Welcome back, Martha!

Martha Kauppi was last on the show for episode 340 to talk about polyamory and therapy. She’s rejoined us this week for an episode discussing the intersection of one’s professional and personal life and how it relates to coming out of the closet.

For newer listeners who are just meeting her, Martha is a therapist, author, speaker, and educator specializing in complex relational therapy, sex issues, and alternative family structures. She trains therapists all over the world to work more effectively with a broad range of sex issues, and with clients who are in open relationships. She is also the author of the groundbreaking new book Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients).

During this episode, Martha addresses the following topics:

• Her own coming out journey.

• Reasoning behind keeping her relationship status private and what caused her to decide to come out now.

• How her relationship with her clients has changed (if at all) since coming out.

• Support amongst peers versus any pushback.

• Some reasons people might decide not to come out.

• Different degrees of outness.

• Advice for someone who is planning to come out of the closet.

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