This sex therapy blog post explores the existential fear of meaninglessness and how it often surfaces in people's sexual lives. Many clients report feeling emotionally numb or disconnected during sex, leading to deeper questions like: Does this mean anything? Do I mean anything?

The therapist explains that sex is not just a physical act — it can mirror our fears about purpose, connection, and self-worth. When intimacy feels empty or mechanical, it’s often a sign of underlying emotional or existential distress.

Sex therapy helps individuals and couples reconnect with what meaningful intimacy looks like for them. This can involve rediscovering personal values, healing past wounds, and cultivating authentic, present-moment connection. While the fear of meaninglessness is universal, facing it openly — especially through sex and intimacy — can lead to deeper self-awareness and more fulfilling relationships.

This sex therapy blog post explores the existential fear of isolation and how it impacts relationships and intimacy. It highlights that while isolation is an unavoidable part of being human, loneliness is not. This fear often shows up in subtle behaviors within relationships, such as clinging to partners or avoiding vulnerability.

The therapist explains how sexuality can both mirror and mask these fears — deep erotic connection can soothe the fear of being alone, while using sex to avoid emotional intimacy can worsen it. True healing involves facing the fear, building emotional openness, and learning to befriend solitude.

The key message: We cannot eliminate isolation, but we can choose to engage authentically with others & embrace our own authenticity. In doing so, create deeper, more meaningful connections.

This blog post, written by a Houston-based sex therapist, explains how couples sex therapy helps partners reconnect emotionally and sexually. It addresses common issues like mismatched libido, performance anxiety, intimacy after major life changes, and communication challenges. The therapist emphasizes that sex therapy is talk-based, shame-free, and tailored to each couple’s needs. The post encourages couples to seek help before things become critical and highlights the benefits of early intervention. Therapy sessions are available in-person in Houston or virtually across Texas.

This blog post explores how existential psychotherapy can enrich and deepen the practice of sex therapy. Rather than focusing solely on behavioral techniques or pathology, existential therapy addresses core human concerns like freedom, isolation, meaning, and mortality. These existential themes often underlie sexual struggles such as low desire, performance anxiety, intimacy issues, and identity questions. By helping clients confront these deeper questions, sex therapy becomes not just about fixing problems, but about fostering authenticity, connection, and meaning in their sexual lives. The post also emphasizes the importance of the therapist’s authentic presence in this deeply human work.

Betrayal blindness is one of the most complex emotional survival mechanisms we rarely talk about. It happens when someone unconsciously chooses not to "see" a betrayal in order to maintain a relationship, emotional safety, or even a sense of identity.

While it often appears in romantic partnerships, betrayal blindness can also show up in families, friendships, and workplaces. The betrayal can be more than just infidelity. It could be someone choosing to lean into their own confirmation bias about their partner because embracing what is right in front of them would be too psychologically painful and disruptive. For example, if a partner can detail a multitude of examples of their partner’s narcissistic tendencies, but be unable to view them as narcissistic because if their partner is in fact a narcissist, that would be too much to take. Hence, you tell yourself that it just could not be possible, even though it is.

Nowhere is it more misunderstood—or more impactful—than in the context of infidelity and intimacy, where sex therapy can play a vital role in healing.