Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists in Arden-Arcade, Sacramento, CA
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Rachel Roberts
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
I am poly and
kink
-friendly!.
I work with adult individuals, couples and families who are interested in moving towards a place of healing by way of exploration, insight, and self-compassion. While my approach to therapy is collaborative and person-centered, therapy is individualized based on the needs of my client, their strengths and limitations, and goals for therapy. I take great value in helping clients develop and lean into self-agency.
Pam C Bauerle - In Person Sessions
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Married for 38 years, I understand the ups and downs that happen in a relationship, and how to move through them in a productive way. Therapy is simply an opportunity to develop new skills for moving through life's challenges. Known for my kindness and direct approach, I create a calm and non-judgmental space as we create a new path for your life, clearing painful patterns and experiences. As a
sex positive
therapist I help you energize your path, relationship and sex life helping you learn how to communicate your true needs and desires, allowing you to move forward to the next level. Feel free to call me. I look forward to it...
Genevieve Fahey
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I invite poly, monogamous, and
kink
folks.
Being sensitive in this world isn't easy. If you identify as a healer or a highly sensitive/empathetic person, you may find yourself trying to use your gifts to "save" others. You may find that people easily open up to you. You may also find that a lot of your dating life has been based on healing, changing, and helping others. It leaves little room for your needs, leading to dysfunctional relationships. When you continuously have projects instead of partners you might be worried your "picker" is broken. It's not broken. It's just not your job to heal everyone. It's time to find a relationships based on reciprocity.
Jasmeen Kairam
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified
Verified
I have a strong interest in working with individuals who have faced trauma to help them rediscover their voice and feel heard. As well as, couples who are struggling with connection, infidelity and more. I acknowledge that every individual is unique and has their own story. As someone who identifies as South Asian, I understand being at the crossroads of societal pressures while trying to balance multiple expectations with various cultural considerations and the stigma that may come around mental health.
Chris Webster
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Imagine feeling peace-even in the face of life's challenges. Anxiety and depression. Relationship problems with partners, family members, or others. Divorce, death, and other tragedies. Imagine knowing you have the emotional awareness and the skills you need to deal with whatever life brings you. The wherewithal to meet challenges, to achieve better outcomes, and - ultimately - to heal the wounds that can make peace seem elusive or fleeting. The choice to seek therapy is itself a big step toward healing. My role is to help guide you as you move through self-discovery, to self-awareness, to self-direction.
Couples Resource Collective Counseling Group
LMFT
Verified
Verified
You deserve a happy and successful relationship. Learn to how to repair personal or relationship issues caused by mental health ailments, communication, trust/infidelity, sex, addiction, parenting differences, past trauma (sexual, physical, emotional), and finances. Discover how to create and maintain mutual understanding and respect. Love like you matter. Our diverse staff believe in affirmative and equitable approaches that support clients, regardless to composition, beliefs, or practices. Call us to learn how we can help, or visit our parent company's website for more information: www.sacramentocouples.org. HABLA ESPAÑOL.
Brett Collins
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Hi! I’m Brett (she/her) and I help people to change or improve their relationships. I serve individuals, couples, and families via Telehealth. My style is warm and collaborative. Common goals of my clients are to explore their various identities, to heal from trauma, and to build or strengthen coping skills. As a Social Worker, I believe that therapy can be a tool for social justice and welcome clients who want to explore their privilege and/or who belong to historically oppressed communities.
Barbara Bhai
Counselor, LPCC
Verified
Verified
My focus is to understand a client's perspective and provide support in a mindful, constructive manner. Through collaboration we are able to recognizes patterns, determine core issues, and formulate solutions together. I use a combination of methods such as cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychosomatic therapy. I provide brain spotting to assist client's in processing trauma and teach coping skills such as tapping and mindfulness.
Maria Curameng Teresi
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Maria Curameng Teresi is a licensed marriage, family and child therapist, and has worked in mental health and behavioral health since 2001. She works with individuals, couples and families from different ages, genders, experiences and socioeconomic backgrounds effected by trauma. She helps her clients develop healthy and effective strategies reducing the effects of trauma and enabling clients to reach their life goals and live their lives in healthy, productive and effective ways that is unique to her individual clients.
Enid Wilson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Verified
I’m passionate about helping clients reconnect with themselves and move forward after relational issues and/or trauma with a sense of strength, self-confidence, and healthy coping skills. I work with individuals (ages 9+) and couples who are healing from a harmful event or relationship, struggling with a sense of self and satisfaction, or want to gain insight into themselves and their relationships. My specialties include treating: trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD, relationship distress.
Waitlist for new clients
Veronica Perez-Thayer
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
You’re so ready for change but feeling nervous and lost on where to start. Your relationship feels lonely, empty, or passionless – you’re carrying unspoken hurts and the load has gotten too heavy. You want security, desire, comfort, and hope in your relationship! Maybe you’re grieving the loss of a relationship, phase in your life, or part of your identity. You need a safe, nonjudgmental space to navigate the tangle of sadness, confusion, frustration, and fear. Maybe you’re realizing it’s time to process and come to terms with your past, embrace authenticity and begin building a life more true to who you are.
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Spiritual guidance and intuitive counseling includes spirituality with contemporary counseling practices to help with healing, empowerment, and transformation. Understanding of one's spirituality is subjective to each client. My specializations include body image and self-esteem, love and relationships, sacred sexuality, identity formation, self-empowerment, life transitions, grief and loss, death and dying, mind-body connection, archetypes, multiculturalism and GLBT identity and issues, and spirituality and growth. Goddess psychology, creative expression, dream work, Reiki, intuitive readings, and indigenous healing practices.
Briana Schiff
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
No person is an island. Life would be so easy if it were possible to handle everything alone. Yet this world is full of challenges, stress, and trauma, made all the more difficult when we lack access to our most important resources. We get stuck in frustrating patterns that leave us feeling distant from our loved ones and from ourselves. This distance weaves its way into so many things: mental and physical health, identity, sexual interest and performance, and right back into the relationships we should be able to rely on.
David Clark
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Rebuild or reclaim your relationship and happiness. I help couples and individuals overcome the emotional upheaval of past trauma, stress, and communication issues that often result in infidelity, addiction, sexual issues, shame and guilt. I'm confident you will find my friendly interactive style sets the stage you will want in a safe and nonjudgmental space. LGBT and friends of Bill W. welcomed. Your peace of mind, happiness, and success is my goal.
Kate Bautch
Registered Psychological Assistant, EdD, MT-BC
Verified
Verified
I am Dr. Kate Bautch, a licensed psychological associate and I work with adults, adolescents, and children, providing individual, couples, and group therapy. In our sessions I seek to create a safe space in which you feel respected, understood, and supported. From that place, we will work together to identify what is causing your pain, and how we can use your resilience and personal strengths to facilitate the positive change you are seeking. I approach each session with acceptance, empathy, compassion, and sometimes a little humor to lighten the mood when appropriate.
Waitlist for new clients
Jeffrey W Danese
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MS, MA, LMHC, LPCC
Verified
Verified
I graduated from a M.S. mental health counseling program at Eastern Washington University in 1995, got certified and ran a private practice in Seattle from 1995 through 2003. I worked in an outpatient community clinic, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, at retreat centers, and at a college counseling center until starting work on a PhD in Religious Studies and Psychology. I worked, studied, and lived in Europe, East Asia, and Africa before teaching 10 years at San Jose State University, so I am comfortable and confident working with very different sorts of people and I want everyone and anyone to feel welcome and at ease in my care.
Zenaida Agramonte
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PPSC, SEP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I work with individuals and couples who are committed to creating more satisfying relationships through a better understanding of their partners and/or who are struggling with fertility. I also have a special emphasis on working with People of Color.
Haley Nicole Davidson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Verified
I truly believe that it is important to have healthy, loving relationships, with oneself, friends, partners, and family, and I take pleasure in being a part of the process! I enjoy working with adult individuals and couples who are open to new ideas when they feel as though they’ve tried it all. My focus is individual adult males struggling with various life issues ranging from anxiety and depression to relational issues and day to day stressors. Ultimately I will help individuals and couples process through issues that are difficult to face on your own, and I am excited to guide clients through that journey.
Mankowski Mental Health Clinic
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MS
Verified
Verified
Rebecca Mankowski, LMFT, is the owner of MMHC, Clinical Supervisor, Graduate level instructor at CSUS, and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Effectively practices crisis and trauma counseling, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of most DSM V disorders. Extensive experience working with clients from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Comfortable working globally having lived and traveled on three continents and 17 countries.
Karessa Kelly
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
The therapeutic journey begins internally by listening to the heart when it tells us there is a need for change in our lives. Second is having the courage to admit when we need outside support to begin this change, and finally being bold enough to use our voices to seek out the assistance of a therapist. Therapy with the right therapist can be helpful to everyone. my preferred theoretical approach is client-centered. A client-centered therapeutic approach allows me to meet my clients where they are at and together develop the appropriate path forward. Other theoretical approaches include; CBT, DBT, experiential, & psychodynamic.
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Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist?
A sex-positive or kinky individual may want to see a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist because the client may feel safer and more supported discussing their experiences and challenges. A therapist who identifies as kink-friendly will have experience with clients having diverse sexual preferences and will likely be nonjudgmental and supportive about issues brought to the table. It is important to note that sex-positive, kink-allied individuals may find equal success with therapists who do not have such specialized knowledge and background. The most important factor in the success of therapy is for the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in sex-positive, kink-allied treatment?
Generally, no. There are limited training programs and unofficial accreditations that therapists can pursue, but a therapist’s expertise will ultimately come from their previous experience with similar clients, their engagement with organizations that promote sex positivity or kink-allied lifestyles, and the importance they place on safety and cultural sensitivity.
How can individuals recognize a good sex-positive, kink-allied therapist?
An experienced therapist is able to help clients explore their sexual identity and expression and relieve any discomfort or stigma attached to discussing such matters and the client’s overall challenges. A therapist who is sex-positive and kink-allied is able to create an environment that honors a client’s experience and sexual preferences. To recognize a good therapist, clients can simply ask directly about topics and issues important to them and gauge their comfort level and connection with a clinician based on the responses.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist with a focus on sex positivity and alternative sexual lifestyles?
Some individuals may feel most comfortable knowing that the clinician they’re working with has a commitment to creating an atmosphere of sex positivity and has experience with relationship diversity and alternative relationship structures. Working with a sex-positive, kink-allied therapist may help clients respect their own challenges and improve identity-affirming treatment.