The erotic sex life and relationships you crave are possible!
Welcome to The Pleasure Practice, an invitation for those looking to challenge the status quo of relating and experience deeper ecstasy.
Work with Dr. Nicole, one of the leading academic theorists and psychotherapists on non-monogamy, sexuality, and psychedelic-assisted liberation.
The erotic sex life and relationships you crave are possible!
Welcome to The Pleasure Practice, an invitation for those looking to challenge the status quo of relating and experience deeper ecstasy.
Work with Dr. Nicole, one of the leading academic theorists and psychotherapists on non-monogamy, sexuality, and psychedelic-assisted liberation.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
Sex
Dr. Nicole will guide you through a transformative journey where you'll unlock new levels of pleasure and self-expression. With personalized support, you'll delve into your erotic desires and fantasies, enhancing body awareness, and enjoying sex that is creative, playful, and deeply satisfying. Her approach ensures that every session is tailored to your needs, helping you achieve a heightened sense of freedom and pleasure. Experience the thrill of living out your desires fully and openly.
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Dr. Nicole will empower you to communicate authentically and confidently in your sexual encounters. Through her expert guidance, you'll cultivate deeper intimacy and connection, embracing a creative and shame-free approach to your sexuality.
Whether you seek to enhance your solo experiences, explore adventurous sex with a partner, or delve into playful kink, Dr. Nicole will support you every step of the way, ensuring you feel empowered and liberated in your sexual expression.
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Dr. Nicole will help you explore and embrace your kinky cravings, empowering you to integrate these dynamics in your partnerships with confidence. She will support your personal growth and self-embodiment by delving into the psychological aspects of erotic power dynamics, consent, and self-expression. With her guidance, you'll integrate these experiences into a more empowered and confident sense of self, enhancing both your pleasure and personal growth.
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Dr. Nicole will help you unlearn the scripts that confine your love and desire, allowing you to build relationships that are fueled by passion, eros, and authentic connection. You’ll become someone who moves through love and intimacy with radical confidence—unapologetically attuned to your desires, deeply connected to your body, and free from the myths that tell you passion must be sacrificed for stability.
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Relationships
Dr. Nicole will help you cultivate deeper, more fulfilling connections through personalized support. In individual sessions, she’ll guide you in identifying your needs and crafting a roadmap to achieve your desires in your current relationship. For partners, Dr. Nicole offers focused sessions that enhance intimacy through clear communication and actionable strategies, fostering a stronger, more authentic bond with your partner(s).
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Dr. Nicole can guide you in taking the first steps towards creating the relationship you truly desire. As a leading expert in non-monogamy, Dr. Nicole offers significant expertise in various relational models, including creative monogamy, open-monogamy, monogamish, open relationships, polyamory, swinging, solo-polyamory, and relationship anarchy. She’ll help you identify and design a relationship style uniquely tailored to your desires, ensuring it brings you the most pleasure, security, and fulfillment.
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Dr. Nicole will help you create relationships where you experience both expansive freedom and deep security. She’ll guide you in understanding the root causes and triggers of jealousy, empowering you to manage these emotions effectively. With her support, you’ll build healthy, fulfilling connections and feel secure and confident in your non-monogamous journey.
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Dr. Nicole can help you harmonize your personal needs with those of your partners. She provides tools and strategies to navigate the complexities of interconnected relationships, enhancing your communication skills and boosting overall relationship satisfaction. With Dr. Nicole’s support, you’ll achieve a fulfilling balance and deepen your connections with all of your relationships.
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Offerings
Deepen your relationship with your own pleasure, desire, and erotic expression through personalized one-on-one sessions with Dr. Nicole. In these intimate, transformative spaces, you’ll explore the intersections of sexuality, embodiment, relationship dynamics, and personal growth. Together, we’ll embark on a journey of dismantling internalized shame, nurturing radical self-trust, and awakening your fullest erotic potential.
These sessions offer a private, supportive environment where you can explore your desires without judgment or limitation, while cultivating a more authentic, liberated connection to your erotic self. With a focus on expanding your pleasure, communication, and self-expression, you’ll create a foundation for more fulfilling relationships with both yourself and others. This is an invitation to honor your deepest desires and step into the expansive freedom that comes with embracing your truest sexual identity.
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Strengthen the foundations of your partnerships (whether dyads, triads, or expansive polycules) through relational sessions focused on open communication, secure attachment, erotic exploration, and collective flourishing. In these transformative spaces, Dr. Nicole supports you in building authentic, liberated connections that honor the unique needs, structures, and dreams of each relationship within your polycule.
Together, you’ll explore the complexities of expansive relating and non-monogamy, cultivating relational dynamics that nourish each individual while fostering collective growth. Through deep dialogue, reflection, and creative exercises, you’ll craft relationship ecosystems rooted in consent, freedom, and radical intimacy. This is an invitation to create thriving, expansive relationships that honor your truth and the unique desires of everyone involved, paving the way for deeper connection, joy, and freedom.
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Step into your full erotic aliveness in this intimate 16-week group experience (maximum 6 participants). This journey is a radical invitation to reclaim your birthright to pleasure, desire, and embodied confidence. Together, we'll explore how to navigate desire, intimacy, self-expression, and self-empowerment in ways that honor your truth and deepest pleasure.
Through education, reflection, and community, you’ll be supported in dismantling internalized shame, nurturing expansive consent, and cultivating the radical self-trust needed to open the door to your highest forms of erotic freedom. You’ll create a liberated sexual identity that nourishes your body, desires, and confidence, rooted in authenticity, self-respect, and joyful exploration. This is an invitation to embrace your fullest erotic self and step into a world of greater pleasure, connection, and possibility. To learn more about this offering, click here.
This offering runs once per year in the fall, with applications opening mid January and sessions starting the first week of March. All group offerings are intimate, high-support spaces, and opportunities to join are limited.
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Step beyond old relationship templates and embrace a new paradigm of connection, intimacy, and freedom. This is a 16-week small group (maximum 6 participants) experience for those exploring non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship anarchy, and other expansive forms of love and longing to live those truths with confidence, care, and embodiment. Together, we’ll explore how to communicate with clarity, create liberatory agreements, embody secure connection, and build relationships that reflect your deepest values.
Through guided education, embodied practice, and group dialogue, you’ll be supported in crafting relationships rooted in consent, pleasure, and mutual empowerment. This is an invitation to create your own liberated way of relating, one that honors your fullest self and opens the door to greater intimacy, fulfillment, and possibility. Receive the education, community, and support you need to build relationships that are secure, liberatory, and uniquely your own. To learn more about this offering, click here.
This offering runs once per year in the spring with applications opening mid-July and sessions starting the first week of September. All group offerings are intimate, high-support spaces, and opportunities to join are limited.
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Engage in a legally prescribed ketamine journey held within a spacious, attuned container of care. Designed for those ready to live in deeper pleasure, clarity, and alignment, this offering supports you in peeling back the layers of performance and returning to the electric truth of who you are.
Psychedelic medicine offers a rare kind of opening, one that softens defenses, dissolves cultural conditioning, and makes space for your most authentic desires to rise. When paired with intentional support, these journeys can awaken your erotic intelligence, amplify your pleasure, and reconnect you to the parts of yourself that know exactly what you want and how you want to feel.
Throughout the process, you are held with warmth, precision, and care, Dr. Nicole supports you in integrating the insights and sensations that emerge so that your journey doesn’t stay in the realm of ideas, but becomes a felt, lived experience of freedom, aliveness, and pleasure. This is for those ready to feel more, want more, and become more.
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Dr. Nicole offers mentorship and consultation for psychologists, therapists, coaches, and healers who are supporting clients in exploring expansive relating, non-monogamy, polyamory, sexual liberation, and psychedelic experiences. With a doctorate in clinical psychology, extensive training in psychedelic-assisted therapy, and years of therapeutic practice, she provides a rare container where professionals can expand their clinical skillset and confidence. Her approach integrates feminist and queer theory, relationship anarchy, and pleasure-centered psychology, helping practitioners see and dismantle the unconscious systems of oppression that shape intimacy, desire, and altered states of consciousness.
These sessions are designed for leaders and disruptors who are guiding clients through paradigm-shifting terrain. Whether navigating jealousy, supporting erotic exploration, integrating psychedelic experiences, or cultivating community-based models of love and intimacy, practitioners leave with practical tools, embodied insight, and transformative frameworks for care. Dr. Nicole’s consultations empower professionals to refine their voice, expand their therapeutic range, and stand at the forefront of cultural change, confidently supporting clients in their pursuit of erotic sovereignty, relational freedom, and collective liberation.
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FAQ
If you are ready to break free from societal limitations to embrace your pleasure and to create the most fulfilling sex life and relationships, then this opportunity is designed for you. Dr. Nicole works with individuals, couples, and polycules who are ready to liberate their erotic pleasure and enjoy both secure and expansive relationships. If you are someone who believes that another world is possible, one where your erotic desires are celebrated and fully expressed, you are in the right place.
With her expertise as a leading academic theorist on non-monogamy and sexuality, Dr. Nicole provides invaluable insights to help you design creative relationship structures and embrace your liberated sexual pleasure.
Whether you are exploring the expansiveness of non-monogamy, the empowerment of BDSM, or the liberation from shame to step into your erotic pleasure, Dr. Nicole empowers you to cultivate fulfilling connections, explore your sexuality with joy, and live authentically in alignment with your values.
You can choose one-on-one sessions for individualized support, sessions for couples or polycules to navigate intimacy and growth together, psychedelic-assisted sessions, or join one of Dr. Nicole’s intimate 16-week group programs (limited to six participants).
Each offering at The Pleasure Practice is unique, and pricing varies depending on the form and depth of the work. All fees are shared transparently during your discovery call, so you can enter the process with clarity and choice.
Dr. Nicole is deeply committed to making this work accessible and to supporting the liberation of our community. Thirty percent of her practice is reserved for sliding scale rates through the Community Care Fund, which operates as a form of community support and mutual aid. Those paying full rates are not only investing in their own journey, but also ensuring that others with fewer financial resources can step into this work. In this way, individual healing and collective liberation are not separate, but braided together, each sustaining and strengthening the other.
Simply sign up for a discovery call below. You’ll be guided to schedule a complimentary 45-minute discovery call on Zoom. This call is an opportunity to connect directly with Dr. Nicole, share what’s alive for you, and explore how The Pleasure Practice can support your growth. By taking this step, you’re saying yes to deeper pleasure, more authentic connection, and the relationships you’ve been longing to create.
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The discovery call is a relaxed, 45-minute Zoom conversation where we explore what’s alive for you in your erotic and relational life. You’ll have space to share what you’re longing to shift, ask questions about The Pleasure Practice, and get a sense of how Dr. Nicole works. Together, you’ll feel into whether this space is the right fit for your goals and desires. There’s no pressure, just connection, curiosity, and the beginning of what could become a powerful journey toward greater pleasure, authenticity, and relational freedom.
Working with Dr. Nicole has profoundly transformed my understanding of pleasure and sexuality. Dr. Nicole's compassionate approach illuminated how deeply my upbringing and societal norms were affecting my ability to fully enjoy and express my desires. With Dr. Nicole's support, I unlocked new levels of pleasure and playfulness in my sex life, experiencing a profound sense of sexual empowerment. My confidence has soared, and my relationships have become more authentic and fulfilling than ever. I can honestly say I've never felt more empowered and joyful in my relationships and sex life. Thank you, Dr. Nicole, for this incredible journey of self-discovery and liberation.
Emily S.
I can't recommend Dr. Nicole highly enough for anyone seeking guidance in non-monogamy and pleasure exploration. As a queer individual, I've often struggled to find resources that truly understand the nuances of my identity and desires. From the moment I started working with Dr. Nicole, I felt seen and validated. Her expertise provided me with invaluable tools to navigate the complexities of multiple partnerships and embrace my authentic self. Thanks to Dr. Nicole's support, I've cultivated deeper connections with my partners, explored new realms of pleasure, and reclaimed agency over my own sexuality. My only regret is not seeking her support sooner!
Alex T.
Our experience with Dr. Nicole has been nothing short of transformative. As a couple exploring non-monogamy, we faced numerous challenges and insecurities along the way. Dr. Nicole not only helped us navigate these hurdles with grace and compassion but also encouraged us to redefine our relationship on our own terms. Through her guidance, we've learned to communicate more effectively, prioritize pleasure in our individual lives, and embrace the beauty of non-monogamy. Our connection has deepened, our sex life has flourished, and we've never felt more aligned as partners. We're forever grateful to Dr. Nicole for helping us build a relationship that's as authentic as it is fulfilling.
Jordan A. and Taylor H.
DR. NICOLE'S INTENTION
If the status quo of sex and relationships feels confining to you, please know that you are not alone. You deserve to craft the sex life and relationships that meet your unique needs and dreams. I’m here to support and companion with you in the development of your embodied pleasure. If you long to feel a deeper connection to your erotic self, build expansive relationships, and live liberation, then you have found the safe and expansive space to be celebrated in all that you are.
I am a Feminist, Queer, Non-Monogamous Psychotherapist trained in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, who is passionate about helping individuals create more pleasure. My Clinical Psychology Doctoral Research explored the practice of non-monogamy, the philosophy of relationship anarchy, and the liberation of our sexual desires. I am also a Trauma-Informed Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor and use this background to support you in building deeper embodiment and enhanced erotic intimacy. As a Feminist Theorist, I also examine the intersectional impacts of racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression on our access to pleasure. I believe creating a pleasurable life requires a multi-disciplinary approach that is as expansive as you are. I have years of experience supporting others with deeper connection to their pleasure and am one of the leading academic theorists on expansive relationship styles and playfully embodied sexuality. I also receive ongoing clinical mentorship from Jessica Fern, author of Polysecure.
My intention is to support you in discovering and pursuing the things that bring your soul alive and give you greater zest for life. Whether you are exploring opening up your relationship, navigating jealousy and compersion in non-monogamy, expanding your sexuality through erotic power play, or are looking to heighten your access to radical ecstasy, I’m here to support your journey of building a more pleasurable life.
If you are resonating with this message and feel the calling to go deeper, fill out the form below and let’s connect to discover if working together would be a good fit for both of us.
I’m excited to meet you and get to hear your unique story.
Dr. Nicole
Dr. Nicole Thompson,
Sex and Relationship Psychotherapist
Psychedelic-Assisted Liberation
Clinical Psychology