489: Cuddle Therapy with Michelle Renee
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 728 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to `Therapy Chat! This week, I interviewed Michelle Renee of Cuddlist about cuddle therapy. Michelle and I discussed what cuddle therapy is, what it can do and who can benefit from it. Our conversation brought up many thoughts about loneliness, platonic touch, consent, boundaries, attachment and much more.
Michelle Renee (she/her) is a human connection coach based in San Diego, California, dedicated to helping individuals overcome challenges related to emotional and physical connection. As a Cuddlist certified relational-based touch practitioner, she offers platonic nurturing touch in a safe and supportive environment, and she works collaboratively with licensed talk therapists to help clients address deeper issues surrounding trust, vulnerability, and connection. Michelle is deeply passionate about supporting individuals with a history of trauma, guiding them toward building safety within themselves and their relationships. In addition to her coaching and therapy work, Michelle is the Co-Owner and Director of Training for Cuddlist.com.
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https://humanconnectioncoach.com
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| 0:00.0 | Therapy Notes is the highest rated EHR, practice management, and billing software for mental health |
| 0:05.1 | professionals. It's all-in-one platform is designed to streamline all aspects of your practice, |
| 0:10.2 | from connecting with clients via secure messages to scheduling, notes, billing, and more. |
| 0:15.0 | You can trust Therapy Notes has you covered. And one of the best parts? 24-7 customer service |
| 0:20.3 | with a live person. It's beyond easy to get help |
| 0:23.1 | over the phone or by email at any time of day from their knowledgeable and friendly representatives. |
| 0:27.9 | The best time to give Therapy Notes a try is now. Sign up for your free trial by going to |
| 0:32.2 | TherapyNotes.com, clicking Start My Free Trial, and accessing your first two months free with the promo code chat. |
| 0:38.6 | CY Therapy Notes is the most trusted E.HR for behavioral health professionals today. |
| 0:43.5 | Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 489. |
| 0:47.9 | This is the Therapy Chat podcast with Laura Regan, LCSWC. |
| 0:54.6 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed |
| 0:59.6 | mental health professional. |
| 1:01.5 | And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 1:07.6 | Thank you. ESWC. |
| 1:25.1 | Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. |
| 1:26.6 | I'm your host, Laura Reagan. |
| 1:32.0 | And today I'm bringing you a conversation with Michelle Renee from Cuddlest. We had a really interesting conversation that brought up a lot of feelings for me. |
| 1:38.1 | We were talking about intimacy, emotional, physical and sexual intimacy, sexual trauma, attachment, wounds, |
| 1:49.1 | touch, boundaries. There were so many topics that we covered in this conversation. And I met |
| 1:57.1 | Michelle at Psychotherapy Networker earlier this year, and I didn't quite understand |
| 2:03.3 | exactly what Cuddlest was or why Cuddle therapy would be valuable or needed. |
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