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Cuddle Therapy and the Loneliness Crisis: What Clinicians Need to Know

A Free Clinical Conversation with Keeley Shoup

Join Keeley Shoup, CEO of Cuddlist and a ten‑year cuddle therapy practitioner, for a free Clinical Conversation on what every trauma therapist should know about consent‑based, platonic touch and how it can complement your work.

Live Clinical Conversation:
Date: Wednesday, July 15th at 1:00 PM Central
Format: Live virtual conversation with interactive chat and Q&A
Replay: Recording sent to everyone who registers

What We Will Explore Together

In this Clinical Conversation, Keeley will walk us through questions clinicians are already wrestling with:

  • What cuddle therapy actually is
    A clear, clinically useful understanding of consent‑based, platonic touch work and how it differs from massage, coaching, or sexual services.
  • When cuddle therapy might be clinically indicated
    How to recognize clients whose loneliness, attachment injury, or touch deprivation is blocking progress in therapy and could benefit from a collaborative, body‑based adjunct.
  • Ethics, liability, and scope of practice
    What you need to consider before discussing cuddle therapy, how to talk about it without pressuring clients, and how to document referrals in a way that honors best practice.
  • Bridging talk therapy and embodied care
    How cuddle therapy can support and extend the work you are already doing in EMDR and trauma treatment, rather than replace or compete with it.
  • Consent, boundaries, and client autonomy
    Practical language and frameworks Keeley uses to keep clients in charge of their bodies and their choices at every moment.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration that serves the client

Real examples of how Keeley partners with licensed therapists across the U.S. to support clients with trauma, relational distress, and severe loneliness in a coordinated way.