We're in love... just not having sex
Your relationship is amazing. There’s mutual respect and great communication. They are your other half, your bestie… but you’re not having sex. Maybe you and your partner’s needs have changed due to a biological issue:
- Illness
- Injury
- Aging
- Menopause
- Disability
- Sexual Dysfunction
Low Desire
Would you like nothing more than to be sexual with your partner but find yourself shutting down whenever sex is brought up? Maybe your partner wants sex more often than you do. Or you can’t explain it! You just have low or no desire. It's also typical to get so bombarded with the relationship concerns and thoughts in your head that desire gets crowded out.
If you and your partner have discrepant desires, I would like to support you. If you and your partner are going through bed death, it's not too late!
If you and your partner have discrepant desires, I would like to support you. If you and your partner are going through bed death, it's not too late!
Re-experience pleasure
Fear of Sex
Are you afraid of sex? Are you so nervous about having sex that you’ve never been able to consummate your marriage? Are you frustrated even angry at all the expectations placed on you to change your body and who you are just for the sake of having sex?
Similarly, have people told you that your very real pain or inability to have sex is all in your head? Have these comments lead you to avoid sex all together!
You are not alone. Therapy can help you put the pieces back together.
Similarly, have people told you that your very real pain or inability to have sex is all in your head? Have these comments lead you to avoid sex all together!
You are not alone. Therapy can help you put the pieces back together.
Recommit to your sex life
Sex, Infertility, and Parenting
You may find yourself avoiding sex, or lacking interest because trying for a baby has made sex unsexy. Sometimes the stress and pressure of trying to conceive makes it hard to relax and get into the mood. It’s also common for postpartum depression or baby blues to take away a sex drive. Parents and Would-Be-Parents often have confusing feelings about sex such as
I also help people moving through infertility & miscarriages to find peace. Enduring IUI treatment, braving IVF treatments, scheduling alone time, and planning medical visits can make sex seem so robotic. Also, you may think your body is failing you. I work to honor your body for all its beauty and strength. I'll help you stay encouraged as you try again for pregnancy. If and when you do become pregnant or add a new member to your family through fostering or adoption, I will support you through rediscovering your sex life with a new baby in the house. I'll help you find a sex life that works for you at all the early stages of parenting: planning, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Likewise, I'll help you grieve in your decision to not try again if the financial, physical, and emotional strain of trying for children became too much. In therapy, I will walk with you hand in hand on this journey of mourning unborn children without giving up the love you have for them. At the end of therapy, you will feel a sense of clarity and peace in your parenting decisions.
- Resentment
- Disappointment
- Anxiety
- Annoyance
- Guilt
- Depression
I also help people moving through infertility & miscarriages to find peace. Enduring IUI treatment, braving IVF treatments, scheduling alone time, and planning medical visits can make sex seem so robotic. Also, you may think your body is failing you. I work to honor your body for all its beauty and strength. I'll help you stay encouraged as you try again for pregnancy. If and when you do become pregnant or add a new member to your family through fostering or adoption, I will support you through rediscovering your sex life with a new baby in the house. I'll help you find a sex life that works for you at all the early stages of parenting: planning, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Likewise, I'll help you grieve in your decision to not try again if the financial, physical, and emotional strain of trying for children became too much. In therapy, I will walk with you hand in hand on this journey of mourning unborn children without giving up the love you have for them. At the end of therapy, you will feel a sense of clarity and peace in your parenting decisions.