SUPPORT FOR SEXUAL AND INTIMATE CONCERNS

Sex Therapy in Grand Rapids

and across Michigan

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When sex feels hard to talk about, disconnection can quietly grow.

Maybe desire is mismatched, initiating feels awkward, or sex is now less connecting than it used to be. Perhaps trust has been shaken, or some kind of life change is affecting this part of your relationship. Whatever brings you here, the hardest part is often not just the concern itself, but also how you deal with it together.

Trying to say what bothers you can feel stressful because it never seems like the right time and you worry one wrong word could ruin it. Maybe conversations about sex become frustrating or you struggle to get out what you really want to say. One of you may feel rejected while the other is feeling blamed or overwhelmed. And sometimes the conversation feels so hard, it doesn’t happen at all – leaving the real issues unaddressed.

You want to enjoy each other, but something feels different than it used to.

AND NOW YOU…

  • Dread talking about sex because it leads to conflict or you feel embarrassed

  • Feel out of sync with your partner on desire, timing, or interest

  • Want to feel closer but don’t know how to get there

  • Wonder if something is wrong or if this is just how it is now

This is more common than most couples realize. And it can change. Sex therapy gives you a place to slow down, talk honestly, and understand what’s really happening between you without blame or pressure.

Together, we work on helping you feel more open with each other to talk about sex and create intimacy that feels good.

And it’s okay to get support doing that.

HOW IT WORKS

My Approach to Sex Therapy for Couples

From the first session, my goal is to understand your relationship, how you engage together, and what may be getting in the way of closeness and intimacy. Many couples struggle to talk about sex, and many of us were never taught how to do it well. In our work together, you’ll have a space to discuss the intimate parts of your relationship without pressure or judgment. And you always set the pace for what we explore and when.

I take a sex-positive and trauma-informed approach to sex therapy, using proven tools to help you work through desire differences, sexual concerns, betrayal wounds, and disconnection. We’ll explore how avoidance, fear, old messages about sex, and your relationship patterns may be shaping intimacy. Together, we’ll improve how you talk about sex, work through your differences, rebuild trust, and create a clearer vision for what satisfying and connected intimacy can look like for both of you.

This work is not about placing blame or fixing one person. It’s about helping you understand yourselves and each other in new ways, feel more confident to express what you need, and build a connection that feels mutual and fulfilling.

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Sex Therapy can help you…

  • talk about sex and intimacy without avoiding what’s uncomfortable

  • rebuild desire, trust, and emotional closeness

  • share wants and needs without judgment

  • break patterns that keep sex feeling distant or pressured

  • create intimacy that feels connected, secure, and satisfying

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX THERAPY

FAQs

  • Sex therapy is talk therapy for emotional and psychological concerns about your sex life. Together, we can work through challenges like:

     

    • Talking about boundaries, desire, or mismatched libido

    • Rebuilding closeness when emotional or sexual connection has faded

    • Strengthening desire, pleasure, play, and intimacy

    • Working through rejection, betrayal, shame, or past hurts

    • Understanding each other’s needs and learning how to meet them

    • Addressing sexual concerns such as low desire, orgasm difficulties, erection or ejaculation concerns, or pain during sex

    • Navigating intimate changes due to parenting, stress, or major life transitions

    • Healing the impact of body image struggles, aging, or health problems on your sex life

  • Without new tools to change your current pattern, talking about sex at home may lead to more of the same frustrating loop. Sex therapy gives you a guided space to understand what is happening between you, and learn new ways to work through it together. It’s not just talking about sex more—it’s learning how to discuss it differently.

  • It’s not uncommon to feel this way, especially at first. Many people have never had a safe, open way to talk about sex. But you don’t have to come in knowing what to say or be ready to talk about everything at once. We go at a pace that feels manageable, and we start where you are.

  • If you believe sex therapy may be helpful, you do not have to wait. In fact, earlier support often makes change easier. Sex can simply not be the way you want it to be and that alone is enough reason to seek support.

  • Yes. Differences in desire are one of the most common reasons people seek sex therapy. It does not mean something is broken in your body or relationship. It means there is something to understand and work through together.

  • Yes. When trust has been shaken, intimacy often feels affected too. Sex therapy can help you work through the emotional and sexual impact of betrayal and begin rebuilding safety and connection.

  • Yes. While I work with many couples, I also work with individuals on sexual concerns, desire, intimacy, sexual confidence, past wounds, relationship patterns, and questions about pleasure or sexual wellbeing. You do not have to be partnered to benefit from sex therapy.

  • Yes. I provide online sex therapy for individuals and couples in Grand Rapids, but also across the entire state of Michigan. All sessions are virtual.

  • No. Prescribing medication is not in my scope of practice.

This can feel better.

And you don’t have to figure it out alone.

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