Meet River

River is a somatic coach, Tension and Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®) practitioner, and bodyworker with a private practice on Onöndowa’ga:’ land (Rochester, NY). Their decade of experience as a body based practitioner, has supported many folks with their deep and profound healing journeys.

Their work is dedicated to pleasure, the re-integration of the body after trauma with body-centered practices, realtional repair, consent practices, and scar tissue remediation. In River’s sanctuary, they create a non-judgmental and welcoming space for queer, trans, non-binary folx, and women to receive care, befriend their bodies, and find support and joy with their relationships to others and the world around them.

River is a multimedia artist, and founder of the creator of The Erotic Arts Project, an online and in-person community project that celebrates the creative and erotic body. They believe that celebrating our bodies and desires gives us the freedom to lovingly and joyfully meander around the glorious depths of our erotic and creative worlds.

What People Are Saying

  • JEANNE

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    "I felt very comfortable working with River from the beginning. The TRE sessions were friendly, grounded and focused at a slow pace that suited me. The exercises were clearly demonstrated and are now ingrained as a valuable tool I can use on my own, safely. River's email check-ins throughout our were were very helpful and holding. I'm grateful for River's warm approach and gentle curiosity in our work together."

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  • D. "Freedom"

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    “River, I cannot thank you enough for the ways that you have helped me to grow, expand my consciousness, and deepen my understanding and enjoyment of the human experience.”

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  • SARAH P.

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    My confidence in the workplace has gotten so much better!

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  • VICTORIA G.

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    I let anxiety take over my life for too long. Now I have the strength to control my emotions.

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River's education and professional facilitation experience:

  • Alfred University, Alfred, NY, B.A., Fine Arts and Design (2009)

  • The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker (2013)

  • The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2014)

  • The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2014)

  • Cleo DuBois Academy of SM Arts, San Francisco, CA, Erotic Dominance Intensive: The Pro Course (2015)

  • Betty Martin's Like A Pro Course, Berkeley, CA, Wheel of Consent for Practitioners (2015)

  • The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Co-Teacher (2016)

  • Somatic Sex Educators Association, Victoria, BC, Canada, Certified Somatic Sex Educator, Student (2016)

  • Somatic Sex Educators Association, Victoria, BC, Canada, Certified Somatic Sex Educator Training, Teaching Assistant (2016)

  • The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Co-Teacher (2017)

  • Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, Bay Area, CA, (2018)

  • San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI), San Francisco, CA, Sex Educator Training (2018)

  • NeuroAffective Touch Training (NAT), California, CA (2020)

I’m here to stroll with you side by side on your journey to pleasure and satisfying relationships