Sex Therapy and Couples Therapy
Looking for better sex, deeper intimacy, and more fulfilling relationships?
You've come to the right place.
My clients
Are you stuck in unhelpful patterns in your relationship? Are you dissatisfied with your sex life? Are you struggling to communicate your needs/desires? Do you have past relationship, sexual, or childhood traumas? Are you an individual struggling with anxiety, intimacy, or substance use? Are you a high conflict or conflict-avoidant couple looking to disrupt your painful cycle? All genders & sexualities, poly/open/monogamous couples, kinks and fetishes, and sex workers are welcome and affirmed in my therapy room.
My approach
As a sex therapist, I offer a nonjudgmental space for you to gain insights into your thoughts, feelings, needs, and desires. Through those insights, we'll elicit changes you need to build healthy relationships and a satisfying sex life. As a SFSI-certified sex educator and Certified Somatica® sex and relationship coach, I have comfort with diverse sexual issues. We will work through shame, anxiety, and fear together as it comes up.
In couples therapy, I work from the Developmental Model, integrating attachment and psychodynamic perspectives. You will learn practical tools while also gaining deeper insight into yourself and your relationship(s). We will work to understand not only the "what" but also the "why" of what is going on, which helps to develop self-compassion and lasting change. Due to the experiential nature of my approach, my clients often see changes occur in real time in the therapy room.
I am also trained in EMDR, an extremely well-researched and effective therapy for healing from past traumas. Often our growth can be slowed due to unprocessed traumas, and if this is the case for you, we can use EMDR to reduce your reactivity to those events, as well as to your present triggers related to those incidents.
My beliefs
I believe in every individual's capacity for change. I believe that we are all shaped by our pasts, and that through gaining insight into that past, we can enact change. I believe that shame is the most paralyzing emotion, and therefore one of our biggest roadblocks to finding happiness. And I believe that the patterns we've learned in our past once helped us survive, but they may not be what's best to help us thrive.
Services
Couples Counseling
Individual Counseling
Individual Counseling
For couples and polycules, I offer relationship counseling. I specialize in treating couples with sexual issues. In addition, I work with couples on communication, transitioning from monogamy to non-monogamy (or vice versa), deepening emotional intimacy, navigating gender/sexual identity shifts, and more.
Individual Counseling
Individual Counseling
Individual Counseling
For individuals, I offer 1:1 therapy. Typical concerns might be: sex anxiety, past trauma, substance use issues, porn addiction or other unwanted sexual behaviors, erectile dysfunction, low desire or arousal, coming out issues, socio-political stress, phase of life issues, and so much more.
Sex/Intimacy Coaching
Individual Counseling
Sex/Intimacy Coaching
For more experiential learning specific to intimacy and the erotic, I offer Somatica® Method sex/intimacy coaching. This is NOT personal psychotherapy, but an experiential approach to improving intimate connections, and can be done 1:1 or with couples.