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Emily Steece
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55416
I work with individuals 18+ and am especially passionate about supporting couples (monogamous and non) explore various issues including sex and intimacy, gender identity, life transitions, relationship issues, and anxiety.
I believe that everyone is the expert on themselves, but at times this expertise can be difficult to harness due to the curveballs life often throws our way. My approach is empathetic, flexible, non-judgmental with a dash of humor, and some occasional colorful language. I can also be very direct when needed. Utilizing both trauma-informed and attachment-based perspectives, I will collaborate with you on discovering that expertise. I am passionate about diversity and inclusion which allows me to honor the unique needs of everyone who grants me the privilege of joining them on their journey.
I work with individuals 18+ and am especially passionate about supporting couples (monogamous and non) explore various issues including sex and intimacy, gender identity, life transitions, relationship issues, and anxiety.
I believe that everyone is the expert on themselves, but at times this expertise can be difficult to harness due to the curveballs life often throws our way. My approach is empathetic, flexible, non-judgmental with a dash of humor, and some occasional colorful language. I can also be very direct when needed. Utilizing both trauma-informed and attachment-based perspectives, I will collaborate with you on discovering that expertise. I am passionate about diversity and inclusion which allows me to honor the unique needs of everyone who grants me the privilege of joining them on their journey.
(763) 265-6228 View (763) 265-6228
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Rah Bridwell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Waitlist for new clients
I receive sexual health and gender specialty supervision and am on the journey to become a certified sex therapist.
I believe in the power of relationship and co-creating a safe environment for you to share and explore. I am particularly invested in working with trans and queer folks and those whose relationship structures and embodiments are not always validated by dominant culture. I use a contemporary psychoanalytic lens, as well as, queer and post modern theory. My work primarily focuses on assisting folks exploring their self, including their gender and sexual health. I often provide support through transition and with a range of concerns including couple relational, low desire, problematic sexual behavior, erectile dysfunction and more.
I receive sexual health and gender specialty supervision and am on the journey to become a certified sex therapist.
I believe in the power of relationship and co-creating a safe environment for you to share and explore. I am particularly invested in working with trans and queer folks and those whose relationship structures and embodiments are not always validated by dominant culture. I use a contemporary psychoanalytic lens, as well as, queer and post modern theory. My work primarily focuses on assisting folks exploring their self, including their gender and sexual health. I often provide support through transition and with a range of concerns including couple relational, low desire, problematic sexual behavior, erectile dysfunction and more.
(612) 324-4894 x40 View (612) 324-4894 x40
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Sarah Mathews MA, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Waitlist for new clients
Welcome! Being human is a beautiful and vulnerable experience that doesn't always have directions or clear answers. You may be here because you feel struck in patterns that are holding you back or feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed in your daily life. You may be seeking help because you feel stuck in your relationship(s) or want to feel more free in your sexuality or sexual identity and are unsure how to proceed. And if you are a highly sensitive and/or nuero-diverse person, the world can feel complicated! If you are longing to live authentically and experience meaningful relationships, you've come to the right place!
Welcome! Being human is a beautiful and vulnerable experience that doesn't always have directions or clear answers. You may be here because you feel struck in patterns that are holding you back or feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed in your daily life. You may be seeking help because you feel stuck in your relationship(s) or want to feel more free in your sexuality or sexual identity and are unsure how to proceed. And if you are a highly sensitive and/or nuero-diverse person, the world can feel complicated! If you are longing to live authentically and experience meaningful relationships, you've come to the right place!
(651) 401-8279 View (651) 401-8279
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Lyndsey Fraser
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CST
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55417
My therapeutic process has come from over ten years of experience of working with relationships and sexuality utilizing the Enneagram.
Illuminate your path, Awaken your life! Who you are at your core matters and deserves to be seen by the world. I am driven by a desire to make a difference in the lives of others and to positively impact the world. I actively seek to live a life guided by a sense of purpose and meaning. My goal is to help you do the same with a highly personalized approach that addresses your needs and meets your criteria for personal success. This includes finding and solidifying the essential relationships in your life! I also utilize the Enneagram in my practice as a way to help you have more generosity for yourself and other in your life.
My therapeutic process has come from over ten years of experience of working with relationships and sexuality utilizing the Enneagram.
Illuminate your path, Awaken your life! Who you are at your core matters and deserves to be seen by the world. I am driven by a desire to make a difference in the lives of others and to positively impact the world. I actively seek to live a life guided by a sense of purpose and meaning. My goal is to help you do the same with a highly personalized approach that addresses your needs and meets your criteria for personal success. This includes finding and solidifying the essential relationships in your life! I also utilize the Enneagram in my practice as a way to help you have more generosity for yourself and other in your life.
(651) 433-6342 View (651) 433-6342
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Dr. Courtney Padjen
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
I am passionate about working with clients with non-traditional relationship structures or sexual interests (i.e. BDSM/kink, fetish, polyamorous, etc). I also enjoy helping clients discover where their sexual passions lie so they can have a more fulfilling sex life. I enjoy working with any sexual concern you may have including: Mismatched desire with your partner, low desire, sexual pain, sexual trauma, sexual dysfunctions, infidelity, etc. I welcome clients from all walks of life including those struggling with problematic sexual behavior ("sex addiction") and sex workers.
I am passionate about working with clients with non-traditional relationship structures or sexual interests (i.e. BDSM/kink, fetish, polyamorous, etc). I also enjoy helping clients discover where their sexual passions lie so they can have a more fulfilling sex life. I enjoy working with any sexual concern you may have including: Mismatched desire with your partner, low desire, sexual pain, sexual trauma, sexual dysfunctions, infidelity, etc. I welcome clients from all walks of life including those struggling with problematic sexual behavior ("sex addiction") and sex workers.
(651) 369-7602 View (651) 369-7602
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Cedar Hill Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Cedar Hill therapists have extensive training in areas of mental health, sexuality, identity, and knowledge of how those pieces intersect with other aspects of the human experience.
Cedar Hill Therapy provides sensitive, knowledgeable, evidence-based ​therapy to couples, families, & individuals. For some people, therapy is the beginning of a transformation for their lives and relationships; for others it can help them solve a specific issue and move forward with more confidence and less anxiety. Therapy may help you to see things in a different way or help make a decision that moves you forward.
Cedar Hill therapists have extensive training in areas of mental health, sexuality, identity, and knowledge of how those pieces intersect with other aspects of the human experience.
Cedar Hill Therapy provides sensitive, knowledgeable, evidence-based ​therapy to couples, families, & individuals. For some people, therapy is the beginning of a transformation for their lives and relationships; for others it can help them solve a specific issue and move forward with more confidence and less anxiety. Therapy may help you to see things in a different way or help make a decision that moves you forward.
(612) 284-4291 View (612) 284-4291
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Rick Laska
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, CST
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55407  (Online Only)
I am also a Certified Sex Therapist (CST) and I focus on issues related to human sexuality, including, but not limited to: sexual functioning, sexual trauma, sexual identity, sexual behaviors, arousal concerns, desire discrepancy in relationships, issues with orgasm, and issues with sexual pain.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW 23383) and psychotherapist, with a focus on issues related to human sexuality. Connection, intimacy, desire, love, and joy are the things in life that enrich our human experience. When we struggle with these, life can feel very lonely. I believe that you have endless potential, but sometimes life can get in the way. My hope is to get some of the muck out of the way so you can be your best self on any given day.
I am also a Certified Sex Therapist (CST) and I focus on issues related to human sexuality, including, but not limited to: sexual functioning, sexual trauma, sexual identity, sexual behaviors, arousal concerns, desire discrepancy in relationships, issues with orgasm, and issues with sexual pain.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW 23383) and psychotherapist, with a focus on issues related to human sexuality. Connection, intimacy, desire, love, and joy are the things in life that enrich our human experience. When we struggle with these, life can feel very lonely. I believe that you have endless potential, but sometimes life can get in the way. My hope is to get some of the muck out of the way so you can be your best self on any given day.
(612) 255-6743 View (612) 255-6743
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Nicole Duarte
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55414  (Online Only)
I am an AASECT certified sex therapist.
The decision to seek therapy is positive and courageous! It is important to find the right therapist to help you with your problems. I take an integrative and collaborative approach to therapy which is client centered and goal driven. I create a safe and non-judgmental space where we work together to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and facilitate personal and relational growth. I assess the biological, psychological and social aspects of a person, couple or family, using a balance of approaches that are attachment based and include insight-oriented and cognitive behavior therapies to treat depression/anxiety, grief, trauma, etc.
I am an AASECT certified sex therapist.
The decision to seek therapy is positive and courageous! It is important to find the right therapist to help you with your problems. I take an integrative and collaborative approach to therapy which is client centered and goal driven. I create a safe and non-judgmental space where we work together to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and facilitate personal and relational growth. I assess the biological, psychological and social aspects of a person, couple or family, using a balance of approaches that are attachment based and include insight-oriented and cognitive behavior therapies to treat depression/anxiety, grief, trauma, etc.
(773) 904-2284 View (773) 904-2284
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Nicholas Newstrom
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55414
As a therapist, I have experience treating a variety of co-occuring disorders including addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual trauma, atypical sexuality concerns.
I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and Minnesota Board Approved Supervisor who has experience working in both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings. I see the patients I work with as having all the answers.
As a therapist, I have experience treating a variety of co-occuring disorders including addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual trauma, atypical sexuality concerns.
I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and Minnesota Board Approved Supervisor who has experience working in both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings. I see the patients I work with as having all the answers.
(763) 703-6039 View (763) 703-6039
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Ben Powers
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55407
I specialize in helping clients issues related to gender and sexuality, particularly within the queer, kink, and polyamorous/non-monogamous communities.
I use cognitive behavioral therapy to help people improve their mental health. I believe that each person deserves treatment tailored to their experience and needs. In session, I help people change patterns of unhealthy thoughts or behaviors and examine meaning of life experiences. As a counselor, I am open-minded, analytical, and casual while allowing space for challenging clients to improve their lives. I practice from an informed consent perspective aimed at reducing barriers to care and emphasizing bodily autonomy. This often involves writing letters of support for medical transition services.
I specialize in helping clients issues related to gender and sexuality, particularly within the queer, kink, and polyamorous/non-monogamous communities.
I use cognitive behavioral therapy to help people improve their mental health. I believe that each person deserves treatment tailored to their experience and needs. In session, I help people change patterns of unhealthy thoughts or behaviors and examine meaning of life experiences. As a counselor, I am open-minded, analytical, and casual while allowing space for challenging clients to improve their lives. I practice from an informed consent perspective aimed at reducing barriers to care and emphasizing bodily autonomy. This often involves writing letters of support for medical transition services.
(952) 466-6904 View (952) 466-6904
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Austin Jacobsen
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Austin specializes in trauma, sex, gender, and phobias, but also has over 10 years of experience working with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and psychosis, personality disorders, and severe and persistent illness (SPMI).
Austin believes that we are all searching for our own meaning in life, and that we make our own meaning. Stemming from a person-centered standpoint, he meets people where they are, holding space and walking with clients down their own paths as a guest in their personal journey. He combines an Adlerian and existential framework with cognitive behavioral, EMDR, and solution focused techniques to assist clients in making meaningful changes in their lives, tapping into the client’s inner strengths along the way. Austin also uses revolutionary methods incorporating technology and virtual reality into session.
Austin specializes in trauma, sex, gender, and phobias, but also has over 10 years of experience working with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and psychosis, personality disorders, and severe and persistent illness (SPMI).
Austin believes that we are all searching for our own meaning in life, and that we make our own meaning. Stemming from a person-centered standpoint, he meets people where they are, holding space and walking with clients down their own paths as a guest in their personal journey. He combines an Adlerian and existential framework with cognitive behavioral, EMDR, and solution focused techniques to assist clients in making meaningful changes in their lives, tapping into the client’s inner strengths along the way. Austin also uses revolutionary methods incorporating technology and virtual reality into session.
(952) 900-5901 View (952) 900-5901
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Sarah Hancock-Hall
Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55400
Hello and welcome! Are you experiencing challenges with sex or sexuality? Perhaps a loss of sexual desire is getting in the way of your relationship with your partner. Are you frustrated that your body isn't responding the way it used to? Maybe you are a poly person seeking support around relationships and sex. Other challenges may include painful sex, erectile issues, guilt, shame, and avoidance, or life transitions such as after baby, in the menopausal years, or in the aftermath of a health condition such as cancer. Therapy is LGBTQ+, polyamory, and kink affirming.
Hello and welcome! Are you experiencing challenges with sex or sexuality? Perhaps a loss of sexual desire is getting in the way of your relationship with your partner. Are you frustrated that your body isn't responding the way it used to? Maybe you are a poly person seeking support around relationships and sex. Other challenges may include painful sex, erectile issues, guilt, shame, and avoidance, or life transitions such as after baby, in the menopausal years, or in the aftermath of a health condition such as cancer. Therapy is LGBTQ+, polyamory, and kink affirming.
(507) 556-3079 View (507) 556-3079
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Bruce E Fischer
Psychologist, PhD, LP, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
I've been trained in sex therapy, clinical hypnosis, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
I've been working with adults and teens for over 47 years. My approach is empathic, direct, and thoughtful. Given I have a wide background in my training, I adapt my therapeutic approach to your needs. I find that effective therapy is a collaborative approach where we work together to understand your concerns, their origins and most importantly what can be done to bring about both the internal and behavioral changes that will be beneficial to you. My goal in therapy is to help integrate your shame and vulnerabilities into a healthy identity grounded in self-esteem and pride.
I've been trained in sex therapy, clinical hypnosis, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
I've been working with adults and teens for over 47 years. My approach is empathic, direct, and thoughtful. Given I have a wide background in my training, I adapt my therapeutic approach to your needs. I find that effective therapy is a collaborative approach where we work together to understand your concerns, their origins and most importantly what can be done to bring about both the internal and behavioral changes that will be beneficial to you. My goal in therapy is to help integrate your shame and vulnerabilities into a healthy identity grounded in self-esteem and pride.
(612) 223-7345 View (612) 223-7345
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Mari Tankenoff
Psychologist, MA, LP, PhD, CC, LPCC
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55416  (Online Only)
I am particularly interested in cultivating and sustaining total-person (mind-body-spirit) care, self-care, and wellness—especially in response to life changes and transitions, health issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, intimacy, sexuality, relationships, and work issues.
I am dedicated to human sustainability. I have an expansive, holistic, and inclusive perspective of humanity and the lived human experience. As a Licensed Psychologist since 1993, I have worked with individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations motivated to experience well-being, improved relationships, inner peace, efficacy, empowerment, and flourishing. In response to life’s challenges, suffering, and transitions, therapy can offer powerful, transformative healing and forward movement. I strive to create emotional safety for our work together, offering my wholeness of presence to meet your own.
I am particularly interested in cultivating and sustaining total-person (mind-body-spirit) care, self-care, and wellness—especially in response to life changes and transitions, health issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, intimacy, sexuality, relationships, and work issues.
I am dedicated to human sustainability. I have an expansive, holistic, and inclusive perspective of humanity and the lived human experience. As a Licensed Psychologist since 1993, I have worked with individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations motivated to experience well-being, improved relationships, inner peace, efficacy, empowerment, and flourishing. In response to life’s challenges, suffering, and transitions, therapy can offer powerful, transformative healing and forward movement. I strive to create emotional safety for our work together, offering my wholeness of presence to meet your own.
(612) 260-5169 x2 View (612) 260-5169 x2
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Melanie M Alford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MPH, LICSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55407  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
As a sex-positive practitioner, I enjoy helping individuals and/or couples who are exploring their sexual and relationship practices.
Real change comes from understanding why our own impulses and behaviors hold us back from experiencing our true potential and discovering the skills to create the change we seek. I believe in a holistic, person-centered approach to therapy that helps people find the answers that were inside them all along. As a therapist, I am intuitive and compassionate, yet direct, and employ a mix of modalities, including traditional psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques.
As a sex-positive practitioner, I enjoy helping individuals and/or couples who are exploring their sexual and relationship practices.
Real change comes from understanding why our own impulses and behaviors hold us back from experiencing our true potential and discovering the skills to create the change we seek. I believe in a holistic, person-centered approach to therapy that helps people find the answers that were inside them all along. As a therapist, I am intuitive and compassionate, yet direct, and employ a mix of modalities, including traditional psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques.
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Leah Bonine
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55415
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. I work from a trauma-informed, harm reduction, sex positive, attachment-based lens. I specialize in working with adults from diverse backgrounds, particularly the LGBTQ+ community. I see clients for individual therapy. I especially enjoy working with creative people and have a deep understanding of the creative process. I am trained in EMDR, AEDP and DBT.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. I work from a trauma-informed, harm reduction, sex positive, attachment-based lens. I specialize in working with adults from diverse backgrounds, particularly the LGBTQ+ community. I see clients for individual therapy. I especially enjoy working with creative people and have a deep understanding of the creative process. I am trained in EMDR, AEDP and DBT.
(612) 800-0486 View (612) 800-0486
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Erin Morgan
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Waitlist for new clients
I work with people who want better relationships with others and better relationships with themselves. Couples, families, and individuals I see are bright, curious, motivated people who find their lives disrupted somehow - by the intrusion of traumatic experiences, life transitions, or persistent struggles with mental health that don't resolve on their own. I have a deep understanding of the unique therapy needs of therapists and doctors and their partners and families, and I enjoy working with folks anywhere on the gender and sexuality spectra. I also work with torture and war trauma survivors, refugees, and asylum seekers.
I work with people who want better relationships with others and better relationships with themselves. Couples, families, and individuals I see are bright, curious, motivated people who find their lives disrupted somehow - by the intrusion of traumatic experiences, life transitions, or persistent struggles with mental health that don't resolve on their own. I have a deep understanding of the unique therapy needs of therapists and doctors and their partners and families, and I enjoy working with folks anywhere on the gender and sexuality spectra. I also work with torture and war trauma survivors, refugees, and asylum seekers.
(612) 294-9424 View (612) 294-9424
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Stacy Hatke
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55414
My interests include sexuality and gender expression, relational counseling, particularly non-normative relationships, sexual health & sex therapy, fat liberation, and trauma work.
My commitment in therapy is to help people live their fully authentic life - in whatever way that looks like to you. I have a particular passion for those who love outside the box - I specialize in working with polyamory and non-monogamy, kink, and queer and trans individuals. I like to get curious about the things that make you unique, and find ways to make those parts shine, while also holding space for the difficulty of living with marginalized identities. While I am not a trained trauma therapist, trauma, both single-instance and complex, informs all of my work.
My interests include sexuality and gender expression, relational counseling, particularly non-normative relationships, sexual health & sex therapy, fat liberation, and trauma work.
My commitment in therapy is to help people live their fully authentic life - in whatever way that looks like to you. I have a particular passion for those who love outside the box - I specialize in working with polyamory and non-monogamy, kink, and queer and trans individuals. I like to get curious about the things that make you unique, and find ways to make those parts shine, while also holding space for the difficulty of living with marginalized identities. While I am not a trained trauma therapist, trauma, both single-instance and complex, informs all of my work.
(612) 712-3806 View (612) 712-3806
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Pakou Yang
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, LAMFT
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55407  (Online Only)
Everyone is molded from their experiences, perspectives, and identities which can shaped a sense of reality. Our racial identity, social class, sexuality, and ethnic backgrounds shapes us in developing wisdom/techniques of resiliency to endure distressing moments. These same experiences can become increasingly distressing which can lead us into believing unauthentic beliefs of who we really are. For healing to take place, a requirement of safety/security need to be present in order for authenticity to be formed. Often is the case where strength and growth is developed when faced with the discomforts of the past.
Everyone is molded from their experiences, perspectives, and identities which can shaped a sense of reality. Our racial identity, social class, sexuality, and ethnic backgrounds shapes us in developing wisdom/techniques of resiliency to endure distressing moments. These same experiences can become increasingly distressing which can lead us into believing unauthentic beliefs of who we really are. For healing to take place, a requirement of safety/security need to be present in order for authenticity to be formed. Often is the case where strength and growth is developed when faced with the discomforts of the past.
(612) 445-4854 View (612) 445-4854
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Rashida K. Fisher
Counselor, PhD, LPCC, LADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55411  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
There are times when the tasks of life seem insurmountable and too much to bear. I take a practical approach to counseling that is grounded in honesty, humor, non-judgment, and personal reflection. Sankofa means "It is not forbidden to go back and fetch what you forgot". Our past experiences, family history, and beliefs and values contribute to how we manage life's challenges. Looking to your past uncovers valuable lessons. I believe that positive change occurs through building on the individual's strength and focusing on the power of relationship, and past success as the primary source of healing and personal growth.
There are times when the tasks of life seem insurmountable and too much to bear. I take a practical approach to counseling that is grounded in honesty, humor, non-judgment, and personal reflection. Sankofa means "It is not forbidden to go back and fetch what you forgot". Our past experiences, family history, and beliefs and values contribute to how we manage life's challenges. Looking to your past uncovers valuable lessons. I believe that positive change occurs through building on the individual's strength and focusing on the power of relationship, and past success as the primary source of healing and personal growth.
(612) 662-0347 View (612) 662-0347

Sex Therapy

Who is sex therapy for?

Sex problems are common in relationships. Many people want a better sex life and want to feel loved and desired by their partner. It is difficult for couples to resolve sexual problems on their own because people often feel ashamed to talk about their sexual desires fearing they are not normal, when in fact a very broad range of preferences and behaviors are normal. A sex therapist can help clarify this and other matters.

Why do people need sex therapy?

Many people do not know how to talk about their erotic needs or their emotional needs, both of which are addressed in sex therapy. Couples often live with sexual difficulties for years before seeking help, and in that time, partners may experience so much disappointment and alienation that they may fear their problems mean they are incompatible. Once people experience disappointment, it is difficult to find resolution without help.

What happens in sex therapy?

People have many misconceptions about what takes place in sex therapy. First, it is a form of talk therapy in which partners discuss their sexual concerns; it does not involve touching or physical exploration of any kind. Sex therapy typically helps couples get comfortable talking to each other about sex so that, in the privacy of their home life, they can openly discuss their sexual desires and make decisions about what they want to do. Couples are typically assigned activities to do at home that build intimacy skills.

What kinds of problems do sex therapists treat?

Very often, partners differ in their degree of sexual desire and struggle over how often to have sex. Or they may have fights about porn use or have difficulty connecting sexually after one partner is unfaithful. Men may have problems with premature ejaculation. Women may find themselves struggling to become aroused or to achieve an orgasm. Sometimes partners feel like they have lost the sense of attraction to their partner. These are all common issues dealt with in sex therapy.