Couples Sex Therapist
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How to Want Sex More (Webinar)
IN 60 MINUTES, YOU’LL BE READY TO:
- Make it easier to access your desire for intimacy
- Change the dynamics with your partner so that intimacy can be fun and easy for both of you
- Create an intimate life that you can enjoy, without having to think about it
I am conducting all session remotely for the time being.
Due to COVID 19, I am not seeing people in my office. I do not yet know when I will resume seeing clients in person, and I’m not yet sure how I will evaluate when it’s safe to do so. Currently, I am thinking I will only resume when we don’t need to wear masks to sit in the same room since I can’t imagine doing therapy if we can’t see each other’s expressions.
Remote sessions are easy and convenient.
All you need is internet access and a camera, so you can attend using a computer or a smart phone. Each session has a unique link with a password, so it’s secure. You and your partner can be together or dial in apart.
Online sessions actually work very well. I have worked with plenty of new clients, never having met in person, and we’re able to dive right in and address concerns. I’m happy to schedule a call to address any concerns you have.
Helping You Create Your Best Relationship
Unlock Your Full Potential.
When your intimate life suffers, your whole life suffers. Whatever it is that you are missing, or concerned about, can cast a dark shadow on what otherwise might be a wonderful relationship.
I help couples who have a good relationship but who are avoiding sex because it’s become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured.
I have the skills and experience to help you figure out how to improve your relationship and your sex life. Together, we’ll work to create the changes — both emotional and physical — you need in order to add pleasure, joy, and intimacy to your relationship.
Don’t continue to struggle on your own. Let me help!
Extensive training in couples therapy
AASECT certification as a sex therapist
Focused exclusively on helping couples with sex and intimacy
Author of "Sex Without Stress" and host of the Better Sex Podcast
Couples’ Sex Therapy
- Are you feeling sad or lonely in your relationship because your sex life is so bad?
- Has your body changed in the way it responds during sex?
- Is your sex life being affected by aging, disease or disability?
- Is sex painful, anxious or disappointing?
- Has your disappointing sex life become the elephant in the room?
- Have you become only really good roommates or co-parents?
- Are you lonely in your relationship?
I help couples who are struggling with sex and intimacy – for any number of reasons.
Perhaps one of you has some sort of sexual dysfunction (trouble with arousal, orgasm, pain, etc).
Maybe your differences in level of desire are creating feelings of rejection, frustration, inadequacy, or guilt.
Maybe one of you is struggling to want sex at all.
Any maybe it’s hard for the two of you to talk about what’s going on (and what’s NOT going on) in a way that’s constructive and friendly. Or maybe you avoid the topic entirely.
I can help you create a sex life that is actually easy and fun for both of you. Let’s get rid of the pressure and any feeling of obligation that clouds your sex life.
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FREE RESOURCES
How to Want Sex More
Free training to learn why one of you is not feeling desire and what to do.
Better Sex Podcast
Sex & Intimacy Blog
Online Sex Quiz
What do we need to know?
You have a lot of choices when you are searching for a therapist. Finding a good fit is important. While you want to make sure that any therapist is licensed in the state and is qualified to help you, you’ll also want to consider their vision of relationship health and their approach to working with clients. If you still have any questions after reading through my website, I would be happy to answer them!
1. Do you specialize in working with couples?
Yes, I specialize in couples therapy. Unlike many therapists who do “a little of everything,” my practice is exclusively devoted to working with couples, especially regarding issues of sexuality and intimacy.
I have pursued extensive training, completing an intensive externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, PACT couples therapy, as well as several multi-day clinical workshops in Crucible Therapy with David Schnarch and Ruth Morehouse.
Because I am also an AASECT certified sex therapist, I can integrate sex therapy and couples therapy creating an holistic approach to intimacy issues.
2. I see you are AASECT certified. Why is that important?
AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists) requires over 160 hours of rigorous curriculum, 50 hours of supervision and hundreds of hours of clinical experience in order to grant certification.
While Washington state does not regulate the term “sex therapist,” certification distinguishes a therapist who has made the commitment to be fully qualified to provide sex therapy.
3. What kind of people get the most out of choosing you as a therapist?
They are open to self-reflection, they have an ability to confront themselves and to be honest about what they are doing, and they have a real desire for growth and integrity in their lives.
They focus on their own contribution to their issues and resist the urge to blame others.
They value honest feedback and directness delivered with good will.
They are ready to make the commitment of time and resources that change requires, and they are determined to make the most out of that investment by being committed to and engaged in the process and expecting me to bring my best to every session.
4. If you are working with a couple, do you ever see the people individually?
No. Couples work is always done together. The process is something you share and experience in my office.
This policy maintains a balanced relationship with both people. It also serves to prevent me from having any information that has not been shared with the absent partner.
5. How long does therapy last?
By Jessa zimmerman
Sex Without Stress™
A couple’s guide to overcoming disappointment, avoidance, and pressure
Do sexual problems mean I’m in the wrong relationship?
How do we get to the point where sex is fun again?
Am I broken? Is there any hope?
This book takes on the heart-wrenching questions that naturally arise when couples are struggling with sex. Once sex becomes synonymous with disappointment, avoidance sets in and creates pressure in the bedroom. In this straightforward and practical book, Zimmerman guides us to understand the cycle that develops when sex is difficult, to shift our mindset when it comes to sexual intimacy, and to transform our sexual experience with our partner using a nine-phase experiential process.
Interested in the online course?
Work at home, at your own pace.
The Intimacy With Ease™ program offers support as you work through the process.
An online course based on my book, this intimacy course is designed to support couples through a process of transforming their sex lives through webinar teaching and structured at home conversations and exercises.
About Me
I help people who long to share a great sex life with their partner, but who find themselves feeling distant, disconnected, anxious or at odds about sex instead.
I guide people through a process to understand their own needs and desires in relationship, as well their individual contribution to the problems, so that they can make their sex life as good as the rest of their relationship. I know from my years in practice focused on couples & sex that no matter how stuck you might feel right now, sex can be a joy instead of the elephant in the room. I believe that strong, healthy, fulfilling relationships make the world a better place.
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