Sex Therapy
Sex Therapy for Individuals & Couples
Sex Therapist in Oakland, San Francisco, & across California
A shame-free space to explore sexuality, desire, and intimacy.
I offer sex therapy for individuals and couples navigating desire, intimacy, shame, and sexuality. I hold a Sex Therapy Certificate from the California Institute of Integral Studies and am pursuing AASECT certification. I approach this work from a liberation framework — which means we start from your actual experience, not a standard of what sexuality is supposed to look like.
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.
I work with individuals and couples who are:
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