{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F5eb2aa02-1a8c-4d10-afb6-c6a67543fd5f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Beyond the Costume: Role Play, Power Dynamics & Healing Pleasure with Dr. Stephanie Hunter Jones\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/5eb2aa02-1a8c-4d10-afb6-c6a67543fd5f\"></iframe>","title":"Beyond the Costume: Role Play, Power Dynamics & Healing Pleasure with Dr. Stephanie Hunter Jones","description":"In this powerful episode of Pleasure Principles, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with clinical sexologist and intimacy coach Dr. Stephanie Hunter Jones to unpack the transformative potential of role play, cosplay, and power dynamics in sexual and emotional healing. From taboo-breaking insights to trauma-informed storytelling, Dr. Stephanie shares how stepping into fantasy can be a radical act of self-acceptance and liberation. Whether you\u2019re curious about conscious kink, exploring past shame, or seeking playful ways to reconnect with your body, this conversation will change how you see pleasure\u2014and yourself.\n.\nAbout the Guest:Dr. Stephanie Hunter Jones, PhD is a clinical sexologist, certified intimacy coach, and author of Beyond the Costume: Finding Love and Emotional Healing Through Cosplay. She has worked extensively with LGBTQ+ youth, trauma survivors, and individuals exploring sexual self-expression. Her work merges science, art, and sacred play to empower people to rewrite their pleasure stories without shame.\nKey Takeaways :\n\n\nDr. Stephanie shared how cosplay and role play helped her personally heal from sexual trauma, and how she now uses those tools to support others through trauma-informed care.\n\n\nThe episode explores how role play can bridge power imbalances in relationships, helping partners consciously explore consent, autonomy, and vulnerability through safe role-based scenarios.\n\n\nDr. Stephanie differentiates between escapism and embodiment, advocating that both can coexist meaningfully in a healing journey.\n\n\nShe powerfully reframes guilt and shame around sexual fantasies as barriers to love and emotional wholeness, stating: \u201cGuilt is the opposite of love.\u201d\n\n\nDrawing from clinical experience, Dr. Stephanie emphasizes that fantasies\u2014when embraced\u2014can help reprocess trauma safely, including taboo topics like rape fantasies, in a supported and consensual setting.\n\n\nThe episode offers inclusive, accessible language and avoids sensationalism or inappropriate language, aligning with the community guidelines of YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.\n\n\nConnect with the Guest:Website: www.stephaniehunterjones.comExplore her book, art, and media appearances on her official website.\nWant to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?DM me on PodMatch:DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik\nCHECK PODCAST SHOWS &amp; BE A GUEST\n\n\nTune to all our 19 podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavik\n\n\nSubscribe To Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/\n\n\nJoin Community: https://nas.io/healthymind\n\n\nOUR SERVICES\n\n\nBusiness Podcast Management - https://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/corporatepodcasting/\n\n\nIndividual Podcast Management - https://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/Podcasting/\n\n\nShare Your Story With World - https://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/shareyourstory\n\n\nSTAY TUNED AND FOLLOW US\u2022 Medium - https://medium.com/@contentbyavik\u2022 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@healthymindbyavik\u2022 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/healthyminds.pod/\u2022 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/podcast.healthymind\u2022 LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthymindbyavik\u2022 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/avikchakrabortypodcaster/\u2022 Twitter - https://twitter.com/podhealthclub\u2022 Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/Avikpodhealth/\nSHARE YOUR REVIEW\n\n\nShare your Google Review: https://www.podpage.com/bizblend/reviews/new/\n\n\nShare a video testimonial: https://famewall.healthymindbyavik.com/\n\n\n#podmatch #healthymind #healthymindbyavik #PleasurePrinciples #sexualhealing #cosplaytherapy #consciouskink #emotionalwellness #mentalhealthawareness #eroticempowerment #healingthroughplay #podcastepisode #podcastcommunity #sexualitywithoutshame #kinkaffirming #traumainformed #storytellingasmedicine #intimacycoach #wellbeing #consentculture #mentalhealth #healingjourney #selfacceptance #selflove #selfdiscovery #foryou #trending #youtube #podcastinglife #avikchakr","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6fc409da-a195-4067-90c1-a92f7c84c453/untitled-design-4-b62zz.jpg"}