The land I practice in is located on Treaty One Territory and is the National Homeland of the Red River Métis, in Wiiniibak, Manido Abi. I acknowledge these are the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Ininiwak/Nehethowuk, Oceti Sakowin/Dakota Oyate, and Michif (Métis) Peoples. This territory is also a place of significance for the Denesuline and the Inuit, some of whom have been living here for generations. I am thankful to work and learn on this land, and am dedicated to continuously, critically, and reflexively decolonizing my practice and supporting Indigenous resurgence as an ally.
Welcome here! My name is Madeline Rae Hutchinson. My pronouns are she/her/hers.
I am a Therapist, Sex Educator, and Registered Social Worker (RSW). I offer one-on-one holistic therapy to adult individuals (18+) based in Manitoba. I also offer sexuality-focused therapy, specializing in healing from purity culture, sexual health, kinky sex/BDSM, queer sex, pleasure activism, and harm reduction.
I am currently accepting clients for both virtual and in-person appointments. Click here to book a free, 15-minute consultation call with me!
My office is located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. This building is accessible, with parking options throughout the neighborhood. While in-person sessions are limited, I plan to expand my in-person availability within a year or so.
Click here to learn more about the therapy/services I offer, and the areas I specialize in.
I chose to pursue work as a therapist via social work, as I deeply believe (most, if not all) topics that arise in therapy are social, not pathological, issues.
My work and research are political:
I believe holistic, accessible, inclusive, anti-oppressive, and client-centered therapy must acknowledge (at a minimum) the roles and impacts of systemic oppression, political economy, and history. I resist and reject the neoliberal assertion that therapy is only about the individual and their so-called deficits. I am committed to ongoing self-reflexivity, criticality, and accountability in my work. I am commited to actively and consistently decolonizing my clinical practice, and supporting Indigenous resurgence as an ally.
I hold a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Dalhousie University, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Winnipeg, and a Bachelor of Fine Art Honours (focus in performance art, secondary focus in women & gender studies) from the University of Manitoba.
I am a early career professional member of AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), and am working towards my Sex Therapist Certification. My clinical supervisor is Lydia Hamel (MSW, RSW, CST).
I’m thankful to have had numerous opportunities to work and collaborate with researchers during my degrees. During my MSW, I was involved in research investigating HIV and post-migration PrEP/PEP utilization among ACB (African, Caribbean, Black) migrants in high-income countries (with Dr. Thabani Nyoni), as well as Indigenous experiences/conceptualizations of poverty in Mi’kma’ki (with Dr. Margaret Robinson).
During my MSW, I conducted and published my own MSW thesis study, titled Emancipate Me Harder! Lessons from the BDSM Community on Safety, Consent, Therapeutic Potential, and Radical Subversive Resistance.
I was born and raised in Treaty One Territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba), but spent the last 3 years (2022-2025) in K’jipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia) completing my MSW. I have worked in sexual and reproductive healthcare, harm reduction, gender-affirming care (WPATH 8), and supervised clinical counseling over the last decade with numerous sex-positive, client-centered organizations in Winnipeg and Atlantic Canada. (Ex. Nine Circles Community Health Centre, Women’s Health Clinic, Halifax Sexual Health Centre, Atlantic Sex Show, Diverse Roots Private Practice, New Directions, Turning Leaf).
I am an able-bodied, cisgendered, white settler on this land, born to a family with ancestral roots in Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and England. I am queer, bisexual, and a member of the BDSM community.