History of the Discipline of Sex Research, Theory, Education, Counseling and Therapy

She is a parent of two teen boys, a breast cancer survivor, and also a survivor of 9/11/01. As a white therapist, she is actively examining her own racist conditioning and the systemic racism in which she was raised and continues to exist inside of. This includes working in the United States mental health field, which has its own racist history.

She has been Questioning her own gender and sexuality her whole life. She feels that her not-knowing stance has been personally helpful to be even more open minded than her professional training has guided her to be. She enjoys researching and learning about identity spectrums and all the varied ways we get to know ourselves and each other. She is not intimidated by confusion and finds that confusion is often powerful and very important. She does not expect to ever settle on a particular identity or orientation, and she is pleased to report that she feels it is possible to understand life as an ongoing process of self.

Thus, not surprisingly, she feels that her best work is with clients who are dealing with confusion and anxiety about their bodies or their relationships. This includes clients who are struggling with sexuality, gender, relationship issues, body image problems, orgasm challenges, sexual pain, trauma, and differences of desire.

She also work with clients who are dealing with illness, heartbreak, grief, aging, depression, anxiety, and sleep/wellness/self-care issues."