Intimacy & Sex Therapy

Who This Is For

You built a life together. Careers, maybe children, a house that looks finished from the street. Somewhere along the way, intimacy became the thing you both work around.

You may be living like roommates who coordinate the week and pass in the kitchen, while the part of the relationship where you actually feel wanted has gone quiet. Or intimacy was always complicated, and you are finally willing to say that out loud.

Feeling unwanted hurts. So does feeling pressured, or feeling misunderstood.

How long has it been since you told the truth about this, even to each other?

How Intimacy Therapy Works

Understanding the Pattern: Intimacy problems connect to emotional safety, stress, how you feel in your body, earlier experience, and the way you treat each other the rest of the day. We will figure out what is actually happening.

Addressing Both Dimensions: Emotional intimacy and physical intimacy pull on each other, so we work on both. When one is off, the other usually follows.

Practical Strategies: I will give you specific exercises to practice at home, and I expect you to follow through, because the shift shows up between sessions.

Honest Conversation: Talking about sex is uncomfortable for most couples. I will make room for you to say the part you have been editing out, including desire, pressure, and what each of you actually needs.

What We Address

• Mismatched desire or libido differences
• Emotional distance that shows up in the bedroom
• Performance anxiety or sexual difficulties
• Rebuilding intimacy after children
• Body image and self-consciousness
• Past trauma that still shows up when you try to be close
• Communication about needs and desires

My Training

I am trained in sex therapy, along with Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method at Level 3, and Relational Life Therapy. We can work on the relationship and the sexual concern in the same sessions. I am licensed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.