You don’t need to have a specific label or diagnosis to seek support. If something about your sexual experience, desire, or body feels confusing, distressing, or just not right, we can talk about it. Therapy can help you understand what’s going on — and figure out what you need to feel more comfortable, confident, and connected.

Examples of the kinds of issues we might talk about are:

Experiences of pain with sex

Low libido

Difficulty achieving orgasm

Shame associated with how you feel about yourself

Shame associated with a religious upbringing or beliefs

Erectile dysfunction

Insecurity about your body

Performance anxiety

Side effects of antidepressants or hormonal contraception

Changes that come with perimenopause/menopause

Feeling resentment or disconnection from your partner

Mismatched libido or desire

Trouble using condoms confidently

Body image and sexual self-worth

Curiosity about or support with polyamory, kink, or non-monogamy

A lot of people worry about this and you’re not alone! People often describe me as easy to talk to. I know these are sensitive topics that can make people feel vulnerable. We will go at your pace.

That’s totally ok! I do a lot of work with individuals who are not in relationships.

Absolutely! I do regular therapy in addition to sex therapy. And emotional struggles are often connected to sexual ones.

Yes. It is actually a wonderful opportunity to work on healing those experiences.

Not at all. If you just want to connect better to your body and improve your sex life or experiences of pleasure, that is enough to start sex therapy. Sex is an important part of our lives, an area that is worth understanding how to improve our potential.

I’m currently completing advanced training in sex therapy through the Sexual Health Alliance, which takes an intensely sex positive approach to sex therapy. Meaning, my training is focused on understanding not just how to address problems, but to see that many problems are healthy responses to sex that is simply not enjoyable. My core value in sex therapy is to help my clients be more connected to their bodies and to create sex worth wanting.

Sex therapy helps you understand and learn about your body and it’s normal and natural responses. Education is often all that’s needed to address problems. Culture, our upbringing, media, religion, school, and past experiences can all contribute to ideas about sex and our bodies that are inaccurate and can cause a disconnect between our bodies and the kind of sex we hope to have.

If education isn’t quite enough to solve the problems, we will add exercises and techniques meant to improve sexual pleasure and reduce problems that are interfering. You work on these exercises on your own or with a partner between sessions.

In some cases, more intensive therapy becomes important, because sometimes deeper issues are interfering with our ability to address the problems. This can become a meaningful period of internal exploration.

Sex therapy never involves sex or touch with the therapist. The therapist will talk with you to resolve or process concerns and where appropriate provide education or information on techniques that are most likely to be beneficial, and you will engage in the exercises on your own or with your partner(s). Sex therapy can also involve talking through internal conflicts, conflicts affecting your sexual relationship with your partner, or help process difficult feelings associated with your sexuality or sexual experiences.

Absolutely! I proudly welcome members of the LGBTQI community. I especially love working with individuals from this community who have come from evangelical Christian backgrounds and need understanding and/or support associated with this.