Sex Therapy for Couples & Individuals

Sex can be deeply personal, vulnerable, confusing, and sometimes difficult to talk about—even with the person you’re closest to. As a sex therapist, I have completed 514 hours of specialized training in sex and sexuality, allowing me to work comfortably and directly with a wide range of sexual concerns.

Sex therapy is talk therapy. There is no sexual touch or activity in session. We talk openly about what is happening, understand the emotional, relational, physical, and cultural factors involved, and work toward a sex life that feels more satisfying and authentic to you.

Sex Therapy for Couples

Sexual concerns rarely exist in isolation from the rest of a relationship. Feeling rejected, pressured, disconnected, resentful, or misunderstood can easily show up in your sexual relationship—and sexual struggles can create distance outside the bedroom too. Common reasons couples come to sex therapy include:

  • Different levels of sexual desire

  • Having less sex than one or both partners want

  • Feeling sexually disconnected

  • Difficulty initiating or talking about sex

  • Feeling rejected or pressured around sex

  • Rebuilding sexual intimacy after infidelity

  • Changes in sex after having children

  • Exploring new sexual interests together

  • Erectile or orgasm concerns that affect the relationship

  • Wanting sex to feel more connected, pleasurable, or fulfilling

My work with couples focuses on both the sexual concern itself and what happens between you around it. The goal isn’t simply to have more sex—it’s to create a sexual relationship where both partners feel heard, wanted, respected, and able to communicate honestly.

Sex Therapy for Individuals

You do not need to be in a relationship to come to sex therapy. I also work individually with people who want to better understand their sexuality, address a specific concern, or develop a more comfortable relationship with sex and their body. Individual sex therapy may include:

  • Exploring sexual desires, interests, or identity

  • Difficulty reaching orgasm

  • Erectile difficulties

  • Ejaculating sooner than you would like

  • Pain with sex

  • Low or changing sexual desire

  • Sexual shame or anxiety

  • Body image and sexuality

  • Understanding what you enjoy sexually

  • Learning how to communicate sexual wants and boundaries

  • Processing how past experiences affect your sexuality

  • Sexual education and developing a better understanding of your body

FAQs

  • That is extremely common. You do not need to arrive knowing exactly what to say, and you never have to answer a question before you are ready. Part of my job is making conversations about sex feel more comfortable, straightforward, and less taboo.

    There is very little you could bring into my office that I would find shocking or embarrassing.

  • It almost never is.

    We can talk about your relationship, communication, family history, anxiety, body image, identity, trauma, stress, parenting, or anything else affecting your life. Sex therapy simply means I have additional training to recognize and work with sexuality when it is relevant rather than avoiding it or treating it as separate from everything else.

  • Sexual concerns can have emotional, relational and physical components. When appropriate, I collaborate with physicians, pelvic-floor physical therapists, gynecologists, urologists, and other providers so that we are not overlooking a medical issue.

    • Understand your sexual wants and needs

    • Talk about sex more openly and comfortably

    • Reduce shame or anxiety around sexuality

    • Feel more connected to your body

    • Navigate differences in desire

    • Increase pleasure and sexual satisfaction

    • Feel more emotionally and sexually connected to your partner

    • Create a sexual relationship that works for you, rather than one based on what you think sex is supposed to look like