Pleasure Coach Nikole Mitchell has made many public appearances including the Dr. Phil Show, Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and CBS. Raised in a conservative Evangelical Christian home, Nikole was a pastor and homemaker until she lost her faith while working on her master’s degree.

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In 2019, Nikole left her church and moved with her husband and young children to California. Once there, she began acting, modelling, and making erotic content on Only Fans. Being an Only Fans creator allowed her to explore her sexuality, and Nikole came out as queer.

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Today, Nikole Mitchell is a divorced mother of 3, living as a queer woman. Not only does she have a thriving career as an Only Fans creator, but she also empowers others through her extremely successful coaching practice.

A native woman of Cherokee and Irish descent, Tessi Ynada Muskrat holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and is a doctoral student researcher at the University of Missouri. Co-founder of the international Purity Culture Research Collective (PCRC), Tessi’s research centers the voices of those who have experienced sexual and gender-based trauma in religious contexts. 

Additionally, Tessi works as a post-traumatic growth coach, companioning those who have experienced religious or purity culture trauma on their journey to health and thriving. Tessi’s upcoming projects will examine the impact of purity culture's gender binary on trans and nonbinary persons, and the ways in which post-purity culture adults achieve empowerment through healing from oppressive systems in religious spaces. When she's not studying or researching, Tessi enjoys snuggling her cats, watching trees dance in the wind, and playing complex tabletop board games with friends. 

Glenda Jordan lives in Las Vegas and works full time as an artist, model, and entertainer. She grew up on a farm south of Nashville, Tennessee where she was indoctrinated into the Southern Baptist faith from birth. After deconstructing religion in college, she became involved in activism for various causes. Joining the third wave intersectional feminist movement, Glenda believes that liberation from the patriarchy and the destructive influence of misogynistic faiths are inexorably linked. Focusing on atheistic feminism and sex positivity, Glenda is an active volunteer with RfR and other non-profit organizations and her local queer kink communities. Other passions include fantasy and sci-fi, Star Trek, art history, traveling, and national parks. When she’s not in her studio or doing marathon Zelda gaming sessions, Glenda enjoys spending time with her partners and friends.

Quantas Ginn (he/him) is a visiting professor at Pacific Lutheran University in the Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) department teaching courses on Human Sexuality and MFT theories. His research interests include interracial relationships, perinatal parenting, and the intersection of religion and sexuality.

He also operates a private practice as a marriage, couples, and family therapist and AASECT Certified sex therapist. He works with individuals and couples on a variety of issues ranging from communication, conflict management, and sexual intimacy. His therapy incorporates elements of Emotionally Focused Therapy, The Gottman Method, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Narrative therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Quantas attended Seattle Pacific University and resides in the Greater Seattle area with his family.

He is an Approved Supervisor of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (AAMFT), professional member of American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and a professional provider with Postpartum Support International (PSI).

Dr. Kayden Vargas (they/he) is a trans nonbinary poet, parent, and psychologist living, loving, and working in the traditional homelands of the Yakama nation. They are a first generation scholar and poet, growing up in Brewster, Washington in a town of about 2,000 people. His first love was and always will be, the Columbia River. Their poetry revolves around themes of small-town living,

bicultural/bilingual/biracial life, trauma healing, and trans identity. They also work as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Heritage University, a small not-for-profit university that is both a Hispanic-Serving-Institution and Native American Non-Tribal Serving institution located in Toppenish, WA. Their clinical specialties include gender affirming healthcare, eating disorders, religious trauma, and queer psychosocial development. 

Dr. Ray is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of Recovering from Religion. He has been a psychologist for over thirty years and is the author of four books: two on organizational teamwork as well as "The God Virus-How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture" and "Sex and God-How Religion Distorts Sexuality".

Dr. Ray has been a student of religion most of his life and holds a Masters Degree in religion as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology/Anthropology with a Doctorate in Psychology.

Elayna Love is an ex-Mormon turned stripper, phone sex operator, and Onlyfans creator. She left a sex-toxic environment for a sex positive one. She coaches her clients on releasing religious shame, uncovering their desires, understanding boundaries, and consent. She'll be performing at the Shameless Sexuality conference in May!

Mike Phillips has been a counselor for 39 years, specializing in Sex and Trauma work. He first became certified as a sex therapist working with the British Columbia government, focusing on sex offenders in the prison system. He also worked for 35 years as a pastor in conservative churches. Though he is no longer religious, he works with former and current church people to loosen their grip on the shame and repression associated with their sexuality. 

These days, Mike works with BDSM and Polyamory practitioners, as well as those escaping the sexual shame associated with religion. He is now semi-retired in Sacramento, CA. He and his partner have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Mike is the author/co-author of four books and 155 articles.

Kristin Cherry Jackson is a licensed psychotherapist (LMFTA) focusing on sex, relationship, and trauma therapy. A purity culture refugee herself, she is painfully familiar with the many ways that growing up with restrictive messages around sex, gender, and sexual orientation can leave lasting impacts. Kristin specializes in helping survivors of sexual and religious trauma to heal, clarify their values around relationships, and own their desire and pleasure. Learn more at www.intimatherapy.com/healing-from-purity-culture/. Kristin also offers Accelerated Resolution Therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy to clients who are a fit for these approaches.