Sex & intimacy
Therapy for long-term partnership & open relationships
REDEFINING INTIMACY
I work with couples and other relationship structures that want more honesty, more ease, and more connection. This includes long-term partners who want to reawaken intimacy, people exploring open relationships, and individuals or partners healing from sexual trauma.
You’re allowed to slow down and speak up for what you need.
WHAT YOU MIGHT BE NOTICING —
Fading desire in long-term partnerships or during the demanding parenting years.
Feeling unwanted by your partner, resulting in a painful desire discrepancy.
Changing bodies as you age, shifting how you experience pleasure, confidence, or connection.
Navigating open relationships that require clearer boundaries, jealousy work, or deeply honest sharing.
Past sexual trauma resurfacing as shutdown, aversion, or nervous system triggers during intimacy.
How I can help
Therapy can help you reconnect within your most intimate relationships.
These patterns show up because relationships are where our deepest parts—attachment wounds, inner child needs, somatic memories—collide with daily reality. My work slows the rush of intimacy so you can get curious: What does your body actually want right now? How do past experiences shape your "yes" or "no"? We use experiential tools like parts work and somatic tracking to uncover answers, then build a blueprint for communicating preferences clearly and kindly.
This isn't endless couples therapy—it's for LTR parents ready to reconnect, explorers of open structures seeking sustainability, or individuals healing sexual trauma who want forward momentum. Sessions (90 minutes or 3-hours) access the emotional brain directly, blending attachment theory with body-based modalities for change you integrate between life's demands. You're not just talking—you're rewiring for more ease, honesty, and aliveness together.
Here’s what we’ll do together
Therapy can help you reconnect with yourself & others in ways you long for, but haven’t had the space for.
My approach is inclusive, non-judgmental and rooted in the belief that every person in a relationship has needs, preferences, and a body with its own pace. We slow the process of intimacy down so you can get curious, (re)discover your own wants / needs, communicate more clearly, and move toward one another with less pressure and more choice. This work may include desire, aging, pleasure, touch, repair, and the stories each person carries about sex and closeness.
What we’ll work on
I’m not a long-term couples therapist.
My expertise is dedicated to:
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Open dynamics and non-traditional structures seeking clear boundaries and long-term sustainability.
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Long-term partners and parents who are ready to reconnect and deeply reawaken intimacy.
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Individuals and partners who are safely healing from the impacts of past sexual trauma.
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People exploring their sexuality, or those struggling to confidently voice their desires.
Questions? I’ve got answers.
Frequently asked questions —
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Unlike endless, talk-focused counseling, I offer warm, relational intensives (90-minute or 3-hour sessions) blending Brainspotting, somatic work, and Passion and Presence® principles. We slow down intimacy to access your body’s wisdom—prioritizing goal-free exploration over performance—so you can create an authentic connection that actually integrates into your busy life.
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I support long-term monogamous partnerships (especially parents in demanding seasons), open dynamics, ethical non-monogamy (ENM), and individuals healing relational or sexual wounds. My practice is fully inclusive of every gender, orientation, and dynamic—your humanity and your unique needs always come first.
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Aging bodies and the demands of parenting naturally shift our pleasure pathways. Together, we explore sensation, fantasies, and gentle repair. Using Passion and Presence® tools, we will study your unique "erotic blueprint," building confidence and a physical connection that beautifully evolves alongside your life.
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We explore mindful boundary setting, somatic jealousy processing, and clear preference-sharing rooted in attachment theory. By honoring each person's individual pace and needs, we foster sustainable, ethical structures through deeply honest and embodied communication.
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Trauma-informed Brainspotting helps release body-held imprints, while parts work (Internal Family Systems) gently heals the parts of your brain trying to protect you. We rebuild safety slowly—there is absolutely no rush to "fix" intimacy. Instead, we focus on nervous system co-regulation, felt-sense curiosity, and reclaiming pleasure entirely at your speed.
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This is a Passion and Presence® term for the anxiety-driven striving (like focusing strictly on orgasms or frequency goals) that ultimately kills presence and connection. We interrupt this cycle by slowing down, sensing your body, and sharing vulnerably—unlocking a much more authentic flow of intimacy through play and attunement.
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No physical touch occurs during our sessions. Instead, your "homework" between sessions will include low-pressure somatic exercises, sensual mapping, and partnered attunement practices. Everything we do is designed to build presence and consent, and is tailored entirely to your comfort level and boundaries.
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Most clients begin to notice shifts after 3 to 6 sessions (90 minutes each). While sustainable desire and open communication build over time, you will walk away with practical tools to apply the work we cover in between our meetings so you can start experiencing momentum right away.
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Clients typically report more ease in moving toward each other, clearer communication of their needs, reignited pleasure, and reduced nervous system triggers. Most importantly, partners describe sex and intimacy as feeling connective and chosen again, rather than obligatory.