Relationship & Sex Therapy
Relationships shape us. So do our experiences of sex and sexuality. Both can be sources of deep connection, meaning, pleasure, and growth — and both can also bring confusion, hurt, shame, distance, or longing.
Relationship and sex therapy is a space to slow down and look carefully at what’s happening between you and your partner/s and within yourself. It’s a place to speak honestly about intimacy, desire, conflict, attachment, identity, and the patterns that keep repeating.
What We Might Work On
Every relationship is different, but some common themes include:
Communication challenges or recurring conflict
Feeling distant, resentful, or misunderstood
Desire discrepancies or libido differences
Rebuilding trust after betrayal
Navigating non-monogamy or alternative relationship structures
Exploring sexual identity or orientation
Sexual shame, anxiety, or difficulty with arousal
Painful or dissociative sexual experiences
Attachment wounds that show up in intimacy
Deciding whether to stay, separate, or redefine the relationship
These are thoughtful questions. They deserve thoughtful space. I work collaboratively and without judgment. I don’t take sides in the work, and I don’t assume there’s one “right” way to do relationship or sexuality.
Our work may draw from:
Attachment and relational therapy to understand patterns between you
IFS (Internal Family Systems) to explore the different parts of you that show up in intimacy — the protective part, the longing part, the anxious or avoidant part
Trauma-informed care and EMDR when past experiences are shaping present connection
Somatic awareness to help you feel safer and more present in your body
Honest, direct conversations about desire, boundaries, pleasure, and consent
Often, challenges around sex and intimacy are deeply connected to attachment history, stress, power dynamics, self-worth, or unresolved pain. We create a container and move at a pace that we collaboratively define.
For Individuals, Multiples and Couples
Couples and partners come in many forms — heterosexual, same-gender, queer, monogamous, consensually non-monogamous, married, dating, long-term, newly forming. Some come to strengthen connection. Some are repairing ruptures. Some are navigating desire differences, identity shifts, or life transitions together.
I work with cisgender and straight individuals, as well as queer, trans, and non-binary clients. As a white/Latinx, nonbinary, queer provider, I hold awareness of both privilege and marginalization in the room. My lived experience informs my sensitivity to identity, power, cultural context, and the ways systems impact our relationships and sense of self. At the same time, your experience is your own — I don’t assume sameness, and I don’t center myself in your story.
Some clients are unpacking long-standing relational dynamics. Others are exploring identity, coming out later in life, navigating transition within partnership, or building relationships that feel more aligned and liberatory. All of it belongs here.
Whatever the structure of your relationship, the work centers on respect, clarity, accountability, and emotional safety. Both individuals and partners are welcome.