“Relationships are both wonderful and terrible. They can give us the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, send us soaring into the stratosphere on wings of love, or drop us from on high to splat in the mud.”

Russ Harris

As a relationship therapist, I often see individuals when their relationship is most distressing to them. Each partner in some level of emotional pain, often describing having done all they know to do to fix the relationship problems, but with little success. Partners begin their journey with relationship therapy for a variety of reasons; some of the most common reasons are related to difficulty with communication, intimacy, trust and emotional safety. 

My approach to couples or relationship therapy involves a 4- step assessment process prior to treatment:

Session One is aimed at understanding the relationship history,  how current relationship problems developed, and clarifying behavioral patterns of each partner that maintain current relationship problems.

Sessions Two & Three are aimed at understanding each individual's history including upbring, mental and physical health functioning, personal stressors, supports, and strengths; each partner completes evidence based questionnaires to clarify patterns in conflict, and levels of dissatisfaction in different areas of their relationship.

Session Four is aimed at having a shared understanding of the relationship problems based on information obtained in the previous three sessions and collaboratively discussing how we will work to address these identified problems. 

Following assessment, treatment sessions are focused on improving relationship functioning.

I am passionate about working with couples to:

• Improve their understanding of their relationship, including how family background, racial and cultural dynamics impact their relationship

• Communicate effectively and authentically within the relationship

• Clarify their relationship values and goals

• Increase acceptance of each other's differences

• Deepen intimacy, connection and pleasure

• Promote more loving positive behaviors

• Increase their overall relationship satisfaction

• Recover from infidelity

Investment:

As a Couples and Relationship Sex Therapist, I prioritize addressing relational issues and improving how the relationship functions prior to the work of sex therapy.  It is essential that each partner have a high level of emotional safety in the relationship to engage in the, at times, vulnerable work of showing up as ones authentic sexual self. More often than not, each partner is affected by the other's sexual beliefs and concerns, an these sexual concerns commonly impact their relationship and vice-versa. 

I am passionate about working with couples in sex therapy to:

• Address desire mis-match/ desire discrepancy

• Build interpersonal sexual skills including awareness of ones own body, fantasies and, “turn ons,” as well as awareness of their partner’s body and what is arousing to them

• Build cognitive flexibility as a partner to better accept and navigate changes that come with aging, illness, and change in life roles/life transitions that can affect sexual expression

• Address sexual fears and anxieties

• Address male erectile and ejaculatory concerns

• Address pain with penetration, sexual intercourse and orgasm

• Address challenges to having consistent reliable orgasms 

• Promote sexual healing when one or both partners are survivors of sexual trauma

• Building an extensive sexual repertoire to increase eroticism and pleasure 

Investment:

“My life's work involves empowering all bodies for pleasure and orgasm”

Intimate Miracles, LLC welcomes individuals 18 years and older looking to explore issues related to their sexual needs and desires, and compassionately partners with clients in the process of unlearning cultural, familial, religious and societal shame. As a provider Dr. Miracle is sensitive to matters of coming out and disclosure, and the impact of rejection, stigma, discrimination, prejudice, violence and internalized homophobia on individual sexual development. Treatment aims to improve individual sexual functioning.

I am passionate about working with individuals in sex therapy to:

• Address issues with low desire and arousal issues 

• Build awareness of one's own body, and, “turn ons”

• Understand the role of fantasies to heighten arousal

• Address sexual fears and anxieties

• Address male erectile and ejaculatory concerns

• Address pain with sexual intercourse

• Address challenges with female orgasms 

• Promote sexual healing for survivors of sexual trauma in childhood and or adulthood

• Building an extensive sexual repertoire to increase eroticism and pleasure

Investment:

“I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken, simply because those bodies are not male. And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy.”

― Emily Nagoski

BETTER SEX WOMEN’S GROUP:

A 9-week telehealth mindfulness-based group for women with sexual interest / arousal concerns. Over the course of the group participants will (re)connect and engage with their sexuality by:

• Improving awareness and connection to physical sensations

• Interacting with their thoughts, emotions and sensations in a helpful way to promote sexual desire and arousal

• Learning up to date information about female sexuality

• Adapting a body and sex positive perspective

• Utilize specific tools/aids to enhance sexual arousal, pleasure and sexual satisfaction

Investment:

The cost for the 9 sessions is $810 if paid in full. Payment plans are available at $100 per session with a commitment to attend all 9 sessions.