Existential therapy for individuals seeking depth, oriented by an atelier approach to desire, intimacy, authenticity, sexual meaning and sexual trauma.
“In authentic relationships, the essence and freedom of each person is embraced and enhanced rather than diminished. ”
Many people arrive not because something is broken, but because something feels misaligned.
A way of living, relating or moving through the world has begun to feel misaligned. There may be a growing awareness that has not yet found language, a sense that something essential is shifting without clear form.
This work begins there.
My practice is grounded in existential sex therapy. This work considers the ways desire, intimacy and sexuality are bound up with questions of meaning, freedom and identity. I work with individuals exploring these questions with particular attention to the ways they surface through the body, through longing and through intimate life.
Sexuality is understood here as a meaningful expression of the self. Desire is not something to optimize or perform. It is information revealing where pressure, fear, longing and disconnection have entered a person's life. When that pressure is understood rather than overridden, desire often returns on its own terms.
This work invites a slower and more honest inquiry, one that allows meaning to emerge rather than be imposed. Human experience is an ongoing attempt to orient oneself within a life that offers no clear roadmap. That disorientation is not pathology. It is the condition the work takes seriously.
I do not reduce people to diagnoses or techniques. The work is attentive to how you are living in relation to desire, your body and what matters most to you.
With understanding, the aperture for meaningful change widens.
My work is grounded in existential psychology and philosophy, integrating Stoic thought, attachment theory, mindfulness & depth psychology. These perspectives shape how I listen and how meaning is understood, rather than functioning as techniques to be applied.
Human experience is approached as an ongoing attempt to orient oneself within a life that offers no clear roadmap. Sexuality, in this context, is not a separate problem to be solved. It is one of the most revealing expressions of how a person lives in relation to themselves, others and the fundamental realities of being human.
Desire, intimacy and sexual concerns are explored within the broader context of identity, freedom, responsibility and meaning. Sexual experience is understood as lived, emotional and embodied. Existential sex therapy attends to what desire reveals about pressure, conflict, longing and disconnection — rather than prioritizing symptom reduction or quick resolution.
This work is unhurried. It is oriented toward depth over symptom management and understanding over compliance. Those who tend to benefit most are individuals who sense that their sexual or intimate concerns are connected to deeper questions of meaning, authenticity and authorship, and who are willing to engage those questions with care rather than urgency.
This work may not be a fit for those seeking prescriptive techniques, rapid solutions or reassurance without inquiry, or for those who want sexual concerns addressed in isolation from the broader context of how they are living, relating and choosing.
My practice is focused on individual adults. Limited couples sessions may be incorporated when clinically indicated in support of an individual's work.
My training spans clinical psychology, sexology, mindfulness and trauma informed care. I hold a PhD in Clinical Sexology, with a masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and a bachelor of science in Microbiology with Honors from the University of Arkansas. I am a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Sexology and maintain professional affiliation with AASECT, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the American Psychological Association. My advanced training includes trauma focused approaches such as bilateral stimulation for complex trauma and anxiety, narrative exposure therapy, mindfulness based and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapies, meditation teaching and specialized work with narcissistic abuse.
“Genevieve makes you feel like you can tell her anything. She is so open minded and easy to talk to. I never feel judged.
My sex life and overall relationship are like night & day after working with Genevieve. I can’t believe I waited so long.”
“Thank you for asking the hard questions, Genevieve.”
“You compassionately sit in the hard feelings with me. As hard as it is, I always understand myself better.”
“The way you slow down & conceptualize conflict helped me understand it and myself so much better. I should have done therapy sooner.”
“I should have done this years ago! Genevieve gave me hope and helped me return to myself.”
“Genevieve guided me through the darkest moments of my life. Her expertise and kindness helped me heal from childhood sexual trauma, rediscover my self-worth & embrace intimacy with my partner.”
“Thank you for a good session. It helped me a lot in sorting through things. I appreciate the quality of counsel I receive from you.”
“It’s been a game-changer. Genevieve is incredible. ”
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The first session is 80 minutes and oriented toward understanding your concerns and your lived experience. Subsequent sessions are 50 minutes, scheduled weekly or twice a month according to what serves you best.
Sex therapy is psychotherapy. The distinction is not in the method but in the willingness to take seriously what most clinical training treats as peripheral. I have pursued extensive specialized training in the psychology of sexuality that general therapists do not undertake. What that means in practice is that your sexual or intimate life requires no minimization or apology before it can be addressed.
Most of our conversations are not sexual in nature. Existential sex therapy explores desire, intimacy and sexual concerns within the broader context of identity, freedom, responsibility and meaning. Sexuality is understood as lived experience, emotional and embodied, not a performance to optimize. This work tends to suit those who are willing to look at their broader lived experience, not only the presenting concern. Intimacy does not exist in isolation and the work reflects that.
I encourage you to take time with my website, where I describe how I work, who I am most helpful to and what existential sex therapy may offer. If, after reading, you feel our work might be aligned, you are welcome to schedule a first session.
Sex therapists are licensed mental health professionals. Sessions involve no physical contact, no sexual acts and no arousing conversation. All interactions are professional and ethical.
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My practice is entirely virtual. This allows for flexibility in your schedule as the concerns of traffic or distance are eliminated. Many clients find that being in their own environment is more comfortable and creates less anxiety. This online therapy format is especially helpful for those searching for a sexologist near you who values privacy and convenience.
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Like most specialized practices, Liaison. is a private-pay firm that does not accept insurance. Private pay preserves client privacy of confidential information & autonomy with treatment options.
When clients choose not to use insurance, their treatment records remain private & treatment options are a true collaboration between the client & provider.
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Confidentiality in mental health is honored here and taken seriously. There are a few exceptions to this rule that are mandated by law. At the beginning of the first session, we will discuss those limitations.
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No. Psychotherapy is talk therapy with the goal of providing tools and perspectives that one can use for concerns such as anxiety without the use of pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical medication for mental health is provided by psychiatrists (MD or DO), nurse practitioners (NP) or physician’s assistants (PA).
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I work as an existential sex therapist and clinical sexologist. My focus is sex therapy (sexual concerns with a psychological focus) via the exploration of individual relationship patterns & dynamics.
I work primarily from an Existential psychotherapy orientation. Existential therapy does not categorize and pathologize people to fit in diagnostic boxes, absent severe presentations which rarely present for sex therapy. This form of therapy views human behavior as simply trying to work out life challenges to your best ability. The problem is that no one hands out a roadmap to guide you through life’s challenges. Here, we work to understand all that is you and navigate within that.
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast
Beginning therapy is not something to rush. The decision is best made through clarity and clarity can arrive in layers. I encourage you to take time with this site to understand how I work, who this approach tends to serve and what existential therapy, including existential sex therapy, may open in your life.
If, after reading, the work feels aligned, you’re welcome to schedule a discovery call. Therapy begins only after informed consent is completed per the law, so therapeutic work (analysis, interpretation, “tips or advice”) will not be provided during the discovery call. The first session is an 80 minute session, oriented toward understanding how you are living and whether this work feels right to continue.
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To clarify an indiscreet misconception, sex therapy sessions DO NOT involve any sex related acts, physical contact, sexually stimulating conversation or physical displays. All interactions are professional, ethical and psychological just as with any other licensed psychotherapist.
Sex therapists (psychosexual therapists) are licensed mental health professionals who work within the realms of psychology.
The primary sex organ is the mind.