• Decrease: Shame, Anxiety, Depression, & Trauma Symptoms
• Connect with Yourself and Your Partner(s)
• Create and Define the Relationships You and Your Partner(s) Want
• Work Through Trauma History and Create Safety Through Intimacy
• Develop Healthy Communication Skills
• Increase Sexual Joy and Pleasure
• Define Your Sexual, Gender, and Relationship Identities
• Work Through Mental Health Issues with an Affirming Therapist

Sex Therapy can be for either individuals or couples—it all depends on your goals!

Sex Therapy DOES NOT involve physical touch and against the ethics of Licensed Mental Health Professionals. You will be guided through interventions that do not involve touch between the therapist and client.

Aloha Spirit Therapy is a sex-positive practice, meaning we believe in equal rights for consenting adults who engage in alternative sexual and relationship expressions.

While the course and pace of therapy is different for everyone, it is likely that you will begin sex therapy by describing your specific sexual concerns, history and other relating factors such as other potentially related medical concerns, medication, and trauma history.

If you’re actively in a romantic relationship, it’s usually most helpful to involve your partner in meetings with your sex therapist. You’ll likely receive exercises to complete together, both in session and a “homework”, such as:

• Communication exercises with your partner.
• Utilizing mindfulness techniques that may help you and your partner slow down and focus on what you’re sensing during intimate encounters.
• Reading articles or studies related to sexual health.
• Watching educational videos about sexual health.
• Changing the way you interact with your partner both sexually and non-sexually through verbal and nonverbal communication.

As sexual health therapy progresses, you can use your home experiences to further identify and refine the issues you’d like to work on.