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What is Sex Therapy?

Sex therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy that builds on traditional talk therapy but goes deeper into the unique world of your sexual wellbeing and includes a variety of practical suggestions and tools to improve your sexual life. It’s a safe space to explore anything from sexual anxiety, erectile difficulties, pain, low desire, or trouble staying aroused, to challenges communicating with your partner, feeling disconnected, or simply wanting a more fulfilling sexual life.

For Individuals
For Couples

Who is it for:

It’s for anyone who experiences discomfort, stress or dissatisfaction with their sexual life. Who wants to understand themselves better, heal past experiences, improve emotional and sexual connection, feel more confident, or build a healthier, more satisfying relationship with their sexuality (solo or with a partner). In short: if it touches your sexuality, intimacy, or pleasure, sex therapy can help.

Not sure if sex therapy is right for you?

DO ANY OF THESE RESONATE?

  • I’m not happy with my sex life.
  • Sex is causing tension, anxiety, or problems in my relationship.
  • I feel like my partner doesn’t understand my sexual needs, wants, or fantasies.
  • I feel unhappy, anxious, or ashamed about my sex life.
  • My sex life is negatively affecting other areas of my life, like work or mental health.
  • I have trouble with sexual desire, arousal, or orgasm.
  • I have issues with erectile dysfunction, pain during sex, or low libido.
  • I experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse that might affect my current sex life.
  • My partner and I want to explore alternative lifestyles (non-monogamous relationship, kink, etc.)

If any of these sound like you, you’re in the right place.

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For Individuals

When sex feels confusing, stressful, or weighed down, it can quietly drain your confidence and joy.

You’re not meant to do this alone. With the right support, you can move through fear, shame, pain, or disconnection and finally feel at ease in your own body again.

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SOME OF THE THINGS I CAN HELP WITH INCLUDE:

  • diminishing sexual attraction in a long-term relationship.
  • problems getting or maintaining an erection.
  • premature or delayed ejaculation.
  • low sexual desire/arousal.
  • difficulty reaching orgasm.
  • distressing sexual thoughts.
  • mismatched sexual desires or the type of sex you both want.
  • sex abuse.
  • sex, pornography, masturbation addictions.
  • love/emotional addiction/codependency.
  • pain during sex/vaginismus.
  • changes in libido or response to sexual stimulation.
  • sexual issues during menopause.
  • kink, fetish or sexual fantasy concerns.
  • sexual orientation/gender confusion.
  • changes in ethical non-monogamous relationships.
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HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1Understanding Your Story: A Safe Space to Explore What’s Not Working
STEP 2Your Plan: Healing the Root + Learning Practical Tools
STEP 3The Transformation: Reconnecting with Pleasure, Confidence & Ease

For Couples

When did sex become complicated instead of pleasurable?

Arguments, pressure, avoidance, or performing instead of enjoying… it wears on both of you. You still care, but intimacy now feels stressful instead of connecting. Therapy gives you tools and support to find your way back to each other, emotionally and physically.

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SOME OF THE THINGS I CAN HELP WITH INCLUDE:

  • emotional and sexual disconnection.
  • mismatched sexual desire or the type of sex you both want.
  • enhancing passion and sex life.
  • difficulties in communication about sex, needs and desires.
  • diminishing sexual attraction in a long-term relationship.
  • infidelity.
  • kink, fetish or sexual fantasies exploration.
  • challenges in ethical non-monogamous relationships.
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HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1Your Assessment: Understanding Both of your Stories
STEP 2Your Plan: Rebuilding Intimacy with Clear Guidance & Practical Tools
STEP 3The Transformation: Feeling like a Team again, Connected, Safe & Intimate

Ready to make your sex life less stressful and more enjoyable?
Let’s begin this journey together.

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FAQ

Sex therapy is specialized psychotherapy that helps with sexual dysfunction, sexual anxiety, low libido, desire mismatch, arousal difficulties, painful sex, orgasm concerns, sexual identity, gender exploration, sex addiction, or intimacy challenges. It’s for anyone seeking to improve sexual health, pleasure, and connection.

No. Sex therapy addresses emotional, relational, medical, social, cultural and mental health factors that impact sexual wellbeing, including trauma, anxiety, shame, communication issues, and stress.

Not at all. Therapy can help with desire, body connection, curiosity, self-exploration, sex education or recovering from past sexual trauma.

Yes. Using trauma-informed approaches like EMDR, IFS, and somatic techniques, you can safely process past sexual trauma, guilt, or shame and reclaim your sexual confidence.

Absolutely. My practice is inclusive, sex-positive, and affirming for all sexual orientations and gender identities.

You don’t need to have a “big problem” to come. You just need a curiosity, a struggle, a question, or a desire for things to feel better.

Ready to begin your journey?

Let’s talk. Book your first session and take the next step toward a less stressful and more satisfying life.

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Understanding Your Story: A safe space to explore what’s not working.

In the first session, we slow down and gently unpack what feels stuck, confusing, or painful, whether it’s low desire, anxiety, performance concerns, difficulty with arousal, sex addiction, painful sex, shame, or feeling disconnected from your body. 

Together we look at the emotional, relational, physical, and psychological pieces. We identify the key issues, clarify your goals and expectations, and discuss how we can work together to reach them. You’ll leave with clarity about what’s going on and what we’ll focus on together. We work as a team from day one.

Your Plan: Healing the Root + Learning Practical Tools

I create an individualized treatment plan that fits you. We combine evidence-based sex therapy, mind–body work, nervous-system regulation, and practical strategies you can start using right away. 

We explore the deeper layers, beliefs, fears, trauma, attachment patterns and also build skills like communication, arousal awareness, and reconnecting with pleasure. Every session moves you forward, gently and clearly.

The Transformation: Reconnecting with Pleasure, Confidence & Ease

You’ll practice personalized exercises between sessions not overwhelming “homework,” but simple, doable steps that support real change. Over time, you feel more in tune with your body, more confident, more free, and more connected to your sexuality. 

My role is to guide and support you as you build a sexual life that feels fulfilling, relaxed, joyful, and truly yours.

The Assessment: Understanding Both of your Stories

We begin by creating a safe space for both partners to share what’s happening, desire differences, communication breakdowns, mismatched needs, performance anxiety, lack of intimacy, trust issues, or simply feeling disconnected. 

I meet with you together and, when helpful, individually. Often, I suggest seeing each partner separately for the second session to build trust, connect more deeply with each of you, and understand your perspective more fully. In our first session, we explore what’s going on, clarify your goals and expectations, and talk about how we’ll work together as a team. 

We map out the emotional and sexual dynamics, so everyone feels heard and supported.

The Plan: Rebuilding Intimacy with Clear Guidance & Practical Tools

Based on the assessment, I create a treatment plan tailored for your relationship. We work on communication, nervous-system regulation, emotional connection, pleasure education, and the specific sexual concerns you’re facing. 

You’ll get practical strategies and guided intimacy exercises to practice at home, not awkward tasks, but meaningful steps designed to bring you closer, emotionally and physically.

The Transformation: Feeling like a Team again, Connected, Safe & Intimate

Week by week, you learn to understand each other differently, repair emotional ruptures, communicate your needs, reconnect with desire, and build trust. Intimacy stops feeling pressured or complicated and starts feeling natural, warm, and alive again. 

My role is to guide you both as you rebuild a sexual relationship that feels safe, nourishing, and deeply connected.