about

i am a sexologist in downtown Los Angeles and New York City.

i am research affiliate at TASHRA - The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance - where i lead a science initiative exploring ABDL lived experience or eroticism, identity, community, and mental health.

i received training in sexology at Cornell University, where i received the NIMH Ruth L. Kirtschstein National Research Service Award (F31) to support research on the development of gender nonconformity in young children and sexual orientation in adulthood.

i completed my doctoral studies in social work with a dissertation examining minority stress, gender nonconformity, and mental health outcomes among gay- and bisexual-identified men in the CDC's ongoing epidemiological efforts through the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health.

i then pursued two post-doctoral fellowships in the departments of psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

i hold a bachelor's degree in psychology from Vassar College.

new york social work license LMSW # is 073619. supervisor is Evelyn Solomon, LCSW #093856.

erotic fantasy as storytelling

you may believe that sex is just a small part of who we are, but we were taught all wrong in our high school sex education classes. our wildest erotic fantasies are about far more than sex; they are the storytellers of our souls.

my story begins with a self-awareness of my needs and erotic desires.

i began my journey as a kinkster seeking to realize my wildest fantasy: being an LTR daddy with an ABDL boy. when i first made this happen, it felt like i was the conductor of an orchestra in the symphony of my own life.

once we realize our wildest wishes, stuff we may not have even disclosed to ourselves, let alone our therapists, we find that these dreams not only define who we are, they enable us to materialize everything we wish to be in everyday life because the social and emotional skills required are the same.

teaching experience

i served as adjunct faculty roles at UCLA, Columbia, Temple, Smith, and the University of Denver. as the Founding Program Director and Professor of Practice in Social Work at Utica University, i established the nation's first and only recovery-oriented graduate program in clinical social work, which is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). teaching and curriculum development have focused on coursework on diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral theories, comparative mental health policy, advocacy for mental health, trauma-informed approaches to recovery from addictions and mental illness, clinical case evaluation, research methods, and community-based social work.

thank you for these incredible refrigerator magnets, Allison, my loveliest, verviest, funniest, and definitely rizziest former student from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. you are my favorite rock star of all time. i guess i'm a social work hero, too.

education and training

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

2024

HRSA Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Thomas Jefferson University Medical School

2022

PhD (Coursework)

Cornell University

2005-2006

DSW

Kutztown University and Millersville University

2018

Columbia University

2005

Vassar College