Eric FitzMedrud Ph.D.

I am accepting new clients who are California residents. I see all my clients through a HIPAA-compliant video platform called SecureVideo.

The focus of my practice is relationship and sexual issues. I work with individuals, couples, dyads, and constellations. For poly folks I can help with forging agreements, healing broken agreements, infidelity, jealousy, kink, cultivating compersion, poly desire discrepancy (one person wants it, the other doesn’t), family structure and discernments, mono-poly relationships, and many more issues. I often use two simple but powerful questions to sort through the interweaving threads of needs and feelings, “What kind of partner do you want to be?” then I help you be it right now and “What kind of relationship(s) do you want to create?” then I help you figure out how to create the invitation for it right now. My style is active, emotionally focused, and practical. I jump in and offer suggestions, I help you speak from your heart not your head, and I give and follow-up on homework assignments to help you improve your relationship.

As a poly person myself, I’ve experienced many common challenges including dating, calendaring, processing fatigue, introducing partners to kids, and yes, of course, jealousy. I also serve clients with a variety of other demographic and sexual diversities on issues less directly related to sex or relationships like anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and depression. You can read about my theories of communication and relationships and my style on my blog (www.drericfitz.com/blog/).

I serve adults typically aged 24-65+ though I’m open to working with younger adults too. I only speak English. I am a member of the American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists, a sex positive professional organization.