Sex Therapy
Sex Therapy for Individuals & Couples
In-Person in Adams Point, Lake Merritt, Grand Lake, Oakland
Virtually in San Francisco Bay Area & across California
A shame-free space to explore sexuality, desire, and intimacy.
Sexuality is one of the most human parts of us — and one of the least talked about. Most of us grew up absorbing messages about what sex is supposed to look like, who gets to want it, and what desires are acceptable to have. When your actual experience doesn't match that script, the silence can feel like confirmation that something is wrong with you.
It isn't.
For many of us — especially those who grew up in cultures where sex simply wasn't spoken about — shame becomes the water we swim in. It shapes what we allow ourselves to feel, what we ask for, what we hide, and how present we can be in our own bodies and relationships.
This is a space to understand your sexuality on your own terms.
What is sex therapy?
Sex therapy is talk therapy — there is no physical contact and sessions take place fully clothed. A sex therapist is a mental health professional with specialized training in sexual health, sexuality, desire, intimacy, and the psychological dimensions of sexual experience. We use conversation, somatic awareness, and evidence-based frameworks to address the root of what's getting in the way — whether that's shame, trauma, communication, desire discrepancy, or something harder to name.
Sex therapy is for anyone — individuals exploring their relationship to their own sexuality, couples navigating intimacy challenges for a variety of reasons, and people carrying the weight of cultural or religious messages about what sex is supposed to mean.
Does this sound familiar?
Navigating shame and sexuality within South Asian, Asian, or religious cultural contexts
Exploring desire, pleasure, and what they actually want
Working through desire discrepancy with a partner
Healing from sexual trauma or experiences that made intimacy feel unsafe
Identifying as queer, kinky, or non-monogamous and seeking affirming support
Navigating open relationships, ethical non-monogamy, or consensual non-monogamy
Wanting to deepen emotional and physical intimacy with a partner
What we can explore together
Shame, body, and sexuality — where it came from and what it's costing you
Desire — understanding what you want and learning to ask for it
Intimacy and emotional connection in long-term relationships
Communication about sex with partners — openly, directly, without shame
Healing the impact of sexual trauma on the body and on intimacy
Kink, BDSM, and alternative relationship structures — affirming exploration without pathologizing
Cultural and religious messages about sexuality and what you want to keep or release
Queer sexuality and identity — including coming out, exploration, and community