Dr. Betty Martin has had her hands on people professionally for over 40 years, first as a chiropractor and, upon retiring from that practice, as a certified surrogate partner and somatic sex educator. Her explorations in somatic-based therapy and practice informed her creation of The Wheel of Consent®.

As part of her work with the School of Consent, Betty travels around the world teaching practitioners how to create empowered agreements in their client sessions in her highly sought-after training “Like A Pro: The Wheel of Consent for Practitioners.” Originally developed as an offering to teach much-needed consent skills to sex workers and touch providers, this training is now attended by somatic therapists, massage therapists, sexuality educators, medical and health care workers, activists, human resources folks and the spectrum of touch-based professional providers — all of whom complete the training with a clear understanding of how consent starts with our own bodies and then expands outwards into all forms of human relating, with or without touch.