Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered (USA)

My services include relationship and sex therapy. I serve adults and enjoy working with individuals, couples, and polycules navigating changes in identity and sexual health.

I work somatically with my clients, which means that I follow the wisdom of the body for information on what’s going on and how to move forward. This is invaluable. I specialize in Integrative Body Psychotherapy, Hakomi, and Gestalt Therapies, which I support with my intimate knowledge of psychodynamics. I work with adults, couples, children, and groups in exploring issues including sexual and gender diversity and exploration, trauma, anxiety, depression, aging, neurological diversity, and racial and cultural issues. My modalities are based on humanistic, holistic and feminist values and I am dedicated to working with my clients in a gentle, respectful and collaborative manner.

I work with people in all kinds of relationship structures and types including monogamy, open relationships, polyamory, swingers, heterosexual, LGBTQIA+, and kinky. I consider myself sex-positive, poly-friendly, & geek-friendly.

I take a non-blaming, non-judgemental; viewing your experience as unique, where you are the expert in your life. I view the problem as separate from the client; believing you have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, & abilities to overcome the problem. I utilize eclectic approaches based on your needs with a person-centered, solution-focused, skills-based backbone with a flare of creativity to find what works for you.

Common Concern Areas: Relationship Satisfaction, Communication and Conflict Management Skills, Emotional regulation, Anxiety, Sexual Concerns, Desire Discrepancies/Low Libido, CNM/Poly Relationship Challenges, Neurodiverse Relationship Challenges

Telehealth and In-person Options Available.

Professional specialties and skills: Couples Therapy, Therapy w/ Polycules, Sex Therapy, Gender Identity/Expression, BDSM, D/s, M/s, Power-Exchange, ABDL, DDLG, Age Play/Regression, Polyamory, Swinging, Open-Relationships, Negotiating Relationship Agreements, Treating Sexual Desire/Arousal Disorders, Treating Sexual Trauma, Promoting Sexual Wellbeing, and addressing a wide variety of other relational and sexual concerns.

I am a licensed professional counselor supervisor with over 25 years experience treating individuals, couples and families. I’ve worked for public and private agencies, including the state of North Carolina, county mental health systems, community mental health providers and Duke University Psychiatry Department. I am now in full-time private practice, serving clients from young adolescents to older adults.

My training and many years of experience are in the areas of relationships, trauma (acute and chronic), behavioral addiction and sexual concerns. I have special interest in treating diverse and non-conforming populations, including poly/kink and LGBTQIA+. I bring an open, warm, nonjudgmental attitude to the many challenges my clients face and I’m privileged very day to be able to walk with people in their journeys. I’m proud to bring excellent training to my work; my trainers include Dr. Stephanie Buehler, Dr. Alexandra Katehakis, Dr. Patrick Carnes, Dr. Peter Levine, and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, among many esteemed teachers, mentors and colleagues.

My office is in vibrant downtown Durham, North Carolina, in a beautifully restored historic home. Please see my website for more details.

In the Baltimore-Washington area, Heather M. Garner, LCSW-C has been a staple of the mental health community providing services to poly and kink individuals and couples for almost a decade. Heather has recently expanded her services to include sex therapy, following her completion of the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program, Sex Therapy Track. Heather believes passionately in providing services to the kink and poly communities and has build Garnering Change Psychotherapy to focus on intimate relationships, sexual health, and the transition to parenthood with other like-minded therapists. If you are looking for an experienced, compassionate, and knowledgable therapist who is well respected in the kink and poly communities, look no further than Heather M. Garner, LCSW-C at Garnering Change Psychotherapy.

Heather M. Garner is a Licensed Certified Social Worker Clinical (LCSW-C) with a private psychotherapy practice in Towson, Maryland where she provides individual and couples therapy and sex therapy. Heather is a kink and consensual non-monogamy/ “poly”-knowledgeable sex therapist with extensive experience treating couples and individuals in the kink community. She has found that while most people worry about the first step of contacting a therapist, members of the kink and poly communities often have a more difficult time entering into treatment. Members of these communities need to find a therapist who will not make his or her lifestyle choices an issue when it is not one. They also should not be responsible for educating their therapist about his or her interests, sexual activities, or desires. In working with Heather, you will find a kink and consensually non-monogamous/ “poly”-knowledgeable, non-judgmental, compassionate sex therapist who has worked with a wide variety of clients with varying interests, roles, gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship structures. As a member of AASECT, Heather values her clients' individuality and sexuality and works with clients to encourage consensual, exploitation-free, honest, protected, and pleasurable encounters. In addition to her direct work with clients, Heather also believes strongly in education for the mental health, poly and kink communities. She teaches consensually non-monogamous and kink-based continuing education courses for mental health professionals and regularly presents at kink community and group events. Along with her work with consensually non-monogamous/ polyamorous persons, Heather has training in Trauma-Focused Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Grief Recovery, is a Certified Relational Life Therapy clinician (RLT), and she holds a certificate from the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program, Sex Therapy Track.

Heather is a Poly/Open, friendly and knowledgeable, confident professional. She is level one certified in Non Monogamy and has been trained by the top researchers and educators in the world. Whether you have been in an open relationship or polyamorous relationship for 20 years or 1 week, she can help. She also sees clients where one partner is open/poly and the other is monogamous as well as those that are contemplating opening up their relationship.

Her clients typically have concerns related to communication, transitional issues, desire discrepancy, infidelity, sexless marriage, relationship conflicts, sexual dysfunction or dissatisfaction, problematic sexual behaviors, swingers, open or polyamorous relationships, mixed orientations, painful sex, LGBTQQIA, “sex addiction” or “porn addiction,” trauma or PTSD, body image, spirituality, kink or non-traditional relationships.

Heather is the Executive Director and Founder of The Sexual Health Alliance. The organization offers educational and collaborative opportunities to therapists & sexual health professionals. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Supervisor (LMFT-S) in Texas and LMFT in Denver, Colorado as well as nationally an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.

Discussing intimacy is sometimes scary, especially if we don’t have the language to talk about it. Together we can work toward gaining confidence, rebuilding trust, and learning new techniques to light the fire.

Heather’s clients typically have concerns related to communication, transitional issues, desire discrepancy, infidelity, sexless marriage, relationship conflicts, sexual dysfunction or dissatisfaction, problematic sexual behaviors, swingers, open or polyamorous relationships, mixed orientations, painful sex, LGBTQQIA, “sex addiction” or “porn addiction,” trauma or PTSD, body image, spirituality, kink or non-traditional relationships.

Heather is the Executive Director and Founder of The Sexual Health Alliance based in Austin, TX. The organization offers educational and collaborative opportunities to therapists & sexual health professionals. She’s a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Supervisor (LMFT-S) & AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.

Therapy for individuals, and those in relationships of all types

Professional specialties and skills: Providing compassionate, non-judgmental, and highly-collaborative mental health care for each client.

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served - Adults 18 and over, Military-affiliated, Veterans, Poly folx

I am a poly, kink & size positive therapist working under the supervision of the fabulous Dossie Easton, author of the Ethical Slut.

Many families need help maintaining positive boundaries, negotiating life challenges and creating harmony. I help facilitate growth by focusing on strengths & finding new ways to negotiate difficult times.

I enjoy working with individuals, couples & groups on a sliding scale basis. Weekend and evening appointments are often available. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

Heather specializes in sexual dysfunctions, relationships, infidelity and sexuality

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.

I provide therapy services in the LGBTQ, Kink and Poly Communities. I am EMDR trained and work with sexual abuse, relationship issues trauma and any mental health diagnosis. I serve clients 18 and over. I provide sessions to individuals, couples, throuples and polycules. If you are looking for help with change please give me a call.

I blend various methods of psychotherapy (humanistic/interpersonal, existential, cognitive-behavioral, systems, psychodynamic, and others) and mind-body approaches in a compassionate, safe, and respectful environment.

By examining how past experiences shape current functioning, we can begin to explore new options. I help people to develop greater self-awareness, free themselves from limiting patterns, find comfort through self-acceptance, and discover the path to greater authenticity and fulfillment.

I am a Clinical Social Worker, licensed in the state of California (#86545). My practice currently includes individual and relationship therapy for adults. I believe that the mind and body are complementary parts of the self, and that our wellness is impacted by our social, cultural, and physical environments. I work to help identify and deconstruct systems of oppression and the impact these systems have on our mental health and wellness. I integrate this into the therapeutic process which I believe can be critical for healing. I also incorporate trauma-informed, harm reduction, insight-oriented, relational and mindfulness approaches into my practice, as well as the integration of non-ordinary states of consciousness. I have expertise in queer identities and relationships, and have worked extensively with LGBTQIA+ populations and communities of color, both of which I identify with.

Some areas of focus within my practice include:

• LGBTQIA+ populations and communities of color

• Sexuality and gender identity

• Non-monogamous, open, polyamorous, alternative relationships

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Trauma processing - abuse, domestic violence, historical/ intergenerational trauma, sexual trauma, community violence, etc.

• Substance misuse (harm reduction approach)

• Grief and loss

• Integration of non-ordinary states of consciousness

Through a supportive and open practice, I strive to foster a space for you to discover meaning in your past experiences and facilitate healing in your life. In our work together, I will help you create new patterns and ways of relating to others. Some issues we can explore in therapy include: LGBTQ issues, traumatic experiences and PTSD, coming out, family of origin, depression, and anxiety. I provide affirmative counseling for trans* and gender variant/gender queer individuals. I am poly/kink friendly and experienced in negotiating polyamory.

Services Offered:

• Individual therapy

• Relational therapy (couples, polycules, and more!)

• Groups

• Assessments & letters for gender affirmation surgery

• Web-based teletherapy (video conference) for folks in rural areas of California

• Coming soon: Supervision for registered interns (ASW, AMFT)

Areas of Competence:

• BDSM/kink

• Non-monogamy

• LGBTQQIA2+

• Gender identity exploration

• Gender relations

• Human sexuality (including non-normative sexuality)

Therapeutic approaches

• Non-Judgmental

• Narrative Therapy

• Sex Positive & Sexual Justice

• Feminist

• Mindfulness

• DBT Skills

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.

My therapeutic approach originates from a systemic view of relationships and development. I believe in a strength-based methodology and that anyone can benefit from support and a nonjudgmental perspective during difficult transitions and experiences. My ideal client:self-motivated and invested in their growth. I offer a high degree of respect for clients, meet them where they are, working on what they consider to be important. I’m open-minded and understanding.

I specialize in couples and individuals with sexual issues, gender issues and communication difficulties. I offer groups as sufficient need arises. I also offer online therapy, which requires an initial face to face visit: Please note: client and I both need to be in NC when services are provided.

• Professional specialties and skills: I use a truly integrative and collaborative approach, utilizing empirically supported treatments to assist clients in healing and developing a renewed sense of self. EMDR, CBT, MDFT, and Humanistic approaches are often used to treat concerns such as: sexual trauma recovery, sexual desire discrepancy, painful sex, sexual shame, non-monogamy, erectile difficulties, balancing personal and professional life in sex work
• Language(s) spoken: English
• Populations served - adults, individuals, couples, and throttles. I am sex-positive, trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, BDSM/kink, polyam, sex worker, and neurodivergent affirming.

Currently providing therapy to adults and teens, individual or in all relationship configurations. I see clients struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or relationship issues. I utilized CBT, DBT, EFT, but maintain an ecclectic approach that is individualized to each client’s needs.

I view our marginalized identities as sources of deep strength and our past and present challenges as places from which we can learn, grow, and heal. While centering your experiences and truths, I bring warmth, humor, and unconditional openness to our relationship. I aim to serve as a trustworthy guide, confidant, and accomplice as you set goals that are right for you and ultimately work toward achieving them. I have experience working with: various issues of sexuality, navigating gender and gender transition (social, medical, etc.), conflicts of faith and/or spirituality with gender and sexuality, body image (employing a HAES perspective), and more.

We are a multi-disciplinary private psychotherapy practice in Columbus, OH, among the pioneers in Columbus offering psychotherapy to sexual minorities. All of our therapists have experience in working with a range of traditional and non-traditional relationship types; we are LGBT friendly, S/M and B/D friendly and poly friendly. We accept most insurance and also accept private pay clients. We are committed to non-judgmental affirmative psychotherapy that helps clients find their own answers to life's challenges.

I offer online and outdoor therapy sessions from an anti-oppressive, heart-centered foundation. I see adults, teens/tweens, relationship groups and couples. Clients and I often work on relationship struggles, sexual difficulties, anxiety, PTSD, or substance use. I’m here for all of it. Reach out.

I am a psychodynamically oriented therapist who specializes in work with artists. Private practice, New York, 2010-2017; LA 2017-on. Author of A Life of One’s Own: A Guide to Better Living Through the Work and Wisdom of Virginia Woolf (Penguin), with a clinical focus on sexuality and artistic identity. Navigating a range of patient concerns including trauma, addiction, and anxiety.

Postdoctoral work: William Alanson White institute, 2010-2011; Psychology Intern, Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, NYC, 2009-2010; Psychology Extern, Fordham University Student Counseling Center, NYC, 2008-2009; Psychology Extern, Heights Hill Outpatient Clinic, Brooklyn, NY, 2007-2008; Psychology Extern, Beth Israel Practicum, 2006-2007; Faculty Counselor, The New School, 2004-2010

I am a Poly-friendly Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Educational Psychologist with a comprehensive practice in Orange, California. I see children, teens, adults, couples, triads, quads etc and families with a wide variety of concerns and issues. I have specializations in the areas of sexuality/gender, alternative/kink lifestyles, disability and the family, trauma, chronic illness, chronic pain, catastrophic illness and loss, grief, special education. Additionally, my practice includes a special interest in working poly clients and the unique concerns facing the poly community as well as the day to day life issues that are multiplied by being poly. I offer a free short phone consultation. Please feel free to contact my office by phone, email or through my website.

RELATIONSHIP & SEXUAL SOLUTIONS Couples and Individuals traditional and non-traditional life styles

Honest Talk leads to Sexual Clarity with Intimate Caring Know what you Need- Ask for what you Desire- Be willing to Negotiate.

A Practical Approach to Spiritual Sexual Knowledge Senior Teacher of Chuluaqui Quodoushka

Sex IS Sacred, Natural and Beautiful Heal yourself and your Relationship to experience this. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

I offer a knowledgeable, nonjudgmental space to explore your relationship landscape and life stressors with a qualified professional. I will not waste your time asking you to explain your lifestyle choices or challenge their validity. I work with individuals and relationships of all genders and sexual preferences, relationship anarchists, hierarchical polyamorists, those exploring open relationships for the first time, and poly families raising children. I specialize in kink, BDSM, and the LGBTQIA populations. You will be able to get right to the core of what you have come to therapy to work on, engaging in dialogue from a genuine and nourishing space that furthers your personal vision. I offer free 15-20 min video consultations.

My specialty is family and couples counseling, sexuality and gender issues, intimacy, relationship issues, and life transitions. I am polyamory and LQBTQ+ friendly. My approach integrates understanding of multigenerational trauma, neurobiology, somatic therapy, indigenous healing and mindfulness.

I speak English and Russian, understand Spanish

Hi! Congratulations on taking this step toward getting connected with a therapist. Engaging in counseling can be one of the most impactful things you do for yourself and your relationship(s).

I am experienced with poly relationships of many configurations, as well as some of the challenges that often arise when a couple is navigating opening up their relationship. I am also comfortable and experienced with all gender identities and expressions, as well as a broad spectrum of sexualities (e.g., queer, same-gender-loving, kink). Some other presenting concerns I also frequently work with include anxiety and depression, spiritual concerns, trauma, and family of origin issues. My style is warm and gentle but direct.

I look forward to learning about you, and how I can support you in living your life at its fullest and best potential – even if that seems an impossibly long way off from here.