NW Institute on Intimacy

For Friends new to our page, Welcome!!!The Northwest Institute on Intimacy provides training for folks pursuing certification as s*x therapists or counselors as well as provides accurate resources / information on healthy s*xuality to the public. We are glad you are here!!!

Calling all folks interested in becoming a s*x therapist or s*x counselor! Enrollment is now open for our Advanced Clinical Sexology Course and our 2024 Top 5 Cohort! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we will support you and walk alongside you every step of the way! *xtherapist *xcounselor *xtherapy

For those of you clinicians interested in learning more about the healing power of psychedelic assited therapy - here is an excellent inexpensive training coming up demonstrating how to use IFT with preparation and integration.

Psychedelic Therapy Utilizing Internal Family Systems (IFS) IFS is showing incredible promise in maximizing the transformative healing affects of psychedelic assisted therapy. Come learn with us!

Join us on Friday April 19 for a fascinating and important training on an often overlooked area of both psychotherapy and medicine. This is an area in which clinicians often inadvertently do more harm than good. Blind-spots impact our work everyday. Join us as we the blinders off!!

Join us on Friday, March 29. A great training on the ART OF INTEGRATION for those of you interested in learning more about being a highly skilled psychedelic assisted provider and the incredible opportunity for healing a variety of mental health suffering. $30. If anyone wants to come and cannot afford this, write us at [email protected] for a 50% off code. FREE FOR INANNARISING.ORG MEMBERS.

Super excited to co-lead this 3-day women’s retreat this summer - and for all those that jump at participating in this life and love expanding opportunity!

This Friday! A great training on the ART OF INTEGRATION for those of you interested in taking a deep dive into the integration aspect of psychedelic assisted therapy and the incredible opportunity for healing a variety of mental health issues and suffering. $30. If anyone wants to come and cannot afford this, write us at [email protected] for a 50% off code. FREE FOR INANNARISING.ORG MEMBERS.

It can be frustrating when in our mindful commitment to our healing and health that the path do often is bumpy and circuitous. I have always been especially impatient w this! However, I try to remember, that every step, every place has something to teach me. It’s hard and I think it’s true! This morning I came across this poem as another powerful reminder that “here” is good and deserving of our mindful presence and gratitude.

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

From Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems. Copyright 1999 by David Wagoner. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press.

How do you soothe your soul in the frustration of the healing process?

Just finished a 4 day couples intimacy retreat - 14th overall, but first since the pandemic. What an incredible honor to witness 8 couples vulnerably invest in their relationship and intimate lives. In a country like ours that only offers fantasy, ignorance, and misinformation to build relational happiness upon, it is so beautiful to watch the courageous investment, healing, and transformation possible when couples are given the tools and opportunity to love deeply. I always leave these weekends even more grateful for my work, my family, and the richness of life!

Have you signed up yet?? Our Clinical Sexology Course is filling up and we are so excited! But sign up by this Sunday, October 2nd and receive access to 2 additional courses!!

Head to our bio for more, can’t wait to have you there!! ✨ *xology

ANNOUNCEMENT!! We have our Advance Clinical Sexology course starting back up this November! This is one of our favorite courses to go through with graduate students as they enter their careers. Check out our site for more information! ✨