WHO IS THIS POWERFUL WOMAN?
Dr. Nikki
I’m a PsyPact-credentialed licensed psychologist, sexologist, and speaker. I created The Sanctuary to help high-achieving Black women reclaim joy, authenticity, intimacy, and pleasure-- on their own terms and without apology.
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST - SEXOLOGIST - DYNAMIC SPEAKER - AUTHOR
I am a licensed psychologist with a diverse set of talents: therapist, YouTube host, author, speaker, and consultant. I am also a Black woman, feminist, liberation practitioner, pleasure activist, sex-positive advocate, intellectual, and mother. Clients and audiences know me as transparent, witty, irreverent, and deeply relatable.
I believe:
We each have a fundamental right to pleasure as defined by ourselves, for ourselves.
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II am an award-winning psychologist with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the APA-accredited University of Missouri–Columbia. A recovering academic, I left my tenured Associate Professor role to pursue a more joyful, balanced, and liberated life. With over 20 years of experience, I bring deep expertise in race, culture, and sexuality to every space I hold.
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In 2021, I founded Dr. Nikki Knows, LLC to create transformative experiences that empower clients to center joy, pleasure, and authenticity. My expertise has been featured in The Washington Post, Essence, Self, and Cosmopolitan, as well as numerous podcasts and documentary films.
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Your journey to authenticity, intimacy, and pleasure starts here.