choosing cuddles curiosity call registration form

  • choosing cuddles curiosity call registration form

  • thank you for choosing cuddles!

    i'm amanda, your curious, playful, understanding, presence-full cuddler.
    i'm Black, queer, genderqueer, neurodivergent, and situationally disabled. i’ve been facilitating spaces for more than a decade to support equity and systems change. i center liberation and healing through relationship-building: with ourselves, other humans, and the more-than-human world. i live, work, and play on the ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Southern Ute, and Cheyenne peoples, also known as the denver metro area.

    i'm excited that you wanna chat about 1-on-1 cuddling!

    through choosing cuddles, i offer in-person consensual, platonic, non-sexual touch.
    i'm talented at supporting you with things that are simple-but-not-easy: tuning you into your body and somatic self, learning when you're tolerating something you actually don't want, changing your mind out loud in front of other people, going at your place, playing with your boundaries until you find what feels connective and protective.

    i specialize in working with bodies of culture: people of the global majority (aka BIPOC), queer people, people of all genders, neurodivergent people, disabled people, fat people, and everyone who has had to make a way out of no way in community with those around them. whether or not you fall into one or more of these categories, all adults ages 21+ are welcome at choosing cuddles.

    i do both virtual and in person sessions:

    virtual sessions happen online, over zoom or jitsi, in a quiet space in your home that's free of interruptions. they're usually led activities - things like touch-based games with items in your home, somatic experiences like eye-gazing, "meditations" that ask you to focus on your body, journaling prompts - all of which center your experience and your interpretation of that experience. touch happens with objects in your home, and stays platonic.

    in-person sessions happen either in your home, in my cuddle space, or outdoors in a public space (weather permitting). my service areas are denver, lakewood, aurora, westminster, golden, centennial, thornton, and englewood; other locations considered on request with an additional travel fee. these sessions are led by you: we can play item-based touch games in person, we can play around with movements and stillness, and you can ask for the platonic touch you want - though touch is never required in an in-person session. 

    for both virtual and in-person sessions, my minimum session length is 1 hour and my maximum session length is 2 hours. i generally work 11a-7p tuesday through friday, and 11a-4p saturday. 

    here is the process for working with me:

    • you fill out this curiosity call registration form

    • we have a 45-minute curiosity call to decide if i am the right cuddler for you and you are the right client for me

    • if we both agree to move forward, you can schedule in-person sessions, where platonic touch can take place.
      • while platonic touch is always an option, it is never a requirement.

    i work on a sliding scale basis:

    supported tier sustaining tier impact tier
    1 hour: $80 1 hour: $100 1 hour: $120
    1.5 hours: $120 1.5 hours: $150 1.5 hours: $180
    2 hours: $160 2 hours: $200 2 hours: $240

    you are also welcome to choose an hourly rate in between these tiers that works for you.
    (if you have questions about payment, click here for support.)

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    now that you know more about me, it's time for me to learn about you! heads up that i store this data for a year if we decide not to work together and for three years after our sessions end if we decide to work together.

    if you have any questions, please get in touch. i'm looking forward to hearing from you!

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  • cuddling agreements

    here are the agreements - adapted from the Cuddlist website - that i hold myself and all my clients to during all of our interactions. these agreements were created for our mutual comfort and safety.

    please read this section carefully    , as you will be expected to abide by these agreements.

    we both verify that we are 21 years of age or older. ahead of your first cuddling session, you will be asked to provide a picture of your ID for my records. this will remain confidential. i will check this id again in-person ahead of our first in-person session.

    we both agree to be free of any mind-altering substances during the sessions so that we are fully able to offer consent.

    you agree to fully disclose any diagnoses or conditions that may affect our cuddling session. i will ask about this in our consultation.

    we both agree to practice consent and attention to personal boundaries at all times. as a part of our consultation, we will verify that we're on the same page about consent and personal boundaries.

    we both agree to communicate to find what is mutually comfortable throughout each cuddling session, as well as during any communication before and after sessions.

    as this is a strictly platonic service, we both agree not to pursue or encourage sexual arousal. additionally:

    • we agree to wear modest clothing during our sessions. at minimum, we will both wear a tank top and shorts that cover the top half of the thigh and are suitable to be worn in public at all times.
    • no hand to genital or breast contact. no intentional genital stimulation of any kind.
    • no exchanging of saliva or any other bodily fluid in any way at any time.

    we both agree to respectful personal hygiene. this means recent showering and mouth care, as well as avoiding additional fragrances.

    we both agree that i am not a therapist. although cuddling goes well with therapy, my goal in our sessions is to support your fully-embodied, emotional presence as each moment unfolds. this means i will be there to help you stay with your emotions and body sensations in the present, as they come up. if you slip into storytelling about the past or anticipating the future, i will do my best to redirect you back to the now.

    i agree to respect your confidentiality at all times. while you are very welcome to talk about me and what i do with others, if we see each other outside of our sessions, i will not acknowledge you unless you acknowledge me first. if you are with others, please consider before acknowledging me that they may ask how we know each other.

    we both agree that either one of us may end the session at any time.

  • these agreements are the foundation of our time together, and you will be expected to abide by these agreements in our sessions. if you push these boundaries or violate these agreements, i reserve the right to end the session with no refund.

    before changing your answer, i strongly recommend asking yourself if these agreements will allow you to get what you truly desire out of a session. If not, please consider another professional that is better suited to your needs.

  • your 45-minute curiosity call

     during choosing cuddles sessions, we work together to generate possibility-creating moments through platonic, non-sexual touch. to do this in ways that support your personal goals for cuddling, it's important to ensure that i am the right cuddler for you and you are the right client for me.

    i ask all clients to schedule an initial 45-minute zoom consultation with me as an opportunity to better understand your desires and make sure that my practice is in alignment with what you're looking for.

    we'll answer any questions you have + talk in more depth about this intake form, including:

    your hopes, wants, and needs around platonic cuddling

    what prompted you to reach out to me specifically

    your favorite part of the cuddling agreements

    what sessions with me could look like

     once you submit this form, your confirmation email will include the link to my scheduler.

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