Sex Therapy in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

LGBTQIA+/GNC/Kink/Polyamory/ Sex Worker affirming

After more than 35 years in practice, I have found that most clients need a combination of support, insight, and challenging interactions to help them grow and move past whatever obstacles they are facing. I work with individuals and couples on the most intimate aspects of their lives, including their sexuality , relationships, and life and death issues. My style is interactive, and employs uncovering family of origin dynamics, but also more practical, cognitive and behavioral methods to help make changes more quickly.

Life is overwhelming. There's so much that we are navigating and have pressure to get everything right. The last thing we want to struggle with is the very thing that helps us endure the challenges of life: relationships, sex , & our bodies. Do you find yourself trying to keep everything up and watching your relationships falling by the wayside? Sex & Relationships are important. We have so many ideas about it stemming from media, friends, family, religion and our own sexual history, which can be very confusing and isolating. Sex therapy helps make sense of what you know about sex , sexuality , & relationships

You may find yourself here because you feel lost within your relationships, or are losing control over your thoughts and emotions. You may be stuck in a pattern of attracting toxic or emotionally unavailable partners. As your therapist, I want you to feel worthy of a healthy and wholesome life. Together, we will explore your relational patterns and strengthen your understanding of your true self, leading to higher-quality connections. You will feel confident and empowered in your authenticity.

When it comes to sex and relationship problems, many of us lead lives of quiet desperation. Sometimes you can be lying in bed next to someone and feel a million miles apart. I am a licensed psychotherapist, specializing in couple therapy and sex therapy . I am the New York Times best-selling author of "She Comes First," and I regularly contribute to major publications such as The Atlantic, The Economist and CNN Health amongst others. Talking about sex and relationships is hard, but self-silencing is even harder. My approach is solutions-oriented, with an emphasis on honest communication, and I give homework in between sessions.

We are at our healthiest when we feel connected in validating relationships based on trust and authenticity; this is the starting point of any therapeutic alliance. Many of us struggle with overwhelming emotions in isolation and find it difficult to cope with the enormity of how these emotions impact our lives. Often times, fear inhibits us from reaching out to explore what has us feeling stuck in the first place. However, avoiding the emotion manifests into depression and anxiety. If provided with the proper space to be heard, within each of us is in innate capacity to heal and grow in our lives.

If you're seeking a therapist with a holistic focus, I offer traditional psychotherapy with an integrative approach that includes mind, body, spirit and sexual wellness. From my own life experiences -- as both therapist and client -- I believe these are all integral aspects of overall emotional and psychological health. I view therapy as a collaborative process, and have a warm and supportive style that's based in a strengths perspective. Together we can work to effect positive growth and change in your life.

Whether working with couples, adolescents, families, or adult individuals, I see the therapy room as a place for clients to discuss the parts of themselves and their lives that they can’t talk about anywhere else. I will work with you to build a relationship based on warmth, openness, and excitement around the possibility of change.

I work with individuals and couples across the sexuality spectrum, providing a safe space to explore sexual, relational, and life challenges. I offer empathic and non-judgemental therapy, where we will explore both your struggles and successes, learning together how you want to move through life and relationships. I am trained in a variety of approaches, which we will utilize in whatever way best fits your needs and goals.

My practice is inspired by my belief that all people deserve to live fulfilling, free, and pleasurable lives. I work in collaboration with my clients, helping them to achieve these things, as well as whatever contentment looks like for them. I do this from a down-to-earth stance of humility, non-judgment, curiosity, and compassion. Together, we will search beyond stigmatizing labels to pinpoint root causes of symptoms, create a plan for achieving your goals, and develop skills for you to cope with the present. I welcome clients questioning their identities, exploring new avenues to fulfillment, or seeking to heal old wounds.

My clients are adults of all genders and sexual orientation. Sex positive, I am knowledgeable and familiar with LGBTQAI issues as well as non-heteronormative sexuality , including kink, BDSM, polyamory, and fetishes. I have expertise and specialized training in treating alcohol and substance use disorders, sexual compulsivity, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I utilize a varied range of treatment modalities, including EMDR. I have worked in the field for 15 years and I'm a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. I worked with the Fire Department of New York Counseling Service Unit, where I started the day before 9/11.

I am a LCSW and CASAC with 15 years of experience doing clinical work with individuals and couples. I have worked with individuals and partners who experience sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety, mental health concerns, trauma, chronic health conditions and addictions. I specialize in sex therapy with diverse people seeking to increase intimacy, confidence and improve communication about sex . I offer sex positive therapy to people with various sexual identities and orientations, who are monogamous, in plural relationships, have kinks and non-traditional lifestyles. Therapy can be short or long term focusing on holistic wellness.

Experienced, effective therapist, focusing on sexuality , relationships & intimacy issues in individuals and couples. Embracing a wide range of ages, backgrounds and multi cultures and work with sexual dysfunction in men and women and all emotional themes involving intimacy. It's important and imperative to find the uniqueness of everyone's story and find healing ways to make the present fulfilling. I strive to understand the people I work with deeply and to address non-working elements in a supportive, non-judgmental and collaborative way. Together, we look to discover, understand and resolve recurring obstacles to your well-being.

Stop struggling & start loving. If you're struggling with sex , life and relationships, you've come to the right place. Turn your relationships around and get the intimacy you long for. Good sex and easy connections are right around the corner. I help people just like you find that 'certain something' they've been looking for. Pleasure, eroticism, epic sex , rich intimacy and easy communication can all be yours. Whether single, partnered, married /divorced broken-up or non-monogamous your pleasure matters. No need to be shy or embarrassed. All genders, sexualities and sexual lifestyles catered for.

Relationship expert/infidelity issues. AASECT certified sex therapist, licensed Marriage and Family therapist, licensed psychoanalyst, licensed clinical psychiatric social worker. I've been in practice for over 25 years and during that time I've been able to treat a wide range of emotional problems in individuals, couples, adolescents, and families. Discovering the underlying causes of symptoms is the best way to produce a lasting cure. Through our work together you will attain a resolution or reduction of symptoms, gain a deeper self understanding and acceptance, and function authentically at your best in all aspects of your life.

"Poverty is not just being without food it is the absence of love." Perhaps you have been in therapy before and it did not work very well. The Heartbeat Method© of Body Centered Psychotherapy offers an innovative alternative approach to recovery which integrates traditional and spiritual approaches to healing. It helps you to rediscover aliveness, zest for life, strength through finding peace, heal your body, find love through healing your sexuality , improve your relationships and sex life. My approach will assist you in experiencing freedom from anxiety, depression, addictions, low self-esteem, chronic body pain or tension, heal your childhood

I help clients to overcome obstacles that are keeping them from maximizing their potential. I provide a supportive treatment environment. My specialties include trauma, depression, anxiety, sex therapy , kink aware, bereavement, grief, loss, relationship issues, couples therapy, career issues, codependency issues, LGBTQ issues. During COVID-19 crisis, I am providing online therapy.

You feel dissatisfied with your relationships or sex life. Perhaps you have trouble expressing your needs in a relationship, or you get stuck in repeating arguments. Or you wonder how to be with a partner who can meet your need for emotional support, appreciation, alone time or good sex . Maybe you struggle with loss of passion or experience sexual anxiety. If you're an expat or immigrant, or if you're in an intercultural relationship, perhaps you run up against cultural differences. If you're in a non-traditional or open relationship, maybe you find it a challenge to navigate different values and relationship styles.

I help clients to develop curiosity and compassion about their inner lives and desires, guiding them towards healing, pleasure, and joy. I approach therapy as a collaboration in which we get to know your inner world together. I help you to uncover the psychological, somatic, and sensory experiences that have shaped how you approach the world, providing opportunities for freedom, choice, and transformation. In both individual and couples therapy, I use mindfulness and embodiment to help you build awareness of your own wants, needs, emotions, and desires, creating a foundation for clear communication, intimacy, and understanding.