Sexual concerns are often shaped by history, culture, relationships, stress, trauma, and the nervous system. Rather than treating these experiences as problems to eliminate, they are approached as meaningful responses - signals that once served a purpose, even if they now feel limiting or distressing.

This work often includes understanding what the nervous system has learned about safety, closeness, and pleasure, and how those patterns show up in the body and in relationships. Many sexual concerns make more sense when viewed in context, rather than as things that need to be fixed.

Sex therapy also makes room for discomfort. When approached carefully, experiences like pain, frustration, or embarrassment can point toward unmet needs, unspoken boundaries, or parts asking for attention. The work moves at a pace that allows these experiences to be explored without overwhelm.

When helpful, therapy may also include practical, body-based strategies. This can involve specific exercises, structured practices, or coordination with medical providers to address pain, arousal, or physiological factors - always integrated thoughtfully and with attention to the nervous system.

As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I have experience working with clients across a wide range of sexual and relationship experiences, including kink, consensual non-monogamy, and other forms of relationship diversity. This work is affirming, non-pathologizing, and grounded in respect for each person's values and lived experience.