Nurtured Nerds

Thank you for visiting! My name is Alyssa, and I am both a platonic touch (cuddle) therapy practitioner and a gamer nerd. I'm creating this community project with the purpose to stand for gamer nerds having access to and empowerment in safe, platonic, nurturing interpersonal connection and touch in meeting their self-care needs. In order to make this as high-quality and impactful as possible, I’m inviting all interested platonic touch therapy practitioners and gamer nerds to join our online community and, if you feel inspired to, contribute to this online resource (website, forums, blog/vlog, YouTube channel). 

If that’s you, please visit our Become a Member page and fill out the membership form to become an official member of Nurtured Nerds! This is a home for those whose main nerding of choice is games (PC, console, card, tabletop, etc.), but all nerds are welcome! Everyone's a nerd about something, and we all need nurturing.

My intention with Nurtured Nerds is to connect the gamer nerd community with the cuddle therapy community by helping both to translate the language we use in the cuddle therapy community into one that resonates with the gamer nerd community and also to address any considerations around self care, safe touch, and interpersonal connection that are specific to the gamer nerd community. I want who we are and what we have to offer in the cuddle therapy community to resonate with the gamer nerd community so that gamer nerds can see an access to and experience empowerment in meeting their self-care needs through connecting with this community. I want to remove every possible obstacle to gamer nerds especially (and all nerds more generally) using these services and connecting with the cuddle therapy community. I want you to be fully at choice in saying yes or no to using the services we offer from a place of being fully informed: knowing that we exist, what we are about, what we have to offer, and that it’s available to you. I'm standing for this project to be a source of connection, understanding, empowerment, and healing for both the cuddle therapy community and the gamer nerd community!