about
Dr. Ethan Haymovitz is the only out ABDL mental health provider in the nation. he is a sexological consultant and leads the research initiative on Adult Baby Diaper Love (ABDL) at TASHRA.
he hosts and produces a video podcast, Daddy Dialogues, that invites vanillas and kinksters to share intelligent and fun conversation around the ABDL scholarship, professional efforts, creative expression, and humor. His cinematic art and narrative fiction is also distributed on social media and Spotify under the aptly named, "Ageless Dreamers".
he lives in Palm Springs with his little and works from downtown Los Angeles. He is a proud alum of Vassar College and has too many postdocs in psychiatry.
Everything but his social security number can be found on social media and a very professional website.
New Forthcoming Book
A Big Little Love: At the Heart of Adult Baby Diaper Love (ABDL)
Have you ever longed to feel completely safe, deeply cared for, and seen just as you are? A Big Little Love invites readers into the quiet, tender world of Adult Baby Diaper Love (ABDL)—a misunderstood identity rooted not in pathology, but in the universal human need for connection, safety, and emotional intimacy. Blending real-life insight with compassion, Dr. Ethan Haymovitz, a sexologist and psychotherapist, helps readers explore ABDL without shame or judgment. Whether you’re part of the community, a curious loved one, or a therapist wanting to do better, this book is your guide to navigating ABDL with love, honesty, and dignity.
New Forthcoming Chapter
This chapter sets the stage by introducing all parties and roles involved with adult baby diaper love; expands upon theoretical frameworks, discusses clinical implications, and synthesizes the scientific literature by exploring the breadth and depth of insights available from scholarly literature from social, developmental, physiological, and psychoanalytic psychology, integrating themes from research on structural stigma, stereotyping, and shame and ABDL identity formation; attachment bonding; mental health; cognitive behavioral theory; and neurobiology to highlight issues of clinical concern and areas for therapeutic intervention based on case examples in psychotherapy practice.
erotic fantasy as storytelling
you may believe that sex is just a small part of who we are, but we were taught all wrong in our high school sex education classes. our wildest erotic fantasies are about far more than sex; they are the storytellers of our souls.
my story begins with a self-awareness of my needs and erotic desires.
i began my journey as a kinkster seeking to realize my wildest fantasy: being an LTR daddy with an ABDL boy. when i first made this happen, it felt like i was the conductor of an orchestra in the symphony of my own life.
once we realize our wildest wishes, stuff we may not have even disclosed to ourselves, let alone our therapists, we find that these dreams not only define who we are, they enable us to materialize everything we wish to be in everyday life because the social and emotional skills required are the same.
teaching experience
Dr. Ethan Haymovitz served as adjunct faculty roles at UCLA, Columbia, Temple, Smith, and the University of Denver. as the Founding Program Director and Professor of Practice in Social Work at Utica University, he established the nation's first and only recovery-oriented graduate program in clinical social work, which is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). teaching and curriculum development have focused on coursework on diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral theories, comparative mental health policy, advocacy for mental health, trauma-informed approaches to recovery from addictions and mental illness, clinical case evaluation, research methods, and community-based social work.
thank you for these incredible refrigerator magnets, Allison, my loveliest, verviest, funniest, and definitely rizziest former student from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. you are my favorite rock star of all time. i guess i'm a social work hero, too.
education and training
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2024
HRSA Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Thomas Jefferson University Medical School
2022
PhD (Coursework)
Cornell University
2005-2006
DSW
Kutztown University and Millersville University
2018
MS
Columbia University
2005
AB
Vassar College