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Directions to Register
First, you will need to register. You will enter your username and email.
When registering, you will receive an activation email titled “[Kink and Poly Aware Professionals] Login Details.” Be sure to check your spam if you don’t see it in your email within 60 minutes-though this email typically comes in just a few minutes.
This email will include a link to set your password. Once you do that, you need to login with the username and password you created. This will first take you to your profile. Fill out your profile information. The more information you include, the easier it is to reset your password or troubleshoot listing information. You can also upload a profile picture.
How to Flag a Listing
At the bottom of each listing, you will see a button titled “Flag a Listing”. If you need to report a listing for being out of businesses or inappropriate, or information is inaccurate, this is where you do that.
Simply fill out the form and click “Report a listing” and we will do the rest.
How to Edit a Listing
You can edit your listing anytime.
- Log in using your username and password (click here for directions)
- Search for your listing and click “view listing”
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “EDIT”
- Make any changes and click “Complete listing” at the bottom
How to Claim a Listing
First, you need to login or register. (click here for directions) Then follow the simple steps below to Claim and Edit your listing.
- Search the KAP Directory and find your listing.
- You can use the Simple Search
- If that doesn’t work you can use the Advanced Search
- When you find your listing, scroll to the bottom of the listing click on “View”
- At the top of the page you will see a button titled “Claim this listing”. Click on that.
- It will ask you to include:
- Your Name
- Your Email
- Your Claim: Just note that this is your business
- Once your claim is approved, you will receive an email. Approvals are typically done within 72 hours.
- Once the listing is claimed, you can edit anytime you like.
How to Submit a Listing
First, you will need to register. You will enter your username and email.
When registering, you will receive an activation email titled “[Kink and Poly Aware Professionals] Login Details.” Be sure to check your spam if you don’t see it in your email within 60 minutes-though this email typically comes in just a few minutes.
This email will include a link to set your password. Once you do that, you need to login with the username and password you created. This will first take you to your profile. Fill out your profile information. The more information you include, the easier it is to reset your password or troubleshoot listing information. You can also upload a profile picture.
Next you want to navigate back to the page to submit a listing or click the Submit a Listing button at the top of the KAP site: https://www.kapprofessionals.org/submit-a-listing/
- REQUIRED: Select the Business Genre’s (Categories) of your business. You have lots of choices, and you can add as many as are applicable.
- REQUIRED: Business Name
- Name of Primary Practitioner: You can put your name, someone else’s name, or “Group” if that is most appropriate.
- Short Business Description: This will be the excerpt people read on searches. While there is not a character limit, you want to keep this to just a few sentences for readability.
- Long Business Description: This is a WYSIWYG editor where you can leave more information.
- Gender of Practitioner: This is a searchable field
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Education/Training/Certifications: You can put any qualifications here you’d like to call out.
- Business Website Address
- Business Phone Number
- Business Contact email
- Business tags (can be anything to call out your business, these are search engine tools)
- Country (If you are in the United States just type U and USA will appear)
- City
- State
- Zip Code
- Internet Based Business: Yes, No, or both
- Payment Options: Insurance you accept, other payment information
- Poly, Kink, and Swinger awareness levels.
- None: No awareness
- “Friendly” is a minimal level of general knowledge about the chosen field and openness to working with clients without automatically pathologizing behaviors or interests.
- “Aware” is level where clinicians have specific knowledge of concepts and practices that are important to the subculture, and experience working with more than one or two identified clients.
- “Knowledgeable” is a more advanced level of knowledge and affirmative care.
- Awareness Notes: Anything else?
- Valid Since: Today’s Date
- Upload Images: You have two image slots available
- Add Attachment
- Check to agree to the terms and conditions and press “Complete Listing”. If you have made any keying errors, the form will call them out.
You will be directed to a confirmation page that says:
Submission Received
Your listing has been submitted.
Your listing requires admin approval. You’ll be notified once your listing is approved.
Once your listing is approved you will receive an email confirmation. Approvals typically happen in 72 hours.