Jamila Dawson LMFT

Jamila M. Dawson, LMFT is a sex therapist, writer, speaker and believer in the necessity of pleasure. She runs her private practice, Fire & Flow Therapy and teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles. She presents clinical trainings to mental health organizations and teaches workshops on kink/BDSM to individuals and couples. Ms. Dawson has lectured at University of Southern California, ASSECT Summer Institute, collaborated with a variety of sex therapists and sex educators as well as with Buzzfeed, Playboy, Harper’s Bazaar and other media outlets. She speaks locally and nationally on sexuality, trauma-informed/healing-focused psychotherapy, pleasure-as-power and BDSM/kink. She is co-author of With Pleasure: Managing Triggers for More Vibrant Sex, Pleasure, and Relationships (2021).