Please take time to read the following agreement as you’ll get so much more from our session knowing that we’re both on the same page.

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The following is an agreement entered into between Ev’Yan Whitney, Sexuality Doula® (referred to as “I” and “My” and “Me”) and the Client (referred to as “You” and “Your”) with the following conditions understood and accepted by both parties.

How I work

As a Sexuality Doula, I am a guide and companion for people who are seeking support, education, and space-holding as they’re working to liberate, heal, awaken, and embody their sensual and/or sexual selves. A hybrid of life coaching, consulting, mentorship, facilitation, and accountability, as a Sexuality Doula, I utilize my skills and over 12 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and certified breathworker in the realm of sex and sexuality, somatics, pleasure activism, sensuality, and body mindfulness to help you become who you want to be as a sensual and/or sexual individual. I call upon my gifts as an intuitive to encourage and foster deep transformation and I pull from my own experience as someone who has received similar harms within their sexuality and body.

I am not a licensed therapist, medical professional, or certified in any one framework or technique, just a human who has devoted almost two decades to the study and practice of sexual liberation and body-based healing principles and if offering their knowledge to the world.

My approach in this work is trauma-informed, body-based, BIQTPOC-centered, gender-affirming, asexuality-friendly, pleasure-based, and has a foundation in Black intersectionality and non-compulsory sexuality principles. My core belief in this work is that I am here to be a guiding light for you, not an expert who has all the answers and will tell you what to do. While I may be a little further in my own journey, I come to each session practicing and affirming the constancy of this work and the importance of not having a time limit when it comes to healing.

As I enter into a session with you, I do so with the belief that you are already a fully whole, autonomous, and unique individual who is worthy of feeling safe, respected, and connected to pleasure. My aim in our work together is to offer you the resources, practices, pep talks, and permission you need to recover and remember those parts of you. I am not here to fix or heal you nor am I here to solve your problems. My intention is to help facilitate and guide you to the transformations you wish to make in your sensual and/or sexual life, giving you a safe space to explore, process, and desire.

During our session, I will meet you where you are with compassion, curiosity, and acceptance; I will attune myself to the pace and tone you need to unfold; and I will trust in your inherent resilience and potential to heal yourself. I will ask you a lot of questions during our session that are designed to help you dig into the many layers, stories, and desires that have informed your lived experience as a sensual and/or sexual individual and have impacted your experience of being in your body. These questions will be from both a logical, mind-thinking place, and also from an embodied, body-centered place where I’ll invite you to connect and gently bring awareness to sensation in your own body through somatic noticing.

After our session, I may provide you with a follow-up and/or further resources to help you as you implement what came through in our session. You are also welcome to reach out via email with any questions or updates after our session, though you understand that anything that requires more intensive spaceholding or guidance from me might require the purchase of another session.

Our session

We’ll be doing our session via Zoom. You have been provided with a link to join our private call in your initial booking. Please check your confirmation email for the Zoom link.

Our session will be 70 minutes long and might include some gentle breathwork, simple somatic practices, and movement. Please be in a quiet, private space where you won’t be interrupted or distracted during our session and wear clothes that feel comfortable to you. If you have headphones, please wear them during the call to ensure that we can hear each other well.

Please be prepared to take notes or jot down any resources or bits of wisdom that come through our session. I will not be sharing any notes I take down during our session.

At the end of our session, I will email you the recording of our session for you to use as a reference. Please make sure you download the recording of your session to your device. I will be deleting our recorded session seven (7) days after our session.

Rescheduling

Should you need to reschedule your session for any reason, please give me at least 24 hours notice. I’ll try my best to fit you in at the earliest convenience. Sessions that are rescheduled with less than 24 hours notice may not be able to be rescheduled. In exceptional circumstances, I may need to reschedule our session. If that happens, I will also give you 24-hour notice where practical.

My Late-to-Session policy

I will wait in our Zoom room for up to 10 minutes and if you’ve not come online, I will count the session as a no-show.​ Unfortunately, no-shows may not be able to be rescheduled. If you have any questions or confusions about when we’re to be in session, it is your responsibility to contact me directly. In exceptional circumstances, I may need to show up late to our session. If that happens, I will communicate with you and give you as much notice where practical.

Refunds

A refund is only available to you if services have not commenced in any way rendering any refund void. If the services and/or session has commenced, all payments you make are non-refundable.

Confidentiality

I will not divulge any information that is shared with me in or outside of our session, nor will I divulge that you are in a coaching relationship with me without your expressed consent, unless required by law or where action might be necessary to prevent harm to you or someone else. You, of course, are free to discuss our coaching relationship and what we uncover in our session with anyone at anytime.

My Responsibility

I will provide as safe of a space as possible for the full discovery of your sensual and/or sexual self, and will honor your right to be heard and witnessed in an empathetic environment.

I will get back to you within 24 hours if you contact me via email.

I will give you all of my best information, knowledge, and resources garnered from my own intellect, expertise, and personal experiences so that your transformation is supported.

I will hold the time we have together with respect, giving you my full, undivided attention.

I will hold you accountable to what you say you wish to do, create, explore, or experiment with while also giving you flexibility and spaciousness to change your mind if you so choose.

I will uphold healthy boundaries with you and do the necessary work to take care of myself so that I can show up ready and able to hold space for you in our sessions.

Your Responsibility

You will directly communicate with me if you have any questions, concerns, or confusions about our session.

You will be an active participant in your process so that you can receive the full benefits of this session, understanding that the success of and any outcomes from this session depend on your ability to learn, absorb, and implement the tools being given. You understand that I have no liability for any loss experienced by you, whether financial, relational, or otherwise, following commencement of our session, or for any perceived failure by you, whether justified or otherwise, to achieve a material improvement in your sexual and/or sensual life.

You will show up to your session on time and to give the session your full, undivided attention.

You will give me 24-hour notice prior to a cancellation or absence from our session when practical. You understand that if you don’t give 24 hours or if you’re absent, the session will qualify as a no-show and may not be rescheduled.

You understand that email correspondence is for quick checkins, questions, and scheduling only and will not be used as a space for lengthier discussions and/or guidance.

You understand that I do not (and cannot) diagnose, treat, or prevent any physical or mental conditions. You understand that I am not a medical professional or therapist. You also understand that the services I provide are a form of coaching and consulting, not medical advice, and are meant to be used for entertainment purposes only.

You understand that sometimes difficult and uncomfortable emotions or physical sensations can get stirred up in doing this work and you will be prepared to utilize your support networks to help you process if needed. You also understand that you must consult the appropriate medical professional for any physical or mental conditions that you may currently be experiencing or may experience during or after our session. You further understand that you must notify me of any mental/physical conditions you are currently experiencing.

You understand that my time, expertise, and emotional labor is priceless, and that, therefore, all payments you make are non-refundable.

Mutual Agreement Cancellation

If at any time we believe the session and agreement are no longer serving our needs, we both understand that we must initiate a discussion to rectify the situation prior to cancelling the session.

Intellectual Property

All material shared within our session is subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights. All materials may not be used, distributed, repurposed, or reproduced without the written permission of myself.

Agreement Section

By entering into this agreement, either through signing or by paying any amount to me, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions as set out above.

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Thank you for taking the time and intention to read this agreement. If you have any questions or concerns about it, please contact me at evyan@evyanwhitney.com.