Katie Bloomquist MS, MA, LMFT is an AASECT- Certified Sex Therapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adult individual therapy clients. Some common issues she treats include sexual functioning concerns (erectile dysfunction, sexual pain, anxiety/shame/guilt about sex, orgasmic difficulty, low arousal, loss of sexual interest), struggles with sexual behavior and/or sexual fantasy, sexual dissatisfaction, desire discrepancy, and low sexual desire.
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Katie works most frequently with LGBTQIA+ folks, those in open relationships (non-monogamy, polyamory, etc.), and specializes in therapy related to BDSM, kink, and fetish navigation and sex work. Her published research on sex worker affirmative therapy and the minority stress of sex work can be viewed here.
She is the former Vice President of the Sex Workers Outreach Project - USA and has extensive experience and advanced training on treating out of control sexual behavior - sometimes called sex addiction or porn addiction.
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Katie has special interest and expertise in working with secular populations including atheists, agnostics, and other non-believers - she is an active member of the Secular Therapy Project.​
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Katie is licensed in Minnesota, Montana, and Iowa and treats therapy patients in these 3 states.
Dr. Eric Sprankle is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Director of the Sexuality Studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and an AASECT-certified sex therapist. He is the former Director of the Secular Therapy Project, a subsidiary of Recovering from Religion.
Dr. Sprankle received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Xavier University in 2009, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in sexual health at the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2011, and was awarded tenure in the Department of Psychology at Minnesota State University in 2017.
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He currently leads the Sexual Health Research Team at Minnesota State examining sexuality, stigma, and secularism, and has published articles on the effects of sexually explicit material, older adult sexuality, and sex worker affirmative therapy. He is not currently taking new therapy clients.
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