Reducing Voluntary Sex Work Stigma in Mental Health Professions
Hi there,
 I’m Anna Pederson, a Master’s student in The University of Memphis’ Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.  I’m working with Dr. Sara Bridges and a doctoral student, Madeline Stenersen, on a study aimed at reducing stigmatization of voluntary sex workers within mental health professions.  I’m writing to ask you would be willing to either post our flyer for this study on your group’s page or to send this flyer out to your email list or those who follow your page.
We’re interested in learning from individuals, who identify as voluntary sex workers, about their experiences with disclosing involvement in sex work to therapists, ideal ways a therapist could respond, and areas for education growth in mental health professions.  We recognize mental health care professions don’t always get it right when working with folks in this community.  We hope to use the expertise shared by volunteers to inform future education and training of mental health professionals with the hope that services provided for sex workers will be more accessible and therapists will be better able to meet the needs of this community.