Sage Shalomova
Therapeutic Touch & Relationship Practitioner
offering Surrogate Partner Therapy & Somatic Sex Education
in the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, etc.) & San Francisco
Trainings & Affiliations
Surrogate Partner Collective:
Fundamentals of Embodied Intimacy - In-Person Intensive (August 2023)
Collaborating w/ Clinicians in the Triadic Model (August 2023)
How to Help Generalize Surrogate Partner Therapy (September 2023)
Surrogate Partner Therapy Specialized Professional Training (September 2023 - January 2024)
Including, but not limited to, training on:
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Fatphobia and Fat Liberation
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Working with Clients who are Neurodiverse and/or on the Spectrum
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A Gendered Touch: Working with Gender Diverse/Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Clients
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Embodied Asexuality & Aromaticism
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Safe(r) Sex: STIs & Protection
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Love Has A Color: Working with Clients Who Experience Racism
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Purity Culture & Religious Trauma
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Working with Clients with Disabilities
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Cultivating Emotional Safety
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The Nervous System and Polyvagal Theory
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Healing Attachment Trauma
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Collaborating w/ Clinicians
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Ethics & Legality
Supervised Apprenticeship (December 2023 - February 2026)
Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education:
Core Course 1 - Foundations of Somatic Sex Education (February - October 2023)
Including, but not limited to, training on:
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Basic Principles and Practices
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Empowering Choice and Voice
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Mindful Erotic Practice
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Genital Anatomy and Mapping
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Loving Justice
Core Course 2 - Erotic Practice for Somatic Sex Education - In-Person Intensive (November 2023)
Core Course 3 - Establishing a Somatic Sex Education Practice (February - October 2024)
Including, but not limited to, training on:
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Working with Trauma
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Erotic Touch and Massage
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Active Receiving
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Anal Mapping and Massage
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Pelvic Scar Tissue Remediation
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Genital Dearmouring
Core Course 4 - Refining Your Practice as a Somatic Sex Educator - In-Person Intensive (November 2024)
Core Course 5 - Supervised Practicum (November - June 2025)
Elemental School of Sex, Death and Magic
Together We Fly: Group Facilitation for Somatic Sex Educators (October - December 2023)
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Community Offering: Embracing the Erotic Joy & Pain of our Ancestors - A Guided Somatic Exploration
Wicked Grounds
Pentacles of Power: Sex Magick for Kinky People (February - March 2025)
Other:
Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Justice & Human Centered Design
Intimacy Professionals Working Group - American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
Mental Health First Aid - National Council for Mental Well-Being
Self Study:
Dozens of classes, workshops, ceremonies, retreats, festivals, & conferences exploring erotic healing modalities, trauma healing, massage technique, bodywork approaches, authentic relating games, improvisational dance, kink, somatic embodiment, sensuality, communal mindful erotic practice, relational rupture & repair, attachment theory, wheel of consent, grief & eros, eco-sexuality, sacred sexuality, & more!