Publisher's Synopsis
What happens when you take an evidence-based approach that is aimed at youth in a group home, residential placement, and foster care and revamp the facets of it to focus on D/s relationships? You get a psychological approach to D/s relationships.
This approach to D/s is a philosophy and practice of care and treatment that prioritizes therapeutic relationships with the submissive in an effective, supportive way that aims to help the submissive grow. Not only grow as a submissive, but as a person. This approach is not only comprehensive in design, but it is strength-based and trauma-informed. Research suggests that 1 in 3 women will suffer from some form of abuse in their life, and a great deal of those affected by trauma are submissive. This does not mean all submissives have been abused, but it is my experience more have suffered abuse than those who have not. Submissives with a history of trauma will typically be assertive, avoid any conflict, be shown to avoid drawing attention and be emotionally dependent. This trauma-informed approach helps to empower the submissive in a way that builds positive change and at the same time remains focused on the holistic development of the submissive. How does this model help to not only train the submissive but help her to grow? The model finds its origins in cognitive-behavioral theory (CBT) which can be used with people of all ages, all diagnoses, and for those who have or have not experienced significant trauma in their lives.
