Specialty
Love addiction and sex addiction recovery
Compulsive patterns around love and sex are usually doing something for you. Until we know what, willpower keeps losing.
You might recognize
Some of this may sound familiar
- The pursuit quiets something, and the quiet never lasts.
- You've promised yourself you'd stop, repeatedly, and meant it every time.
- Secrecy has become its own weight.
- Being alone feels less like solitude and more like withdrawal.
In the work
What we actually do
Behavior as a solution first
We look at what the pattern regulates — panic, emptiness, unbearable aloneness — before we look at stopping it. Shame narrows the field; curiosity widens it.
Attachment underneath the compulsion
These patterns usually sit on top of an attachment injury. That's the layer we work with, somatically and experientially.
Sex-positive, orientation-affirming, non-moralizing
No prescribed definition of healthy sexuality is imposed here. We work from your values and what you actually want your life to feel like.
“…get underneath the thinking brain and repattern your emotional world at the source.”
FAQ
Questions people ask
Do I have to call it an addiction?
No. The label matters far less than the pattern and what it costs you. Use whatever language fits.
Do you require abstinence or a 12-step program?
Neither is required. If a group or program supports you, it can work alongside therapy — that's your call.
Is this therapy sex-negative or kink-negative?
No. This work is sex-positive and affirming across orientations and relationship structures.
What if my partner wants to be involved?
This is individual therapy. Partner and couples work would happen elsewhere, and I can talk with you about that in a consultation.
Start with a free consultation
A short conversation to see whether we would be a good fit for working together. Weekly therapy takes place via telehealth. I am licensed in New York and can only offer psychotherapy services to people who reside in New York State.