LMFT

I'm a sex and connection therapist with personal roots in Evangelical Christianity. While I've deconstructed many of the beliefs I was taught, I hold deep compassion for people of faith and respect the sincere beliefs my clients may hold. Because of my background, I understand the complex impacts of purity culture, as well as the pressure to conform that is exerted by certain religious institutions, religious cultures, and families.

I'm a relational therapist (LMFT) and a sex therapist by training. I work with adult individuals, couples, and other relational groups. I'm passionate about helping people find the emotional freedom and sexual fulfillment that may feel unavailable to them, particularly due to entrenched subconscious beliefs or past traumatic experiences. I welcome clients from all walks of life, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities, as well as people who have non-traditional relationship structures or BDSM/kink interests. I am neurodivergent and enjoy helping clients who are neurodivergent themselves.

In my work with clients, I focus on emotional fluency: that is, helping people identify, allow, and become adept at navigating their emotions, needs, and desires, both personally and within their relationships. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy with an attachment lens, and I'm trained in the Gottman method and other modalities that incorporate an emphasis on self-compassion, authenticity, connection, congruence with personal needs/values, and healthy communication and boundaries. My niches are helping folks heal the impacts of being part of a culture with restrictive and prescriptive religious beliefs (most especially purity culture), and helping clients navigate ethical non-monogamy. I have a warm, open, direct, engaged, and relational style.

I'm also a master-certified Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) practitioner, ART is a unique, somatic modality based on EMDR that addressed trauma/PTSD, C-PTSD, relational ruptures, situational anxieties, and phobias. I'm also a certified psychedelic-assisted therapist (PAT) and help clients who want to utilize ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA, or DMT to enhance their healing. ART and PAT and the tools in my toolbox I use to assist clients who feel frustrated and stuck, despite earnest efforts at talk therapy.

I offer a free 25-minute consultation to folks interested in working with me. I don't have set rates; instead, I determine my hourly rate depending on each client's unique financial circumstances. While I don't accept insurance, I offer a special itemized receipt called a "superbill" that you can submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement for part of the cost of our sessions.

If you are curious about working with me, I encourage you to reach out and book a consultation at www.intimatherapy.com/book.