Sex Therapy

​As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I have clinical training and experience working with a broad range of sexual health matters. Challenges with intimacy and sex can happen for a multitude of reasons. While specific skills related to improving sexual function and increasing pleasure play an important role in sex therapy, much of the work focuses on helping individuals increase self-awareness and improve communication, both in and out of the bedroom. Celebrating the diversity of sexual identity and expression is a central focus of my clinical practice. I welcome LGBTQIA+, Queer, gender-expansive, non-monogamous, kinky, and polyam clients. 

Sex therapy may include:     

• Changes in desire or arousal, individually or within a relationship
• Awareness of the many ways intimacy can meet our needs (reassurance, to alleviate stress, etc) 
• Genital and pelvic floor pain/discomfort 
• Exploration of identity and expression
• Staying connected to intimacy during life transitions or illness
• Navigating relationship structures (Defining relationship agreements, opening and closing relationships) 
• Healing from familial and cultural messages of shame and anxiety related to sexuality  
• Discovering and claiming safety and pleasure in intimate relationships as a trauma survivor 

Other Areas of Treatment

• Trauma
  • Level 1 Basic Trained in Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR (S.A.F.E. EMDR) through the Personal Transformation Institute
  • Other trauma-informed approaches include Polyvagal Theory, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction 
• Increasing body positivity and reframing relationship to food/eating
• Navigating grief and loss
• Resolving internalized messages of shame
• Life transitions 

Sex Therapy Supervision
​I am an AASECT Certified Supervisor of Sex Therapy. I offer individual supervision to those interested in pursuing AASECT Certification in Sex Therapy or Sexuality Counseling. To learn more about AASECT certification, click here.