Pleasure, Power and Healing: Insights from the Adult Industry

Moderator: Tess Kilwein

Speakers: Josy Black, Laura Desiree, Finny Fox and Leya Tanit.

This panel examines how working in the adult industry can become a pathway for personal growth, empowerment, and healing. Drawing from lived and professional experience, speakers will explore the connections between embodiment, consent, power dynamics, and emotional regulation through practices such as BDSM and other forms of intentional sexual expression. Discussion will highlight how principles of trust, boundary setting, and authentic communication in adult work parallel therapeutic processes that support trauma recovery, body reconnection, and self-acceptance.

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how pleasure, agency, and mindful physicality can contribute to holistic healing and wellbeing. Dr. Kilwein (name/she/they/Dr.) is a board-certified clinical psychologist licensed to practice in California, Colorado, Tennessee, Wyoming, and all PSYPACT ® states. They specialize in treating trauma/PTSD, chemical and behavioral addictions, sexual concerns, masculinity, mental performance, and transgender/gender expansive concerns.

Dr. Kilwein incorporates feminist, multicultural, and liberation therapy techniques throughout their work with clients of all identities. They consider themself an LGBTQIA2S+ and polyamory/consensual non-monogamy co-conspirator, offering inclusive systemic sex therapy to those of all gender/sexuality/relationship identities and behavioral health evaluations, letters, and referrals for those seeking gender affirming medical care access. More information about Dr. Kilwein’s practice can be found here.

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