Steve Ratcliff

I am a licensed mental health counselor and AASECT certified sex therapist in private practice living in the Portland, OR region who specializes in treating Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diverse (GSRD) clients. I completed my Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies in 2006 from Vanguard University and my Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2009 from Wheaton College. I am currently working on completing my doctoral dissertation with an anticipated graduation date in late 2026 from California Southern University with a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology degree. My dissertation explores trends in stigmatization of kink-involved populations in a ten-year sample of mass news media articles. 

Additionally, I volunteer at several nonprofits serving kink and consesual nonmonogamous populations. First, I serves as a board member at The National National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF - www.ncsfreedom.org). I am involved with research, advocacy, education, writing, and outreach tasks with the NCSF. I am also one of the principal investigators on a study with The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA - www.tashra.org) studying kink authority transfer relationships. Finally I volunteer with a number of professional organizations including being the chair of a special interest group for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and having reviewed conference presentations for multiple different professional organizations. 

For more information about me, please visit www.steveratcliff.com.