concerns addressed in sex therapy that are common in my practice

  • non traditional relational structures

  • bondage / discipline / dominance / sadomasochism (BDSM)

  • addressing interest and the practice of kink and fetish related behaviors

  • problematic sexual behaviors within the relationship or experienced by the individual

  • guidance in dating, and more specifically addressing how to date when kinky

  • addressing sexual shame and guilt

  • processing through sexual abuse and trauma in childhood or adulthood

  • exploring sexual orientation

  • LGBTQIA+

  • address disconnected, dissatisfying sex

  • address the difficulties you are having with intimacy

  • increase your sexual desire

  • understand and work to change sexual dysfunction

  • low desire, lubrication issues, orgasm difficulty, pelvic pain

  • rapid ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, erectile difficulties

  • sexual desire discrepancy

  • address intimacy desire discrepancy

  • understanding shifting sexual boredom

  • growing a sense of sexual agency

  • understanding and increasing sexual curiosity and excitement

  • identifying your sexual values and sharing/living those within your relationship(s)

Relational Therapy

  • conflict and resentment management skill building

  • communication skill building

  • exploring and regaining trust

  • healing from infidelity

  • creation of a shared vision for the relationship

  • building healthy and secure attachments

  • decreasing codependency and problematic relational cycles

  • building playfulness, fondness, and admiration

  • increasing resiliency in the relationship and between people

  • creating shared values and personal/interpersonal accountability

Individual Therapy

  • developing a purpose driven life

  • affect regulation/mood management

  • develop a deeper capacity for intimacy and vulnerability

  • self acceptance, esteem building, and creating a set of values

  • stress and anxiety management

  • building confidence and assertiveness

  • strategizing career development from a systems perspective

  • understanding and applying boundaries

  • addressing and sharpening effective decision making skills

  • personal accountability

  • trauma processing/healing

  • social skill and community building techniques


Additional Services

Military

I have a passion for working with the military. I have worked with active duty and retired army, special forces, air force, and navy personal for many years and come from a multi-generational military family. I am intimately familiar with the culture and am culturally skilled to address the challenges faced by those that have served or those that are active duty.

Therapeutic approaches and

Evidence-based Treatments I offer

AASECT Certified Sex Therapy

  • All things sexual

Gottman Method And Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • For couples, conflict, and attachment work

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)

  • For developing skill sets for being vulnerable, generating intimacy through shared vulnerability, and deepening emotional connections

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Mindfulness-based/MBCT)

  • Treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and stress

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Identifying and working with conflicting feelings and thoughts, self ownership, self acceptance, trauma processing

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

  • Goal oriented therapy, often brief, focusing on present and future

Behavioral Activation (BA)

  • Treatment for depressive episodes

Prolonged Exposure (PE)

  • Treating PTSD, phobias, and anxiety

Bringing Baby Home Educator

  • Parenting, attachment work, life balance, conflict management

Jungian Depth Psychology

  • Meaning exploration and making unconscious / hidden patterns to the surface to be processed and absorbed in order to allow for a more integrated life experience