland, offer sliding scale rates and can bill your insurance out of network. I look forward to hearing from you!

What sets me apart from other helping professionals is that I have master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology. I also have over 18 years of experience providing competent services helping people in alternative lifestyles such as Polyamory, kink, BDSM, open relationships, swinging and more. I am passionate about working with people in relationships. My focus in relationship and sex consulting is on improving communication and problem-solving skills, understanding patterns, and improving the sense of connection between partners. We offer individual, relationship, sex and family consulting to those who want help changing their lives. Come see for yourself what remarkable ways your life can transform through positive, personal and relationship growth and amazing metamorphosis. We provide quality, affordable, personal, and relationship consulting services. We offer our services remotely via online-video consulting so that we can serve you where you are.

Simply put, my job is to help you play better in life! Whether you are looking for peak performance or starting over from square one, I can help you. If you really want to make a change and are willing to play hard for what you want, I guarantee I can help you! How can I be so sure? Because I use a pragmatic, results-oriented method that helps my clients identify & achieve their goals. I'll challenge and support you each week while holding you accountable for the decisions you make. I work with people of all ages and lifestyles in a judgment-free environment. I specialize in working with those that live a little left of center. Entertainers, Athletes, and those that practice Alternative Sexuality, Kink, LGBTQIA, Polyamory, etc. And yes, I am the guy who wrote that “Fifty Shades of Curious” book. I have helped thousands of unique people “play better in life” for over 20 Years! So what are you waiting for? When You Stop Growing, You Start Dying! So seek truth, lose fear & find the integrity to live an authentic life! Coaching & Consulting via phone, Skype or in person. "Bo is a nationally known expert on Kink, Lifestyle BDSM, Ethical Non-Monogamy (Polyamory), the Fetish World and LGBT issues. He is also a 20+ year veteran of the entertainment industry as a Music business manager, producer, video director as well as a comedy writer and performer. He has taught and lectured all over the country at hundreds of universities, conferences and various alternative and entertainment events. He is the winner of the Pantheon of Leather President's Award and helped thousands learn to practice Safe, Sane & Consensual BDSM for over 13 years, as the Novice Group facilitator and emeritus board member for the oldest & largest BDSM support and education group in the Country." Bo is a professional coach, certified PCC by the International Coach Federation and a CVCC certified graduate of the "Center for Coaching Mastery" at Coachville. Private & Discreet sessions via telephone at 201-825-1313 & 925-25BLAZE - (925-252-5293) Website www.AlternativeLifeCoach.com

My personal and professional lives are inside the kink and poly worlds. I am an alternative lifestyle counselor and coach. Couples are a specialty. My practice is life-positive, which is to say that you do not need a problem or issue or traumatic event in order to work with me. Instead, I am the person to see when life is good and you want to build a plan, discuss next steps, negotiate with your partner, design ritual, or just have a safe person to talk to.

I work with individuals and relationships (ages 10 & up) as people process life’s challenges, including: anxiety & depression, relational difficulties or endings, spiritual struggles, abuse & trauma recovery, and sexuality issues. I welcome clients of all sexual orientations, gender identities, levels of romantic/sexual interest, and relational dynamics as well as ethnicities & spiritual beliefs in the fullness of who they are. I utilize an experiential and attachment-based perspective to partner with my clients.

I'm a holistic career coach for people who want to show up authentically and save the world without collapsing in on themselves like a dying star. I'm a kink-aware, queer, genderqueer person. I specialize in body liberation/body justice, anti-racism for white folks, ADHD, and career/life transition.

Among Friends LLC offers our unique Social-Sexual Support Services that strives to help people understand social-sexual behaviors and topics within an ecological framework while offering innovative strategies, skills, or solutions in a non-judgmental, positive setting. We also specialize in mitigating risky/unsafe/illegal sexual behaviors (while promoting positive sexual development).

Our Behavior Services program includes individual/family/polycule coaching and consulting, positive behavior supports, and advocacy. Our staff are highly knowledgeable in areas relating to polyamory/ENM, Kink/BDSM, power & caregiver dynamics, gender identity, and SO much more under the umbrella of sex positivity. We also specialize in working with people living with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurodiverse folx.

Our private pay services are available to any folx within the United States and US Territories.

Professor Sex is medically accurate, empirically informed, pleasure-based, inclusive, affirming sex education.

Questions, choices, realities that need to be faced and handled. You can talk to a clock watching technician……Or you can talk to an open, honest, non judgmental real person. I have over 40 years of real, diverse Lifestyle experience involving BDSM, Ds, Swinging, poly, bi, gay and other forms of sexuality, relationships and life choices. I also have over 25 years of experience working as a professional counselor with all the rules of documentation, being uninvolved, managed care and rules about what you can and can't discuss. Now, I practice by the rules of true knowledge, Privacy, Honor, Dignity, Respect and doing what is really best for a person in need. This is not an hour a week and wait for the next session….this is if you need to, you call, text, email, smoke signals….in other words someone who is available when you need them…not just when it is convenient and scheduled. I am also an Ordained Minister providing all appropriate services in that vein….but no Dogma to be found here….Judgment is left for others to use and abuse… There are no limits on topic or focus other than making diagnosis or suggesting medication choices or the like. If you want a label or need someone to monitor your medications, there are many who will perform that set of tasks for you. Here it is about answers and putting them into action ASAP with honest help and support. Drop me a line, ask some questions, see if you feel like I'm someone you can talk with and who has the experience you need to deal with the topics that matter.

Here for Queer/Trans/NonBinary/Gender Expansive BIPOC (Blackfolx, Indigenous folx, and folx of color) looking for coaching and education centering their pleasure (inclusive of Kink, Polyam, CNM)