Stephen Ratcliff

Steve (he, him) is a licensed mental health counselor and AASECT certified sex therapist in private practice living in the Pacific Northwest region of the US who specializes in treating Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diverse (GSRD) clients. Steve completed his Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies in 2006 and his Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2009. Steve is currently working on his doctoral dissertation with an anticipated graduation date from California Southern University with a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology degree in April of 2025. Steve’s Dissertation is exploring trends in stigmatization of kink-involved populations in a ten-year sample of mass news media articles.

Additionally, Steve volunteers for a number of various academic and community organizations serving sexually diverse populations, including the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) and The Alternative Sexual Health Research Alliance (TASHRA). For NCSF, steve is a director on their board, chairs the fundraising committee, and managing their fetlife page. For TASHRA, Steve volunteers for a number of research project, was appointed a Research Scientist in 2022 and, is currently co-principal investigator of a qualitative study exploring authority consensual, adult transfer / power exchange kink relationships. For more information about Steve, please visit www.steveratcliff.com.