Angela Gunn, LCSW, CST

Angela Gunn, LCSW, CST (known as Soleil Merroir), is a licensed clinical social worker, AASECT certified sex therapist and supervisor, and a sex worker with more than 20 years in both industries. Within the therapeutic world, Soleil traversed child welfare, institutional, private practice, group and telehealth settings, bringing deep empathy and a systems change mindset to the work. They served as the sexuality expert for Talkspace.com and sat on the board of SPEEC, a sexuality non-profit formerly in Portland, OR. Teaching and facilitation accompanied much of their clinical work, including offerings related to trauma, alternative sexualities and communities, polyamory, BDSM and trauma, the intersections of sexuality and mental health, and pleasure centered care. They co-founded the Equitable Care Certification (ECC), a non-profit focused on training mental health professionals in sex work affirming and anti-oppressive therapeutic care.

Soliel’s more recent work has focused on the intersection of sextech, sex work, human relationships and community stewardship. Their work integrates trauma-informed, sex-work-affirming, and cyberfeminist perspectives to support ethical, human-centered practice and community development in digital and immersive environments.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Angela Gunn has an employment relationship with Zepp Wellness Center. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Angela Gunn has no relevant non-financial relationships.