Stefani E. Goerlich

Award-winning author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients, Stefani is an expert in working with Gender, Relationship, and Sexuality Diversities as well as religious minority clients and has over 15 year’s experience in supporting survivors of domestic and sexual trauma.

An AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, Stefani has worked with high-risk young people, commercial sex workers, and survivors of human trafficking. She is currently the founder and Clinical Director of Bound Together Counseling, a private practice based in Metro Detroit, Michigan, where she offers Sex, Relationship and Mental Health therapy to members of the GSRD community, their partners, and their families.

Stefani holds a PhD in Clinical Sexology, a Master’s in Social Work from Wayne State University, where she specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and earned her Post-Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy from the University of Michigan. She is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Michigan, Ohio, and Arizona and is currently writing her next book.