Catherine Gross

Catherine Gross' is a speaker, sex educator, BDSM aficionado, and certifed PCC personal life coach. She runs seminars that focus on physical skills, master/slave relationships, dominance and submission, improving the sex life, personal development, house management, service and keeping relationships healthy. She lives in the United States on Long Island, New York, and in Atlanta, Georgia.

She is the co-producer of Southeast Leatherfest, [ [http://www.seleatherfest.com Southeast LeatherFest] ] in Atlanta, Georgia.

She has also written a [http://www.bdsmclasses.com/safetymanual.php safety manual] in use by more than a dozen organizations from coast to coast.

She created Servant's Retreat, [http://bdsmclasses.com/sr.php] a weekend for those who serve, which focuses on the internal issues of submission and service. In addition, her Nine Fold Path Seminar [http://bdsmclasses.com/nfps.php] is a workshop on M/s and D/s relationship health. Servant's Retreat was first held in Isle of Palm, South Carolina, in 2000. Servant's Retreat II was created in 2008.

She is the owner of [http://www.fetishauctioneer.com Fetish Auctioneer] an auction site which offers adult pleasure items from sellers around the country.

Coaching accomplishments

She has designed Prospectives Program, Creation Challenge, and Lifelong Service. Programs focused on improving lives, personal discovery, and transformation.

Awards and certifications

*Presented with Black Rose's Vaughn Keith National Educator Award in 2002
*Pantheon of Leather Southeast Region Service Award 2006
*Her auction website Fetish Auctioneer won Pantheon of Leather's Business of the Year Award 2006.
*Certified by the International Federation of Coaches as an ACC, CECG, CUCG, and PCC.
*Member of LICA and the International Association of Coaches

ee also

*V M Johnson
*Gloria Brame
*BDSM
*Dominance & submission (BDSM)
*Servitude (BDSM)
*Life coaching

Further reading

* [http://www.smnews.com/articles/articl13.htm Interview with Sensuous Sadie]
* [http://bdsmclasses.com//artwhydivorce.php Article published in Queer Ramblings Magazine]
* [http://www.leatherjourneymag.com/leatherliterature/catherinegross.htm Passing on Debt in Leather Journey Magazine]
* [http://www.bdsmclasses.com/artheartbreak.php Heartbreak and Our Truth]
* [http://www.sovo.com/2008/1-25/arts/inbrief/8045.cfm The Southern Voice]
* [http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/dictionary/Catherine_Gross/ Informed Consent]
* [http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:HtiIlea51GUJ:www.nyunews.com/home/index.cfm%3Fevent%3DdisplayArticlePrinterFriendly%26uStory_id%3D421d25cc-4c01-444c-bcb1-06a218eed06f+catherine+gross+bdsm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=83&gl=us 1997 NYU Interveiw]

References

External links

* [http://www.FetishAuctioneer.com Fetish Auctioneer]
* [http://www.bdsmclasses.com BDSMClasses]
* [http://www.foryourlifecoach.com For Your Life Coach]
* [http://www.seleatherfest.com SouthEast LeatherFest]