Dr. Markie Twist is based out of the Las Vegas, Nevada and Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities areas and is an award-winning sexuality educator, sexologist, relationship therapist, author and
international speaker. Dr. Markie regularly consults and presents on the following topics: sexual, gender, erotic, and relational diversity; couple and family technology practices; and tantric sex.
Dr. Markie is also the originator of Sex Speak Sessions, which are held in public venues and provide the opportunity for people to show up on a first-come, first-serve basis and have their
questions about sex and relationships answered in a free and confidential manner. Dr. Markie is frequently sought after by media for interviews, and/or their work is commented upon, including
in the following venues: various podcasts, Women’s Health, Playboy Magazine, Psychology Today, VICE Magazine, New York Magazine, Family Therapy Magazine, New York Times, and
U.S. News and World Report.

Dr. Markie is a licensed marriage and family therapist (IA, NV) and mental health counselor (IA), clinical fellow and approved supervisor, and certified sexuality educator. Dr. Markie has over 70 journal publications, 13 book chapters, and has presented over 200 times in various venues. Dr. Markie is co-author of the books, The Couple and Family Technology Framework:
Intimate Relationships in a Digital Age, and Focused Genograms: Attachment Focused Intergenerational Assessment of Individuals, Couples, and Families (2nd ed.). Dr. Markie also
serves as the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Virtual Issues Editor, and is an editorial board member for Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy, Journal of Marital and Family
Therapy, Journal of Feminist Family Therapy: An International Forum and the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. In addition, Dr. Markie serves as faculty in the Marriage and
Family Therapy Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Markie is also faculty in the Human Development and Family Studies Department, and Marriage and Family Therapy
Program, as well as the Program Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Sex Therapy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and as an Affiliate of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Alaskan-born, and of Norwegian, English, German Jewish, and Basque descent, Dr. Markie enjoys running, traveling, art, museums, science fiction, horror films, fine wines, theater, and
hiking. Dr. Markie has a history as an award-winning collegiate cheerleader and coach, as a professional cheerleader, guest relations handler for myriad celebrities, art model, and as a co-
host of a pilot comedy television show.

Affiliations
Member of the American Family Therapy Academy
Member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Member of the International Family Therapy Association
AAMFT Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy)
AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator (American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists)

Contact Information
Markie L. C. Twist, Ph.D., LMFT, LMHC, CSE
Sexuality Researcher, Educator, and Therapist
E-mail. markietwist@gmail.com
Website: https://drmarkie.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/drmarkietwist
Twitter: @Dr_Markie_Twist
Instagram: @dr_markie
Preferred gender pronouns: They.Them.Their.Theirs/She.Her.Hers.