Compassionate Connections Sex + Couples Counseling

Cara Cole, LCSW, LCSW-C, is a Gottman Certified Therapist licensed in New York and Maryland who provides individual, couples, and relationship therapy. She helps clients strengthen communication, navigate conflict, rebuild connection, and deepen emotional and physical intimacy.

As a Gottman Certified Therapist, Cara has completed advanced training and certification in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy, an evidence-based approach that helps couples strengthen friendship and intimacy, manage conflict, and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

As a military spouse, Cara brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to her work with military members, spouses, and families. Having lived in Japan, Maryland, and Texas, and currently residing in Guam, she understands the unique challenges of military life, including frequent relocations, deployments, separation, shifting family roles, and the impact these transitions can have on relationships and emotional well-being. She is particularly passionate about helping military couples strengthen their connection, navigate the demands of military life, and maintain intimacy through periods of change and uncertainty.

Cara also has a special interest in blended families, stepparenting, and co-parenting dynamics. As both a biological parent and stepparent, she understands firsthand the complexities of navigating different parenting roles, family structures, and relationships. She enjoys helping individuals and couples navigate these dynamics, establish healthy boundaries, strengthen communication, and create a greater sense of connection within their families.

Her additional areas of focus include motherhood, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, body image, relationship transitions, and intimacy concerns. She recognizes how evolving identities, family responsibilities, and life transitions can affect both individual well-being and romantic relationships.

Cara provides LGBTQ+ affirming, sex-positive therapy and integrates a person-centered, strengths-based approach into her work. She strives to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where individuals and couples feel supported in navigating challenges and building meaningful, lasting connections.