How I can help
What I Do
I am a firm believer in the healing power of community, pleasure and being kinder to ourselves. I offer one on one and couples counselling focused on the areas of dating, relationships, and sexuality. I’m here to assist you on your journey to living a passionate life full of intimacy and purpose.
Personal Growth
Struggles with perfectionism and self-criticism
Frequently feeling anxious, stressed, and overwhelmed
Building emotional intelligence and increasing self-awareness
Concerns with family, friends, and other relationships
Feelings of loneliness and social isolation
Focusing on core needs and wants in your current or future relationships
Understanding and supporting one’s own neurodiversity
Dating – building awareness around your attachment style, unhelpful patterns, blocks to setting boundaries, feeling stuck repeating unhelpful patterns
Couples & Relationship
Strengthening romantic, platonic, or work relationships
Feeling a deeper emotional connection with your partner
Struggles to feel heard and seen within your relationship
Learning compassionate communication
Identifying core emotional wants and needs
Setting healthy boundaries in which you can feel both protected and still connected
Overcoming avoidance of challenging but important topics
Non-monogamy, open relationships and polyamory
Building conflict resolution skills
Developing tools to support yourself and each other when feeling triggered by your partner
Sexuality
identity exploration— orientation, queerness, bisexuality, etc.
Difficulties with identifying, embracing, and expressing your sexual wants and needs
Blocks to feeling deserving of pleasure
Low desire for sex
Difficulty staying present during sex
Sexual performance anxiety/ low sexual-self-esteem
Sexual shame – (body image, religion/ purity culture, self-consciousness, sex negativity)
Psychological processes of blocks to orgasm, vaginismus, vulvodynia, painful intercourse, erection challenges, delayed or premature ejaculation
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Here to help you bring more compassion and joy to your connection with your sexuality, your relationships, and yourself.
About Erin Davidson, MA, RCC, CST, CHST
Erin has a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia, and has extensive training as a Certified Sex Therapist through AASECT and a Certified Holistic Sex Therapist through ISEE. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in the province of British Columbia. Continued education and personal development are of the utmost importance to her, and she is committed to ongoing supervision in the areas of sex therapy, couples therapy, anti-racism and anti-oppressive practices.
She is a white, queer, non-disabled, cisgender woman. Erin is a firm believer in the healing power of community, pleasure, and being kinder to ourselves. She sees herself to be right alongside you on this path of being a human, often writing about her learnings along the way. She has written two books: Break Through the Breakup and Thriving in Non Monogamy An Ethical Slut's Guide: Overcome Jealousy, Enjoy Sex, and Honor Yourself can be found here.
Erin Davidson, MA, RCC
APPROACHES IN THERAPY
Holistic Sex Therapy
Attachment-based
Relational Life Therapy and Developmental Model of Couples Therapy
Mindfulness
Internal Family Systems
Anti-oppressive
Trauma-informed
2SLGBTQIA+ affirming, Kink and Poly positive, Sex work positive.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE & DEGREES
Certified Sex Therapist, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of British Columbia
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS & EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Holistic Sex Therapy Certificate, Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment
Relational Life Therapy Level 1 & 2 (Couples Therapy), Terry Real’s Relational Life Institute
Bader-Pearson Developmental Model Couples Therapy Level 1 & 2 Training, The Good Life Therapy Centre
The Power of Touch: The Beauty of the Sensate Focus Model in the Practice of Sex Therapy, Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment
Becoming an Anti-Racist, Dr. Nathalie Edmond
Clinical Hypnosis Skills for Health Professionals - Level 1, Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Healing the Fragmented Self After Trauma with Dr. Janina Fisher, Therapy Wisdom
Spiritual Activism 101, Rachel Ricketts
AEDP: An Overview from the Ground Up Workshop, Canadian AEDP Society & Institute
Intro to Emotionally Focused Therapy Certificate, Vancouver Couple & Family Institute
Counsellor, Allura Sex Therapy Centre
Counsellor, Willow Women’s Clinic
Counsellor, New Westminster Counselling Centre
Counsellor, Vancouver Community College Counselling Services
An Ethical Slut’s Guide: Overcome Jealousy, Enjoy Sex, and Honor Yourself
Enjoy the healing power of pleasure as you reflect on your ideal relationship.
We are all deserving and capable of enjoying fulfilling romantic and sexual relationships. Thriving in Non-Monogamy will guide you through the process of getting in touch with your inner ethical slut, evaluating relationship values, honoring your needs and fears, and developing the tools to build relationships that work best for you.
Whether that means ethically opening up or improving a monogamous arrangement, this ethical slut handbook provides stories from people of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship arrangements who confront their unmet needs, insecurities, internalized trauma, and struggles with open relationships. You’ll also find reflection questions to help you approach your own arrangement with curiosity, openness, and compassion.
Learn about the principles of being an ethical slut with:
- No judgment ― Thriving in Non-Monogamy breaks down the shame surrounding negative messages that are internalized about sex and relationships.
- Learning limits ― Includes a guide to an ethical slut setting boundaries and rules within open relationships.
- Thoughtful reflections ― Challenge yourself to identify and process difficult emotions and improve relationship communication skills.
Ethical slut may sound like an oxymoron, but it is a way of thinking that can teach you to overcome jealousy, enjoy sex, and honor yourself.
