Sex therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy that helps individuals and couples explore, heal, and expand their relationship to sexuality. It addresses concerns related to sexual function, desire, identity, intimacy, and emotional safety. In our practice, sex therapy is grounded in somatic awareness and depth psychology, meaning we listen not only to your words, but also to your body’s signals, relational patterns, and unconscious material that may be shaping your experience of intimacy.
Sex therapy isn’t just about “fixing problems”—it’s about reclaiming your capacity for connection, pleasure, and authentic expression.
Reasons Why People Would Need Sex Therapy / Issues Addressed in Sex Therapy
People seek sex therapy for many reasons, including:
- Low or mismatched desire
- Difficulty with arousal or orgasm
- Pain during sex (e.g., vaginismus, pelvic tension)
- Erectile dysfunction or performance anxiety
- Shame, fear, or trauma related to sex
- Sexual trauma or body betrayal
- Feeling disconnected from one’s body or partner
- Challenges around identity, orientation, or gender expression
- Recovering sexuality after birth, illness, or life transitions
- Rebuilding intimacy after betrayal, distance, or conflict
- Exploring kink, non-monogamy, or new relational dynamics
- Deepening sexual vitality in long-term relationships
Many of our clients also come to sex therapy not because something is "broken," but because they want more—more connection, more meaning, more embodiment, and more freedom in their sexual lives.
What People Will Learn During Sex Therapy
In sex therapy, you’ll learn to:
- Reconnect with your body as a source of safety, wisdom, and pleasure
- Understand how early experiences, beliefs, and shame may be shaping your sexual responses
- Differentiate between performance and presence—and cultivate authentic sexual expression
- Work with nervous system regulation, noticing where you collapse, brace, or go numb
- Build communication tools for intimacy, consent, and boundary-setting
- Explore new ways of relating to pleasure, desire, and vulnerability
- Restore erotic connection—to yourself or in your relationship
- Integrate sexuality and spirituality or creativity, if that’s part of your path
Somatic sex therapy is experiential. That means we may use breath work, movement, visualization, guided inquiry, and felt-sense awareness—not just talking—so that healing happens through the body as well as the mind.
Your Approach to Sex Therapy
Our approach to sex therapy weaves together somatic therapy, depth psychology, and relational presence. We work with the whole person—body, mind, spirit, and relational field—rather than isolating “sexual issues” from the rest of your life.
We honor the pace of your nervous system. This is not about performance or pressure. It's about listening deeply to what your body holds, learning to trust your own internal rhythms, and allowing healing to emerge through connection, curiosity, and care.
We create a space where all parts of you are welcome—including the ones that have been silenced, shamed, or hidden.
Goals of Sex Therapy
The goals of sex therapy vary by individual but often include:
- Reclaiming a sense of aliveness and safety in the body
- Healing wounds of shame, trauma, or disconnection
- Cultivating deeper intimacy with self and others
- Exploring desire, orientation, and pleasure without judgment
- Rewriting old patterns with new possibilities for connection
- Strengthening communication and emotional attunement
- Reintegrating sexuality as a source of vitality and authenticity
Ultimately, sex therapy is about coming home to yourself.
Sexuality is a core part of being human—but it’s also a place many of us carry pain, confusion, or silence. Our culture often gives us distorted messages about what sex should look like, while offering few tools for navigating the reality of being an embodied, feeling, desiring person in relationship with others.
At our practice, we don’t offer quick fixes. We offer a deeper journey—one that honors the uniqueness of your story, the intelligence of your body, and the possibility of transformation. Whether you’re healing from trauma, seeking to deepen connection, or simply longing to feel more alive in your skin, sex therapy can be a sacred and powerful path.