Compassionate Connections Sex + Couples Counseling

Founder & Clinical Director

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Jessica is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST) and Founder of Compassionate Connections, specializing in sex therapy, couples counseling, and relationship intimacy. She helps individuals, couples, and consensually non-monogamous (CNM) partners navigate desire discrepancies, communication challenges, sexual concerns, and emotional disconnection while cultivating deeper intimacy, pleasure, and connection.

Jessica is particularly passionate about supporting clients exploring sexuality, kink, fetishes, and diverse relationship structures. Her approach is sex-positive, LGBTQ+ affirming, kink-affirming, and CNM-affirming, creating a nonjudgmental space to address sexual shame, strengthen erotic connection, and build more fulfilling relationships.

Her integrative approach draws from Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Imago Relationship Therapy. Jessica is a member of AASECT, the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM), and the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA).

Clinical Supervisor & Senior Clinician

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Cara is a Gottman Certified Therapist specializing in individual, couples, and sex therapy. As a military spouse who has lived in Japan, Guam, New York, Maryland, and Texas, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to supporting military couples and families navigating deployments, relocations, intimacy, and relationship challenges. As both a biological parent and stepparent, she is particularly passionate about blended families, co-parenting, and navigating complex family dynamics. Cara also supports clients through motherhood, postpartum transitions, and body image concerns. Her approach is compassionate, sex-positive, and LGBTQ+ affirming.

Clinician

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Aimee is a PACT Certified Therapist (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) with over 20 years of clinical experience. Her attachment-based approach integrates neuroscience and emotional regulation to help couples navigate conflict, strengthen intimacy, and develop more secure relationships. She specializes in couples therapy, highly sensitive individuals, anxiety, grief, and traumatic loss, and holds additional certification in Compassionate Bereavement Care. Aimee provides individual, couples, and sex therapy through a compassionate, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirming approach.

Clinician

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Qiana is an experienced clinician and client advocate specializing in Black Superwoman Syndrome, intergenerational trauma, cultural identity, and relationship challenges. She supports individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, neurodivergence, intimacy concerns, and complex family dynamics. Qiana brings both professional expertise and meaningful lived experience to her work with adoption, foster parenting, and nontraditional family structures. Her culturally responsive, strengths-based approach recognizes how identity, family history, and lived experiences shape emotional well-being and relationships. Trained in DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Restorative Justice, and Mediation, Qiana provides compassionate, LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive care that fosters resilience, connection, and meaningful change.

Clinician

✅ In-Network

Toby is a Gottman-trained couples therapist specializing in individual, couples, and sex therapy, with a focus on attachment wounds, developmental trauma, communication, and intimacy. She brings both professional expertise and meaningful lived experience to her work with LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, offering a nuanced understanding of identity, sexuality, and evolving relationship dynamics. Her integrative approach draws from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic and trauma-informed practices. Toby provides LGBTQ+ affirming, kink-affirming, and sex-positive care, including support for consensually non-monogamous relationships.

Clinician (LMSW, under Clinical Supervision)

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Stacy provides individual, couples, and sex therapy with a focus on relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, communication difficulties, trauma, and life transitions. She is particularly passionate about helping partners rebuild trust, deepen emotional and physical connection, and navigate differences in desire and relational needs. Her collaborative, strengths-based approach integrates Motivational Interviewing (MI), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to foster meaningful change. Stacy offers compassionate, LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive care, creating a supportive environment where clients can explore sexuality, identity, and relationships without judgment.

Licensed Master Social Worker practicing under clinical supervision.

Clinician (LMSW, under Clinical Supervision)

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✅ Aetna & Cigna

Maria provides individual, couples, and sex therapy, with a particular passion for supporting young adults navigating identity development, relationships, intimacy, and major life transitions. She helps clients address anxiety, depression, self-doubt, academic and career stress, and shifting family dynamics. Maria also works with couples to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, navigate conflict, and deepen emotional and physical connection. Her collaborative approach integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution-Focused Therapy. She provides compassionate, LGBTQ+ affirming, sex-positive care tailored to each client's needs.

Licensed Master Social Worker practicing under clinical supervision.

Clinician (LMSW, under Clinical Supervision)

💙 Sliding- Fee Spots
✅ Aetna & Cigna

Elizabeth provides individual, couples, and sex therapy with a focus on trauma, grief, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She has a particular passion for supporting immigrants, international clients, and individuals navigating cultural transitions and identity. Having lived and worked in multiple countries, she brings valuable lived experience to her work with cross-cultural relationships and adjustment. Elizabeth integrates Narrative Therapy, CBT, DBT, EFT, and mindfulness through a compassionate, trauma-informed approach. She is LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive and is fluent in English, Oshiwambo, and Afrikaans.

Licensed Master Social Worker practicing under clinical supervision.