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, and kinky clients. 

Sex therapy may include:     

• Changes in desire or arousal, individually or within a relationship
• Awareness of the many ways intimacy can meet needs
• Collaborative care with medical treatment providers to address sexual and pelvic pain/discomfort 
• Exploration of gender identity and expression
• Staying connected to intimacy during life transitions or illness
• Navigating non-monogamy including defining relationship agreements 
• 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

• Menopause and Perimenopause 
• 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 integrative use of techniques based in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Increasing body positivity and reframing relationship to food/eating
• Grief and loss
• Resolving internalized messages of shame

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.