Our Services
Sex Therapy
We offer person-centered, values-based mental health care prioritize the individual's needs, preferences, and values. Clients are seen as experts on their own experiences and are actively involved in decision-making. Therapists create a supportive, non-judgmental environment to explore thoughts and feelings. We emphasize collaboration and empowerment to support clients in living authentically.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sex therapy affirms the fundamental value of sexuality as an inherent, essential, and beneficial dimension of being human. Sex therapists use a non-pathologizing approach, emphasizing sexual freedom of thoughts, feelings, fantasies and healthy modes of sexual activity. Sex therapy allows clients to consider (often for the first time) what their sexual experience has been like over their lifespan, what their sexual experience is currently like and what priorities they have for sexual expression in the future.
Therapeutic goals are established by the client in areas of their sex life that cause them difficulty or dissatisfaction, whether that be through internal thought patterns or outward expression. These goals are often addressed in tandem with other therapeutic topics typical to counseling, such as a sexless marriage or relationship, conflict in the relationship, stress, sexual trauma, anxiety, or depression.
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Sex therapy addresses a wide array of sexual concerns that impact both individuals and relationships. Topics include issues with arousal, frequency, sexual pain, difficulty achieving orgasm, sexual compatibility, physiological shifts after childbirth or menopause and changes in the sexual dynamic of a partnership over time.
Dealing with and addressing pain with intercourse, including physical pain vs. psychosomatic pain.
Dealing with trauma from your past including sexual contact or penetration.
Uncovering your true libidos as individuals in a relationship.
Discovering or wanting to explore your gender identity and sexual orientation.
Learning how to navigate open relationships.
Addressing sexual shame issues related to sex and sexuality.
How the process works
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You’ll fill out a quick form and have a brief exchange with our admin team. They will learn more about you and what services you are looking for. their goal is to help find a therapist that matches your unique concerns. You have have an option to have a brief 15-minute phone consult with the therapist you’d like to see OR we will schedule your intake appointment, if the therapist does not ask for an initial meet-and-great consult.
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You’ll fill out an extensive questionnaire packet and send that back to your therapist a week ahead of your appointment so they can prepare. All questionnaires will be send to you through the patient portal.
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SESSION LENGTH: 50 to 55 minutes
Services begin with an Assessment that usually last 50-55 minutes. Your clinician will talk with you about your current situation, as you about your history, and make a recommendation for services. A “treatment plan” will be developed together that outlnes how services will go and what outcomes are expected. Therapy appointments usually last between 45-55 minutes with the frequency of weekly to less than weekly. Expect the frequency of visits to decrease as symptoms improve.
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SESSION LENGTH: 45 or 55 MINUTES
(Weekly, every other week, or monthly)
These are sessions where we’ll look at what’s come up and how you’ve been feeling since we last met. We’ll integrate various interventions targeting your treatment plan goals. We’ll consider what’s working well for you and what isn’t, and refine your plan. We might set specific goals for you in between sessions.
