Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists in Charlottesville, VA
You deserve support that brings peace and comfort to your mind, body, and heart. You and your story deserve to be heard and held as you heal. No matter what part of life you are currently in, you deserve a therapist that you connect with. I help clients in all stages of life process feelings of anxiety, depression, loss, and post-traumatic stress. I offer a holistic method through a combination of mindfulness, movement, spirituality, and psychotherapy. My goal is for you to gain helpful coping skills, emotional processing, and a deeper sense of self. All parts of you are welcome and honored!
You deserve support that brings peace and comfort to your mind, body, and heart. You and your story deserve to be heard and held as you heal. No matter what part of life you are currently in, you deserve a therapist that you connect with. I help clients in all stages of life process feelings of anxiety, depression, loss, and post-traumatic stress. I offer a holistic method through a combination of mindfulness, movement, spirituality, and psychotherapy. My goal is for you to gain helpful coping skills, emotional processing, and a deeper sense of self. All parts of you are welcome and honored!
Life moves swiftly, and it can be especially tough when we find ourselves trapped in outdated patterns that no longer benefit us. This often leads to feelings of disconnection, being unheard, and feeling unseen, causing us to question our identity and values. We may struggle with what it means to be our authentic selves, especially when we lack a space where we can truly express who we are. In the whirlwind of our fast-paced lives, it’s easy to feel lost. Therapy is the place to understand yourself. A good therapist can help give you alternative perspectives, support your goals, and help you see yourself in a new light.
Life moves swiftly, and it can be especially tough when we find ourselves trapped in outdated patterns that no longer benefit us. This often leads to feelings of disconnection, being unheard, and feeling unseen, causing us to question our identity and values. We may struggle with what it means to be our authentic selves, especially when we lack a space where we can truly express who we are. In the whirlwind of our fast-paced lives, it’s easy to feel lost. Therapy is the place to understand yourself. A good therapist can help give you alternative perspectives, support your goals, and help you see yourself in a new light.
Our team at Strength & Ease Psychotherapy offers individual and couple therapy for folks living in Virginia and DC. Clients come to us with unresolved relationship conflicts, needing reconnection and healing, or support with a breach of trust or longstanding resentment. They may also be seeking help with infertility, birth loss or trauma, postpartum depression or anxiety, parenting issues, grief, or complicated childhood experiences that impact their current relationships. We work together to close the gaps of disconnection and create more vulnerability, internal resilience, trust, and emotional and physical intimacy.
Our team at Strength & Ease Psychotherapy offers individual and couple therapy for folks living in Virginia and DC. Clients come to us with unresolved relationship conflicts, needing reconnection and healing, or support with a breach of trust or longstanding resentment. They may also be seeking help with infertility, birth loss or trauma, postpartum depression or anxiety, parenting issues, grief, or complicated childhood experiences that impact their current relationships. We work together to close the gaps of disconnection and create more vulnerability, internal resilience, trust, and emotional and physical intimacy.
You're a couple who's lost connection—sexually, emotionally, or both. Maybe you've stopped being intimate and don't know how to start again. Maybe one of you wants sex and the other doesn't. Maybe infidelity broke trust and you're trying to rebuild. You can't talk about sex without fighting, or maybe you don't talk about it at all. As an individual man, maybe you're dealing with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or performance anxiety that's affecting your confidence and relationships. You're tired of the shame, the distance, the feeling that something's broken.
You're a couple who's lost connection—sexually, emotionally, or both. Maybe you've stopped being intimate and don't know how to start again. Maybe one of you wants sex and the other doesn't. Maybe infidelity broke trust and you're trying to rebuild. You can't talk about sex without fighting, or maybe you don't talk about it at all. As an individual man, maybe you're dealing with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or performance anxiety that's affecting your confidence and relationships. You're tired of the shame, the distance, the feeling that something's broken.
Tova Sularz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Waitlist for new clients
I provide sex therapy for exploration related to physical and emotional intimacy, relationship challenges, pleasure ( kink +), non-monogamy, and gender and sexual identity.
I enjoy working with couples and individuals on a wide range of concerns and goals, including attachment and intimacy, emotional regulation, self-worth, decision-making, identity exploration, and healing from trauma. I work with people seeking clarity about who they are, and how to come into alignment with their values and desires.
I provide sex therapy for exploration related to physical and emotional intimacy, relationship challenges, pleasure ( kink +), non-monogamy, and gender and sexual identity.
I enjoy working with couples and individuals on a wide range of concerns and goals, including attachment and intimacy, emotional regulation, self-worth, decision-making, identity exploration, and healing from trauma. I work with people seeking clarity about who they are, and how to come into alignment with their values and desires.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve the person you are today. Maybe big emotions feel hard to manage, past experiences still weigh heavily, or you’re tired of your mind getting in the way of the life you want to live. You want relief AND real change. You’re looking for a space that feels supportive and honest, where you can better understand yourself, build effective coping skills, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned with your values.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve the person you are today. Maybe big emotions feel hard to manage, past experiences still weigh heavily, or you’re tired of your mind getting in the way of the life you want to live. You want relief AND real change. You’re looking for a space that feels supportive and honest, where you can better understand yourself, build effective coping skills, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned with your values.
Whether you are bringing a complicated relationship history, painful past, deep confusion, trauma or dissatisfaction with therapists in general, this is a place to rework things with kindness, wholehearted interventions, and direct applications—helping untangle stuck patterns and bring greater satisfaction in life. Every person carries both struggle and wisdom, and this therapy draws on somatic awareness, present-moment mindful depth to build courage, clarity, and actual, meaningful change. This isn’t just a “nice” space to talk—expect purposeful work and the results you seek.
Hey! You Are Worth It!
Whether you are bringing a complicated relationship history, painful past, deep confusion, trauma or dissatisfaction with therapists in general, this is a place to rework things with kindness, wholehearted interventions, and direct applications—helping untangle stuck patterns and bring greater satisfaction in life. Every person carries both struggle and wisdom, and this therapy draws on somatic awareness, present-moment mindful depth to build courage, clarity, and actual, meaningful change. This isn’t just a “nice” space to talk—expect purposeful work and the results you seek.
Hey! You Are Worth It!
Hello! I am a person centered, trauma informed and strengths based counselor who loves working with children, teens, and adults who are feeling stuck or are struggling with life's challenges. I believe that we are all connected and through healthy relationships and attachments we can heal and become a more authentic version of ourselves. I bring a warm, creative, empathetic and non-judgemental approach to therapy.
Hello! I am a person centered, trauma informed and strengths based counselor who loves working with children, teens, and adults who are feeling stuck or are struggling with life's challenges. I believe that we are all connected and through healthy relationships and attachments we can heal and become a more authentic version of ourselves. I bring a warm, creative, empathetic and non-judgemental approach to therapy.
Jackie Street Rose
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Waitlist for new clients
We live in a wonderful but difficult world where most of us have encountered painful experiences or relationships that can leave us feeling empty, confused, alone, angry, and scared. We all develop protective mechanisms and coping strategies that help us adapt to our challenges and simply survive. However, we may still feel stuck even after the dust settles. Whether we have experienced childhood abuse, betrayal in a trusted relationship, witnessed or been subject to violence (physically, emotionally, or spiritually), we are all capable of healing from our hurt.
We live in a wonderful but difficult world where most of us have encountered painful experiences or relationships that can leave us feeling empty, confused, alone, angry, and scared. We all develop protective mechanisms and coping strategies that help us adapt to our challenges and simply survive. However, we may still feel stuck even after the dust settles. Whether we have experienced childhood abuse, betrayal in a trusted relationship, witnessed or been subject to violence (physically, emotionally, or spiritually), we are all capable of healing from our hurt.
You’ve always seemed “so capable” to everyone else — but inside, you feel anxious, overwhelmed, and exhausted from holding it all together. Maybe you’re Autistic or have ADHD, and you’re carrying old wounds from family or past relationships that left you feeling like your needs didn’t matter. You might be queer, kinky, poly, or just wonderfully different, but you want to stop masking, heal that chronic invalidation, and learn how to show up more honestly with the people you care about.
You’ve always seemed “so capable” to everyone else — but inside, you feel anxious, overwhelmed, and exhausted from holding it all together. Maybe you’re Autistic or have ADHD, and you’re carrying old wounds from family or past relationships that left you feeling like your needs didn’t matter. You might be queer, kinky, poly, or just wonderfully different, but you want to stop masking, heal that chronic invalidation, and learn how to show up more honestly with the people you care about.
Currently accepting couples and individuals as new clients.
I help people make sense of how their early relationships, past experiences, body responses, and cultural background all show up in their lives and relationships today. I offer individual and couples therapy that’s grounded in curiosity, compassion, and zero judgment. Together, we’ll look at what you’re really feeling underneath and the behavioral habits that, in the process of protecting those deep vulnerabilities, unfortunately push connection and authenticity away. Once we start to understand those patterns, change becomes possible.
Currently accepting couples and individuals as new clients.
I help people make sense of how their early relationships, past experiences, body responses, and cultural background all show up in their lives and relationships today. I offer individual and couples therapy that’s grounded in curiosity, compassion, and zero judgment. Together, we’ll look at what you’re really feeling underneath and the behavioral habits that, in the process of protecting those deep vulnerabilities, unfortunately push connection and authenticity away. Once we start to understand those patterns, change becomes possible.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
Whether you're feeling anxious or depressed, adjusting to life with chronic illness, exploring your neurodivergence, or in a relationship that doesn't feel supportive, I know it can feel difficult to reach out for help. I'm here to listen and provide a safe and affirming space for you to learn new ways of being in the world while exploring your needs, values, and goals.
Whether you're feeling anxious or depressed, adjusting to life with chronic illness, exploring your neurodivergence, or in a relationship that doesn't feel supportive, I know it can feel difficult to reach out for help. I'm here to listen and provide a safe and affirming space for you to learn new ways of being in the world while exploring your needs, values, and goals.
Kellie Cannon
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Waitlist for new clients
My name is Kellie, and I would be honored to meet with you and collaborate on what you are looking for in therapy. I graduated with a Master's in Clinical Mental Health, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. Specific treatments areas I specialize in: Identity, Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Suicide ideation, Religious-trauma recovery, complex-ptsd, ptsd, emotionally immature parents, emotional regulation, as well as personality and mood disorders.
My name is Kellie, and I would be honored to meet with you and collaborate on what you are looking for in therapy. I graduated with a Master's in Clinical Mental Health, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. Specific treatments areas I specialize in: Identity, Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Suicide ideation, Religious-trauma recovery, complex-ptsd, ptsd, emotionally immature parents, emotional regulation, as well as personality and mood disorders.
I have experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and older adults. While I use a variety of approaches (including AEDP, Existential Theory, Attachment Theory, EFT, and DBT), ultimately I like to let our work together inform which approach suits our time best. I am knowledgeable about trauma-informed practice and bring a lot of my own life experiences into the sessions, through my work as a teacher, professional firefighter, and professionaI musician.
I have experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and older adults. While I use a variety of approaches (including AEDP, Existential Theory, Attachment Theory, EFT, and DBT), ultimately I like to let our work together inform which approach suits our time best. I am knowledgeable about trauma-informed practice and bring a lot of my own life experiences into the sessions, through my work as a teacher, professional firefighter, and professionaI musician.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re carrying stress, relationship challenges, burnout, grief, trauma, or the pressure of trying to keep everything together. You don’t have to do it alone.
I try to create a warm supportive therapeutic space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change in your life. Together we’ll explore what’s keeping you stuck, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with what matters to you.
My approach is collaborative because I believe you are the expert in your life and therapy works best when tailored to fit your unique experiences, strengths, barriers, and goals.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re carrying stress, relationship challenges, burnout, grief, trauma, or the pressure of trying to keep everything together. You don’t have to do it alone.
I try to create a warm supportive therapeutic space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change in your life. Together we’ll explore what’s keeping you stuck, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with what matters to you.
My approach is collaborative because I believe you are the expert in your life and therapy works best when tailored to fit your unique experiences, strengths, barriers, and goals.
I operate from a sex-positive stance and support clients in incorporating the topic of sex into their couple's work.
I provide couple counseling both in person and online. The majority of my clients are ready to continue to grow, both as individuals and in their relationships, but are finding that old patterns might be getting in the way. My goal as a clinician is to balance emotional validation and safety with action-oriented approaches.
I operate from a sex-positive stance and support clients in incorporating the topic of sex into their couple's work.
I provide couple counseling both in person and online. The majority of my clients are ready to continue to grow, both as individuals and in their relationships, but are finding that old patterns might be getting in the way. My goal as a clinician is to balance emotional validation and safety with action-oriented approaches.
I am Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience in treating survivors of trauma due to interpersonal violence. I believe in an integrated approach with a focus on the therapeutic relationship that infuses EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and experiential modalities that focus on the mind/body connection.
I am Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience in treating survivors of trauma due to interpersonal violence. I believe in an integrated approach with a focus on the therapeutic relationship that infuses EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and experiential modalities that focus on the mind/body connection.
Therapy for the deeper journey home.
You may have spent years trying to understand yourself, reading the books, learning coping skills, and holding everything together, yet something still feels unsettled. Healing begins when we no longer have to hide parts of ourselves. Together we’ll understand the patterns that shaped you with compassion, then move beyond insight into new emotional experiences that loosen old ways of being. Therapy isn’t about fixing you. It’s about rediscovering a deeper sense of belonging, to yourself, your relationships, and your life.
Therapy for the deeper journey home.
You may have spent years trying to understand yourself, reading the books, learning coping skills, and holding everything together, yet something still feels unsettled. Healing begins when we no longer have to hide parts of ourselves. Together we’ll understand the patterns that shaped you with compassion, then move beyond insight into new emotional experiences that loosen old ways of being. Therapy isn’t about fixing you. It’s about rediscovering a deeper sense of belonging, to yourself, your relationships, and your life.
Hello and thank you! I am a seasoned clinician who believes effective therapy is built on partnership and authenticity. After nearly 15 years in community mental health, I specialize in addiction (all forms), trauma, serious mental illness (including schizophrenia), disability-related concerns, anger, and issues affecting men. I offer one-on-one therapy for adults in a relaxed, conversational style that’s free of judgment. I’m certified in EMDR and trained in Parts Work, the neuroscience of addiction, CBT, and DBT, among other modalities. I’ll collaborate with you to select the approaches that best fit your goals and preferences.
Hello and thank you! I am a seasoned clinician who believes effective therapy is built on partnership and authenticity. After nearly 15 years in community mental health, I specialize in addiction (all forms), trauma, serious mental illness (including schizophrenia), disability-related concerns, anger, and issues affecting men. I offer one-on-one therapy for adults in a relaxed, conversational style that’s free of judgment. I’m certified in EMDR and trained in Parts Work, the neuroscience of addiction, CBT, and DBT, among other modalities. I’ll collaborate with you to select the approaches that best fit your goals and preferences.
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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.