Your Teen is in Crisis — And So Are You: Supporting Parents of Suicidal or Self-Harming Teens
When your teenager is struggling with suicidal thoughts, self-harming behaviors, or intense emotional distress, your entire world can feel like it’s collapsing. You’re scared. You’re exhausted. You might feel completely alone—even when you’re partnered. As a therapist who’s worked with teens in crisis and the parents who love them, I want you to know this: your pain is valid, and you deserve support too.
Sexual Health After Childbirth: What to Expect and How to Reconnect
Bringing a new life into the world is a monumental experience, but it comes with significant changes—physically, emotionally, and relationally. One area that many new parents find challenging is sexual health and intimacy after childbirth. The postpartum period can be a time of profound adjustments, and it’s normal for couples to experience shifts in sexual desire and libido during this phase. Let’s explore what to expect and how you and your partner can navigate these changes to reconnect in meaningful and healthy ways.
Understanding the Difference Between Sex Addiction and Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB)
If you’re struggling with Out of Control Sexual Behavior and seeking compassionate, effective therapy, I’m here to help. Whether you’re in Prosper, Frisco, Plano, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, or Wichita Falls, I offer in-person and online therapy sessions throughout Texas. Together, we can work towards restoring balance in your life, reducing shame, and helping you develop a healthy, satisfying sexual identity that aligns with your values.
Navigating Sexual Desire Discrepancies in Relationships: Higher Desire
Are you dealing with differences in sexual desire that are affecting your relationship? It can be tough and frustrating to navigate the emotional challenges of being the partner with higher desire.
Navigating Sexual Desire Discrepancies in Relationships: Lower Desire
Sexual desire varies between people and can cause problems when partners have different levels of desire. Low sexual desire can create tension and disconnect in relationships. Stress, negative beliefs, and emotional distance can all contribute to this issue. However, there are ways to revive desire and motivation.
How Discernment Counseling Can Strengthen Commitment to Couples Therapy
One of the most significant benefits of discernment counseling is that it reduces ambivalence, making couples therapy more effective.
Enhancing Intimacy: How the Wheel of Consent Can Transform Your Sexual Relationship
The Wheel of Consent is a powerful tool that helps individuals and couples explore the dynamics of giving and receiving touch and pleasure.
Healing After Betrayal: How EMDR Can Help Couples Recover from Infidelity
By addressing both individual and relational issues, EMDR helps couples move forward together, leaving the pain of infidelity behind
Navigating Desire Discrepancy and Obligatory Sex: A Guide to Healthy Intimacy
One of the most common issues that comes up in couples and sex therapy is the desire discrepancy. Desire discrepancy leads to one person feeling pressure and anxiety around sex and can quickly result in something called “The Obligatory Sex Cycle.”