Changes in the New Year of 2024

Nov 16

2024 is upon us and the new year feels like an opportunity to rearrange/reorganize. I’ve learned a lot about myself this year and some of that learning is focusing or changing how I want to work.

I LOVE my clothed work. Seems silly to say it that way, but it’s the easiest way to explain my work - I have clothed work and I have un-clothed work. Whether we are working together to heal trauma, lessen sexual anxiety, or fill the loneliness/touch gap in your life, it’s all intimacy work! Most of that work happens with our clothes on and so much of that work is platonic. Some people though, will still need to have access to un-clothed work. I get that! I’m always figuring out how to make room for that in my pay structure, space, and even in my relationship to myself.

So I have a plan in place to simplify. My Cuddlist and Foundations of Human Connection sessions (my clothed work) will be bumping up just a bit in price. With every year, I need a raise. I’m sure you do too! Starting Jan 1st, my base price will be moving from $150/hour to $170/hour. If you find that you need some support, please reach out. I always keep a few sliding scale sessions in my schedule.

The bigger change will come to my un-clothed work, which I actually don’t do much of anyway. I will no longer be offering an hourly-priced, stepped-up program. When clients are ready to move beyond clothed work, there will be two options:

Up to a three-hour session for $1500 which is held off-site, away from my home office.
Destination Intimacy: A three-day intensive experience. Either you are coming to me in San Diego or I am coming to you in your city. If you come to me in San Diego, I’ll meet you at your location and spend three full days with you from breakfast through dinner. We will establish our connection and play in my toolbox of exercises, building your intimacy skills. For the first client to book this session in the new year, the price will be $6,000 plus any additional expenses if I’m traveling to you. The price will likely increase after I evaluate what a three-day intensive feels like for me. As an introvert, I might be getting in over my head. We will see!

Michelle Renee

Michelle Renee (she/her) is a surrogate partner and certified Cuddlist practitioner specializing in trauma-informed therapeutic intimacy. As Co-owner and Director of Training at Cuddlist.com and Co-chair of AASECT's Somatic Intimacy Professionals SIG, she helps trauma survivors reclaim safety, connection, and embodied healing through a collaborative triadic model with licensed therapists.

Michelle's work integrates somatic approaches, EMDR-compatible touch therapy, and nervous system regulation to create corrective emotional experiences for clients healing from sexual trauma, attachment wounds, and relational injury.

Host of The Intimacy Lab podcast and founder of Human Connection Lab, Michelle serves clients in San Diego, Los Angeles, Baltimore/DC, and Pittsburgh, with plans to expand to additional regions.

https://humanconnectionlab.com