Somatic Sex Therapy: Reconnecting Body, Self, and Intimacy
Sexuality is more than behavior or communication—it is an embodied experience shaped by the nervous system, emotions, relationships, and our connection with self. Through a Virginia Satir- experiential approach, somatic sex therapy creates space to explore the spectrum of sexuality with greater congruence, self-awareness, and self-compassion.
Drawing from Satir's belief that healing occurs through authentic contact with one's internal experience, our work honors the body's signals rather than overriding them. Through mindful awareness of sensation, breath, movement, emotional experience, and relational dynamics, clients can develop a deeper sense of self-trust and personal agency.
The pace of therapy is collaborative and respectful of your nervous system's readiness. Together, we create opportunities for growth, integration, and embodied connection so intimacy can feel safer, more authentic, and aligned with your deepest sense of self.
Experiences such as trauma, chronic stress, medical trauma, attachment wounds, shame, or sensory overwhelm can disrupt the body's natural capacity for safety, pleasure, vulnerability, and authentic connection. When the nervous system perceives threat, intimacy may become associated with protection, disconnection, hypervigilance, shutdown, or self-judgment rather than openness and choice.
Somatic sex therapy gently integrates experiential exploration with nervous system regulation practices to help clients develop greater awareness of their internal experience. Together, we explore how thoughts, emotions, body sensations, beliefs, and relational patterns interact within intimate relationships.
Using Somatic trauma therapy and Experiential interventions, we may work toward:
• Increasing nervous system regulation and capacity for connection
• Rebuilding trust in the wisdom of the body
• Reducing shame related to sexuality, pleasure, identity, or body image
• Exploring healthy boundaries, consent, pacing, and choice
• Strengthening embodied awareness and interoceptive attunement
• Identifying protective survival responses that emerge during intimacy
• Cultivating greater self-esteem, authenticity, and congruence
• Expanding capacity for vulnerability, pleasure, and emotional connection
• Supporting relational safety and secure attachment experiences
“Remind yourself that the day you were born, your body was a cause for celebration, for love without condition, and that’s just as true today as it was then.” ― Emily Nagoski
A Safe Space for Healing and Connection
At the heart of my work is the belief that intimacy and sexuality deserve to be explored without shame.
I provide somatic sex therapy for adults throughout Michigan who are seeking a gentle, trauma-informed, and affirming therapeutic space.
Whether you are navigating trauma, chronic illness, disability, neurodivergence, or changes within intimacy and relationships, therapy can become a place where your whole experience is welcomed with care and respect.
Healing begins with safety, attunement, and compassionate connection.
