Houston Heights-based luxury boutique Darling Way (http://darlingway.com) kicks off its Erotic Education Series with ‘Pleasure 101’ this Saturday, January 7. Psychotherapists and sex therapists Jane Bintz, MA, LMFT, LPC, along with Eliza Boquin, MA, LMFTA, will shareprofessional advice on how attendees can reach new levels of erotic pleasure.
“As we well know, sensual awareness can often be the difference between simply living and being alive,” says Darling Way owner Beth Liebling. “At Darling Way, we believe our bodies are the greatest gift we receive in life, and our mission is to help people find respectful and healthy means of enjoying the pleasures so offered. At this event, we will identify and address all of the factors involved in embracing pleasure: namely, the mind, the body, and the heart. Our guest workshop leaders will offer practical information and ideas about how each of us must allow or disallow pleasure, and how to recognize ways in which we do so. Attendees will leave with insights and ideas about what they would like to bring into their lives this year, as well as how they can make it happen.”
“We live in fast-paced, demand-driven, stress inducing world,” reads the event description. “Making time to experience pleasure often becomes an additional stressor & erotic sexual pleasure seems impossible to attain. If you feel disconnected from your sexual self & are tired of feeling the pleasure void, then join us for ‘Pleasure 101’… Bring all the questions you ever wanted to ask about sexuality, orgasm, and sexual pleasure, and be prepared to walk away with new learned skills.”
Specializing in relationships and sexual health, Jane Bintz, MA, LMFT, LPC, offers a therapeutic style, which is direct and genuine, with a warm compassionate base. A Licensed Professional Counselor and a Marriage and Family Therapist, Bintz’s passion for helping people with everyday struggles and their intimate relationships contributed to her interest in learning more about sex and the impact it has on lives. Noticing how many people were struggling in this department with their sexual selves and intimate relationships, Bintz decided to get more specialized training and entered the Sex Therapy program at the University of Michigan. Jane is a professional member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Houston Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF). The Center for Change and Well-Being, which she runs, is a private practice, focused on relationship therapy, sex therapy, and individual therapy. For more information on Jane Bintz, visithttp://www.centerforchangewb.com.
A Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate in Houston, and a member of American Association for Marriage & Family Therapists and the Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapists, Eliza Boquin is currently under the supervision Shelley Zavodny, MS, LPC-S, LMFT-S for Texas licensure, actively working towards sex therapy certification. Formally mentored by sex therapist and nationally recognized sex expert Dr. Neil Cannon (Colorado), Boquin runs The Relationship and Sexual Wellness Center in Houston, providing a safe and nonjudgmental space for clients to begin to address intimacy, relationship, and sexual health challenges, taking a collaborative, sex-positive approach based on theory-based clinical interventions. In addition to her education as a marriage and family therapist, and with a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of Houston – Clear Lake, Boquin received extensive training and completed the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work Sexual Health Certificate Program. For more information on Eliza Boquin, visit http://www.trswc.com.
“Pleasure 101” will be held Saturday, January 7 from 7-9pm at Darling Way, 3423 White Oak Drive, Houston, TX 77007. Tickets are $35 in advance / $50 at the door. For more information, including purchasing advance tickets, visithttp://darlingway.com/products/erotic-education-series-pleasure-101.
Darling Way founder and owner Beth Liebling refuses to accept the current view of sexuality; refusing to abide by a view in which emotional intimacy is dismissed as trivial; she abhors the idea that bodies are only beautiful after airbrushing and editing. Liebling knows absolutely there is a better alternative; choosing instead to celebrate beauty, love, and pleasure through artistic, literary, and sensory exploration, rejoicing in all things romantic.
Liebling’s luxury boutique embraces classical and elegant romanticism as a way of life, and is reminiscent of a different era, when personal relationships were a mainstay of life, romance and courtship flourished, with imagination encouraged and creative expression welcomed. Beauty was recognized in many different forms; the natural human body revered by artists.
The boutique is full of romantic treasures, including elegant gifts, vintage books, inspired menswear, gorgeous lingerie, and more. The treasures found at Darling Way entice the imagination, encouraging joyous and sensual play. Events, including workshops, demonstrations, and salons for discussion, are regularly scheduled at the boutique, to encourage locals and visitors to stop by and engage in meaningful, even controversial, topics of the day. For more information, visit http://darlingway.com.
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