Relational Avoidance/Anxiety

Do you find yourself struggling to create or maintain healthy relationships? Do you notice that you behave in disconnecting ways toward your loved ones when you’re not feeling your best? Maybe others in your life have pointed out tendencies to withdrawal and isolate, or to cling and control during moments of distress or anxiety. I’m passionate about helping individuals learn more about their attachment styles, how they react to loved ones when distressed, and ways to self-soothe. Secure attachment is possible for all of us!

Communication & Conflict Resolution Skills

We’re not always taught how to effectively approach conflict with a loved one, but it’s never too late to learn! Conflict can be an intimate experience when we have the right tools in our toolbox. Couples who work with me to enhance their communication skills learn to look beyond the content of conflict and explore their process - spending less time looking at what we fight about, and spending more time on how we fight.

Navigating Family Dynamics

Do you struggle to relate to your parents now that you’re an adult? Does your partner’s family operate differently than yours in a way that causes stress? Perhaps you and/or your partner grew up in a dysfunctional home and find it hard to authentically relate to family members that have caused pain. If you notice increased conflict or discomfort with your family or your partner’s family, it may be time to explore needs, feelings, and boundaries to facilitate a relationship that supports your own mental health and the well-being of your relationship.

Exploring Polyamory/Consensual Non-Monogamy

Whether you’re considering non-monogamy for the first time or already exploring non-monogamous relating, it can be helpful to process emotions with a therapist who affirms unique and expansive relationship structures. I welcome individuals, couples, and partnerships of all shapes and sizes!

Sex Therapy

Specific Sexual Challenges

I treat acute sexual challenges such as low sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, premature/delayed ejaculation, and difficulty with orgasm for people of all genders and sexual identities. Together we will explore the physical, relational, and psychosocial factors that may be contributing to these challenges.

Desire Discrepancy

Navigating differences with our partner can be challenging, especially when those differences relate to sexual intimacy. I work with couples to address this difference with empathy by increasing intimacy of all kinds, improving sexual communication, and reducing disconnecting experiences of pressure and frustration.

Purity Culture/Sexual Shame

Do you notice feelings of guilt, shame, or fear come up for you around sexuality? Maybe your grew up in a religious community that instilled ways of thinking about sex that hold you back from your goals? Many of us grew up in a purity culture where we established belief systems around sexual purity and our self-worth. If you notice that these belief systems are holding you back from being your authentic self, you’re not alone, and we can deconstruct them together.

Redefining Masculinity

What does it mean to “be a man”? Did the definition of masculinity you learned growing up match the definition of masculinity you want as an adult? If you find that the historic/social definition of masculinity doesn’t quite work for you, your sexuality, or your relationships, let’s find authentic definition of masculinity together.