A Roomful of Leopards: Differentiating Intimate Partner Violence from Consensual Kink

Expert in working with gender, relationship, and sexually diverse folks as well as religious minorities and has over fifteen years' experience in supporting survivors of domestic and sexual trauma. An American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists-certified sex therapist and board certified sexology diplomate, Stefani has worked with high-risk young people, commercial sex workers, and survivors of human trafficking. She is currently in private practice in Metro Detroit, Michigan, where she offers sex, relationship, and mental health therapy to members of the gender, sexuality and relationship differences community, their partners, and their families. Stefani earned a master's in social work from Wayne State University, where she specialised in cognitive behavioural therapy, completed her postgraduate certificate in sex therapy at the University of Michigan (where she is on the teaching faculty of the Sexual Health Certificate Program), and holds a PhD in clinical sexology. She is a frequent media voice and consulting expert on cases related to BDSM/kink and intimate partner violence.