Non-licensed Therapists

My aim is to provide support and direction to help you accomplish your specific personal dating goals, while maintaining honest and ethical standards for all interpersonal relations. I mostly help singles rediscover their inner confidence, while also giving them the tools to strategize how they’ll meet their ideal suitors. I offer weekly check ins over skype or in person, as well as mini “boot camps” for approaching groups or singles at your event of choice. I am a gentle and supportive coach.

As a somatic coach and sex educator, I help people who are not satisfied with their sex lives whether because something is not working or because they see the possibility of more. I am very poly supportive; my partner and I know well the value of deepening our intimacy as we play with others. Author of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book (Cleis Press). The term somatic comes from the Greek word soma, meaning the living body in its wholeness–muscles, tissue, emotions, thoughts, breath, movement, sensations, language. When you have sex, you bring with you the whole package of who you are: your sexual history, your beliefs about sex and gender, your accumulated sexual wisdom, your erotic imagination and yearnings, and your physical structure, including armoring that may impede your ability to feel genital sensation by restricting the flow of energy through your pelvis and legs. My work addresses all of these aspects from the viewpoint of the clients deepest concerns. What do you want? What is missing now? Where are you stuck? What new competencies do you need to develop to reach your goals? I combine sex education with somatic bodywork (fully clothed). We use breathwork, self-observation, and simple movement exercises to guide you toward the new skills, practices, and perspectives that would have you say that you are thoroughly delighted with your sex life. I work with clients in my San Francisco/Bay Area studio and by phone. - Does phone consultation

Finley Harper is a Counsellor and Psychotherapist who works predominantly with clients from the LGBTQIA+, transgender, sex worker and other alternative lifestyle communities. Finley is a sex-positive and kink-friendly practitioner who sees clients with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, personality disorders, is neurodivergent friendly and for most other concerns. Finley is a warm and engaging therapist who works from a person-centred approach using CBT, ACT, DBT and other modalities as part of their theraputic framework. Finley’s primary language is English but they are experienced working with hearing-impaired clients via Zoom/TeleHealth using closed captioning. Clients can be seen in person in Malvern, Victoria or via Zoom/TeleHealth from interstate and overseas.

Dear hearts, I have been an explorer, field researcher, and guide in the sex positive, alternative, poly, eclectic spiritual/earth based/shamanic, and BDSM, communities for over 20 years. I have been a Sexuality & Relationship Counselor for over 10 years. I hold a compassionate, sacred container, in support of you discovering your authentic and unique style of relationship while embracing the relationship journey itself as a catalyst for personal growth and harmony. I specialize in abuse recovery, sexual dysfunctions, sacred sexuality, compassionate communication, harmonizing sex & relationship styles, and graceful completions. I am a Section Leader for The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, award winning co-author of “The Marriage of Sex & Spirit,” and the radio host of “Sex: Tantra & Kama Sutra.” I would be honored to support you on your relationship journey. Please contact me for a free 1/2 hour consultation to assess whether I am a match for what you are seeking. - Does phone consultation. Specialties: Therapeutic BDSM, Bridging Sexual Differences, Therapeutic Tantra, Recovery from Trauma.

I have decades of experience with the poly community, and offer a safe, non-judgmental environment for exploration of your issues. My style is integrational, relational, and eclectic, coupled with a warm, empathic presence. I can work with individuals, couples, triads, and other alternative relationships. I believe you are the expert on you, and it is my job to help you get back in touch with your authentic self.

I help individuals and couples to transform their lives through life coaching, as informed by my expertise in Reiki and Akashic Record reading.

My name is Gavin Bowes. I offer online holistic counseling for individuals and relationships, specializing in non-monogamy, relationship anarchy and non-normative relationships. I work with clients throughout the US and offer income-based, sliding scale rates. My practice is a judgment-free environment and I welcome you as you are.

Visit my website for more information or to book a free consultation.

A summary of my approach:

• There are so many ways to be in relationship and I consider all of them equally valid; I love working with monogamous couples as well as non-monogamy, relationship anarchy, friendships, complicated/situationships, asexuality, aromanticism, queerplatonic relationships and others. I make a special effort to extend myself to people in non-normative relationships because it can be so hard to find affirming, relevant support when you’re loving outside the box. And on a personal note, I can relate. I really get what it’s like to love in a way that doesn’t fit the social script.
• I view relationships (including monogamy) through a relationship anarchy lens. I resonate deeply with RA values of mutual respect, authenticity, customized commitments, healthy communication and the emphasis on allowing each person to be who they are. RA offers a way to cherish each other as human beings while simultaneously honoring each other’s autonomy and I find this to be an extremely loving and liberating foundation for all human relationships.
• I’m LGBTQIA+ and gender-affirming, BDSM/Kink-aware and welcoming of all neurotypes. I’m in my own ongoing process of unlearning the norms and biases I’ve inherited being raised in western culture, including my internalized racism and normative thinking. Recent trainings include Clinical Practice with Individuals in the Kink/BDSM Communities and Destroy Fatphobia.

Gayle Lynn is a relationship coach specializing in non-traditional relationships. She is a certified coach and has personal experience in non-monogamous relationships. Through Gayle Lynn’s experience she learned how messy relationships can be when someone is expressing their sexual desires. She helps to navigate family and cultural beliefs, communication pitfalls, processing emotions and more. Her desire is that her clients will be able to evolve their relationships into what they desire and achieve inner peace. For some this may be creating more intimacy in the marriage, opening the marriage and for some it may be a divorce. Whichever decision is made she can guide you through it without judgment or an agenda. Her spouse came to her with a desire to have sex with someone else and they navigated it and now she has a passion to empower her clients to make educated choices about their relationships. She is a certified coach and has created a methods to create better communication, emotional intelligence and helping you to make authentic decisions. She also has hypnotherapy and reiki certifications.

Body Love Wellness is a program designed for plus-sized women who are fed up with dieting and want support to stop obsessing about food and weight. Through our non-judgmental, Health At Every Size counseling programs, we help you get off the dieting roller coaster and transform your relationship with your body. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

Contemplative Psychotherapy is rooted in the belief that all people are born with the wisdom they need, known as your “brilliant sanity.” As your therapist, I can help you uncover this rich resource and tap into your innate wisdom, promoting healing and improved well-being. With a decade of experience in meditation and mindfulness practice, I integrate Buddhist philosophy with modern Western psychology, bringing present moment awareness into our time together and focusing on our relationship as the tool for healing. While Western psychology often focuses on diagnoses and symptoms, Contemplative Psychotherapy views the effects of past trauma and emotional challenges as the barriers to accessing your internal wisdom and its healing potential. Together, we aim toward awakening the self as it fully is, complete with its pain and challenges, and its brilliance and beauty.

I know that in navigating the world as a queer person, it can be challenging to find the right fit in a therapist. Whether you identify as non-binary, trans, genderfluid or anywhere on the spectrum of non-heteronormativity, it’s critical to talk with someone who gets it. When it’s time to further explore a facet of your identity, sexuality or relationship, you can feel safe expressing yourself with me as you are without your therapist assigning your struggles to your lifestyle or identity. I counsel sex workers, individuals in polyamorous or other multiple-partner relationships, and participants in kink or BDSM lifestyles. When you walk into my office, you can rest assured that you will be met with compassion and non-judgement.

Wouldn’t it feel great to be in a place where you’re actually excited about what lies ahead and you feel empowered and capable of handling whatever life throws at you? As a Certified Relationship, Personal Development and Empowerment Coach, I specialize in Emotional Mastery, Conscious Growth and Communication. I am LGBTQ2IA+, polyamory/ENM and kink/alternative lifestyle friendly. If you are motivated to change direction, let’s do this together! Feel free to reach out with any questions. Virtual sessions.

I am a Certified Sex Therapist in private practice for over 12 years. I’ve helped thousands of people with sex and relationship issues through therapy & coaching services, workshops and my chart-topping “Ask A Sex Therapist” podcast. I work with both individuals and relationship partners who want to resolve issues around non-monogamy, kink, libido, difficulty orgasming, erectile dysfunction, compulsive sexual behavior and more. I also work with sexual trauma. I’m trained in Internal Family Systems, Gottman Couples Counseling Training Levels 1 & 2 and Attachment Theory/Styles. I also incorporate Mindfulness, Law of Attraction and the work of Eckhart Tolle! My style is fun and approachable while taking the work seriously and making sure you get results. My expertise has been featured in Hustler Magazine, MindBodyGreen, The Daily Beast & Popsugar. Learn more about me and my work and get your free Healthy Sexual Boundaries checklist at https://HeatherShannon.co.

Sex Coaching consists of personalized sex education, helping individuals and couples/moresomes overcome sexual concerns, reframing thoughts and beliefs that inhibit your ability to enjoy sex, optimizing your dating profiles, connecting you with resources, and coaching people in nontraditional lifestyles in the absence of societal norms and role models. I love working with poly and kinky people! I work with clients in person, via telephone, or with videoconferencing. Check out my website for more info!

I work with

• Individuals
• Aging Adults

Relational systems:

• Adult Families
• Couples
• Poly systems
• Friends

Specialties

• Navigating belonging
• Queer & Trans identity
• Non-monogamy, Kink & Sex Work
• Sexual & Family Trauma
• Chronic Pain & Disability
• Pelvic Floor Health

Who I Am I am a white, neurodivergent, queer, intersex, kinky, non-monogamous, chronically ill person. I am a painter, lover of old things, cat haver, and avid reader, and gardener. I value creativity in all parts of my life. I believe that curiosity and creativity are at the heart of how I move through the world as a person and therapist.

What I Do I have a deep desire to explore, understand, and empower my clients. I am direct, candid, warm and open. I work to create safe and nonjudgmental brave spaces with my clients through shared curiosity. I am passionate about working with my clients to recognize larger systems that they interact with throughout their lives and how these systems impact their personal identities. I am Kink/BDSM, non-monogamy, body neutral and queer aligned. I believe that therapy is political and is a space where clients can be intentional about their identities. Some topics I enjoy working with are gender affirming care, chronic pain, working through infidelity, aging clients, navigating multiple racial and cultural identities, and processing sexual trauma.

I choose to bring my full self to the therapy space including my candor, humor, and a deep sense of empathy to support clients. I draw from a mixture of therapeutic models including Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Psychodynamic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. I find that using a mixture of approaches with clients enables me to tailor care to each unique system I work with.

Navigating polyamorous relationships? Looking to open your relationship to ENM or polyamory? Recovering from a recent breakup? Want to move on and create a solid relationship with yourself and set healthier boundaries with others? I support individuals like you in better articulating your needs to yourself and others. We will then activate the unique strengths you already possess to create a more empowered You. As a Harvard-trained strength and relationships coach, I understand what it takes to move on from a toxic relationship or a devastating breakup. Join me for a step-by-step journey of reconstructing your empowered self.

I have a lot of experience helping people overcome difficulties in their close relationships and also in dealing with people coming out of relationships. We work to make the process less painful, more constructive, and to build a foundation for a strong new start.

I’m trained in Emotional Focused Therapy, strength-based approach of positive psychology, Attachment Theory, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

I speak English and Russian.

Currently, I conduct my sessions on video platforms, such as Zoom.

I offer hypnotherapy services to improve the quality of your life through science and research based trance therapy. Together we can take on a variety of issues from helping you cope with fear and anxiety to habit control and general wellness. I also offer certified specialization in working with transgender clients. Contact me today for a free consultation. I know English and can communicate in Russian. I serve all age groups and all concerns.

I offer somatic coaching and intuitive counseling to support the healing and transformation of survivors, change-makers, and creative folks of all kinds. I love working with queer and trans clients, artists, and misfits of all types. Currently, I see individual clients and offer groups in Santa Fe, as well as offering these services across the world via Skype.

I am a relationship counselor with an emphasis on using customized, empirically based therapeutic methods to help you reach that loving, healthy relationship that you deserve. Whether you are seeking a relationship or are seeking to improve the existing one, I have the tools to help you. My niche is helping to facilitate collaborative loving relationships.

Services:

I offer a unique combination in the relationship coaching world. I have over two decades of living nonmonogamously myself. I blend this with my research-driven method for helping people thrive.

I don’t believe in credentialism (see https://helpfulprofessor.com/credentialism/ and https://sociologydictionary.org/credentialism/). I’m not going to trot out a list of pieces of paper I’ve bought as if they mean something. But I invite you to consider this as you weigh your options:

• Few, if any, coaches have published work in peer-reviewed journals and academic textbooks. I have. My journal articles have attracted scores of citations from nonmonogamy researchers around the world. Let me help you.
• Few, if any, coaches have been called upon to speak on nonmonogamy to licensed professionals. I have. I’ve logged eight appearances before AASECT. Also, I’ve appeared at the AAMFT, SSTAR, and the SSSS. Let me help you.
• I created my Affirmative Intimacy® approach based on how successful nonmonogamists relate. Then I applied my own “special blend” of proven psychological practices to distill this and make it reproducible. My book, Love That Works: 38 Awesome Hacks for Amazing Relationships, is a roadmap for success for relationships of all kinds. Let me help you.

I’m delighted to work with adult humans of all identities and orientations. We’ll map out the journey to having the nonmonogamous relationship you want. Together, we’ll figure out how to get past the tough terrain, like:

• The Jealousy Wasteland
• Communications Chasm
• The Swamp of Bewildering Destinations
• The Pinnacle of Incompatible Visions
• The Emotional Supplies & Outfitters Shop, and
• Daunting Decision Point.

Profound change rarely happens in 50-minute stand-alone chunks. Research shows that many clients of traditional therapists quit too soon. I generally focus on coaching bundles that maximize your chances for success. I also offer more affordable online courses and self-paced trainings on key topics.

Grab a no-cost, 60-minute I.C.E (Identify-Clarify-Eliminate Obstacles) Zoom call at https://calendly.com/affirmativeintimacy/ice-call. Let’s see how we might work together. If my lived experience ends up not being a good fit for what you need, no problem. I’ll do what I can to refer you to someone who can help.

When you step into my office you will be warmly greeted in a judgement-free setting. The therapeutic process starts with a thorough assessment to really get to know who you are and where you are at, because the issues you have don’t define who you are as a person. We will work together to identify the problem areas and employ the therapeutic process to foster growth.

I believe the therapeutic process needs to be direct, honest, and specifically tailored to the nuances of you and your situation. Certification in Sex Therapy and in Consensual Non-Monogamy through Sexual Health Alliance is in progress. I have a niche for seeing polyamorous or open-relationship clients!

My personal brand of therapy allows you to separate you from your issues and rewrite the story of your life to reflect who you truly are.

I specialize in medication management, individual and group psychotherapy including psychodynamic, supportive, trauma oriented and LGBTQ+ focused care. I speak only English. I work with adults 18+ with most mental health conditions only excluding severe eating disorders and severe substance use disorders.

As a queer, trans woman I work with people of all genders and sexualities and specialize in serving LGBTQIA+ clients.

I support people who want to experience more healthy, consensual, and joyful intimacy in their lives—including working through feelings of sexual shame, inadequacy, inexperience, trauma, or dysfunction. I tried to ensure my work is trauma-informed, body-positive, and antiracist.

As a professional cuddler, I provide explicitly negotiated, client-led platonic touch in a context of compassionate presence.

As an intimacy and embodiment coach, I provide a sounding board, intimacy and sex education, and skill-building through structured communication and touch-based exercises.

As a surrogate partner, I collaborate with a client and their licensed talk therapist. I meet regularly with clients in a time-bounded, therapeutic relationship that provides a bounded space for skill-building and a model for future relationships.

I provide coaching and counseling to individuals, partnerships, families, adults and children. My methods range from play and art therapy, EMDR, talk therapy, and life coaching. I work both in person and online (teens and adults only). Services are provided in English.

90% of my clients are interested in alternate relationships, that are based upon non-monogamous, power-exchange dynamics. The need to engage in this type of relationship dynamic, is indicative of an energetic imbalance within the existing relationship, and/or with each individual. My specialty is coaching individuals and couples, in how to use non-monogamous, power exchange relationships, to re-establish energetic equilibrium.

Consultations are done via phone/Skype and include a written summary with recommendations for the next course of action.

I am a sociologist who works as a relationship & intimacy counselor. I specialize in working with women and couples to deepen intimacy, improve meaningful communication, and allow for full self-expression. I have experience supporting polyamory couples in these important aspects of healthy relationships.

I work with adults as individuals and/or couples, triad, other constellation forms. I have two formal group coaching programs and am also able to customize support for folx who may not feel they meet the criteria or would find these programs beneficial.

My 12 week Signature Program is called Non-Monogamous Newbies; focus is on creating a firm and healthy communication foundation as an individual, couple, etc. dive into non-monogamy. This program is also a good fit for folx who have started out and are feeling the need to hit the reset button and go back to basics. The program covers everything from your “why” in non-monogamy, to different types of non-monogamy, setting relationship agreements, conflict resolution, coping with insecurity and jealousy, mindset and somatic work, coming out to others, dating, and much more!

My 4 week pre-program is called The Conversation Compass; focus here is to help an individual who would like to have the “opening up” convo with a monogamous partner. I provide support, scripting, and help individuals prepare for a variety of reactions from their partners.

I practice Radical Honesty (www.radicalhonesity.com) and I am currently in my second year of training to become a Radical Honesty Trainer Candidate.

I hold certifications in lovingkindness and Samatha meditation.

Brief description of my services: Counseling | Sex Education | Radical Honesty | Meditation

I offer counseling to men(30+) and couples, with a focus on non-traditional relationship types.

Promoting authenticity through honesty, connection, and vulnerability, we work together to be present and get real. I am polyamorous, and I have pending certifications from SHA (https://sexualhealthalliance.com) in Sexual Health/Sex Education, Problem Sexual Behaviors, and Consensual Non-Monogamy. I practice Radical Honesty (www.radicalhonesity.com) and I am currently in my second year of training to become a Radical Honesty Trainer Candidate.

I hold certifications in lovingkindness and Samatha meditation.

Poly, ethical non-monogamy, open relationship, consensual non-monogamy, non-traditional relationships, or however you are choosing to label yourself, I support people in creating the relationship of their dreams. I am very passionate about breaking the barriers that have confined couples; and creating an alternative narrative that will help them grow individually and together.

Professional specialties and skills

• LGBTQ+
• Bisexual
• Lesbian
• Marital and Premarital
• Relationship Issues
• Sex Therapy
• Low Self-esteem

Populations served: All ages, gender, relationship style, and sexual orientation

Jessica offers in person or remote sessions via zoom for intuitive, psychospiritual and mind-body guidance for all forms of relational mastery within various constructs. She can meet you where you’re at with empathy, compassion and help you navigate all the internal and external complexities one can face on this evolutionary path and journey to growth, freedom and heart expansion. Relevant issues she an help you navigate; feelings of inadequacy, neglect, core wound illumination, societal/cultural/religious conditioning, boundaries, safe sex, jealousy, communication and healthy self-love parameters. Her methodologies are energetic, intuitive, founded in her spiritual practice, her direct experience and embodied principles, applied knowledge (wisdom) and require deep and vulnerable mutuality of sharing between all parties. She offer limited, reduced sessions for singles and couples that wish to work with her long-term. All coaching can be anonymous and confidential and using your preferred method of communication.