Reclaim Your Relationship to Your Body, Pleasure, and Sexuality
Sex therapy in California for those who are ready to stop carrying what you were taught and start connecting with what you actually want.
You don’t have to keep carrying this alone.
Maybe you grew up in a home where sex was never talked about — or if it was, it wasn’t talked about well. Maybe you’ve absorbed messages from religion, culture, or society that told you your desires were wrong, your body was shameful, or that certain feelings weren’t okay to have.
Here is what I want you to know: that’s not you. That’s what you were taught.
YOU MIGHT BE FEELING…
Disconnected from your body or your sense of desire
Experiencing intimacy is complicated, heavy, or just out of reach
Ashamed of something you’ve never said out loud to anyone
Curious about your sexuality, gender, or identity — and not sure where to start
Overwhelmed by how big and scary this all feels
You deserve a space where this doesn’t have to stay in the dark, where someone can meet you exactly where you are, without judgment, and help you move towards the relationship you want with yourself.
SEX THERAPY SERVICES
Work with me
Individual therapy sessions: 50 minutes, virtual, available to California residents.
$175 per session. Aetna, Cigna, and Optum accepted. Sliding scale available upon request
Hi, I’m Laurie
LMFT #157001 (she/her)
The reason I went to grad school to become a therapist was because I wanted a deeper psychological understanding of how to support people around sexuality. I was already doing this work, and when people opened up about their bodies, their shame, and their stories, I wanted to be able to truly hold what they were expressing. I wanted to provide trauma informed, holistic care to everyone I supported.
I bring a feminist, queer and liberatory lens to my work, which means we don’t just look at what you’re feeling, we look at the systems it came from. The shame you’re carrying? Most of it isn’t yours. It belongs to the stories that shaped you. We are going to explore that together.
I love talking about the things that don’t get discussed. The things that feel too big or too overwhelming. I’ve heard so many stories and I promise, yours won’t shock me. What I’ve learned is that just naming the thing can bring so much relief. And we can do that with a lot of lightness, too. Humor also belongs in the therapy room. I am here to do this work alongside you so you don’t have to do this alone.
Education, Credentials & Trainings
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #157001, California
MA Counseling/Psychology / California Institute of Integral Studies
Gestalt training / Church Street Integral Counseling Center
Certified Dream Teacher/ Robert Moss School of Active Dreaming
HIV Test Counseling Training / UC Santa Cruz
Peer HIV Test Counselor/ UC Santa Cruz
Sexual Health Educator Training/ Good Vibrations, San Francisco
San Francisco Sex Information Training/ San Francisco
SF CAMFT Gender Affirming Care Training/ CAMFT
My Approach
Sex therapy with me isn’t just talk. I bring a range of tools into the session — depending on what’s most useful for you, we might work with:
Psychoeducation: teaching the anatomy of pleasure, and sexual health education that you may have never received
Parts work and Gestalt: getting to know the different parts of yourself and how they show up
Dreamwork and meditation: using your inner world as a source of insight and healing
Art therapy and creative exploration: finding expression outside of words
Mindfulness and somatic awareness: coming back to your body in a gentle, grounded way
Invitations: offerings to explore between sessions that root our work in your everyday life
I believe my role as a therapist is to show up authentically and be a mirror for your experience. I am a person who finds value in levity and humor as a companion to this heavy work.
Sex therapy can look a lot of different ways.
SOME THINGS PEOPLE BRING TO OUR WORK TOGETHER:
Sexual shame and unlearning harmful messages
Gender and sexuality exploration
Body image struggles and exploration
Intimacy with yourself, a partner or partners
Desire, pleasure, and reconnection to your body
Queer identity and navigating relationships
Sexual trauma and its impact on your life
Kink-affirming and sex-positive therapy
Asexuality, aromanticism, and marginalized experiences and identities
Trans and nonbinary experiences of body and self
Frequently Asked
Questions
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Sessions are 50 minutes and are offered virtually to adults across California. Therapy works best on a weekly basis, as consistency is key as we do deeper therapeutic work and build our relationship.
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I currently offer virtual appointments via Zoom across California.
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My session fee is $175/session. Upon request, I can provide a superbill to submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement. I accept Cigna, Optum and Aetna insurance.
You deserve to feel good in your own skin.
If you are looking for non judgmental support where nothing is off the table and nothing is too shameful to say — I’m here!