Sex Therapy · NYC
Sex is rarely
just about sex.
Specialized psychotherapy at 303 Fifth Avenue addressing sexuality, desire and intimacy, for individuals and couples.
Select virtual appointments are available where clinically and legally appropriate.
The whole picture
Psychological, relational,
behavioral and physical.
Sexual concerns rarely live in one place.
Desire is shaped by stress, history, relationship dynamics, body image, hormones, health, and what we learned about sex long before we had any.
Sex therapy is a specialized form of psychotherapy that looks at all of it. It is talk therapy: there is no physical contact or examination, and nothing you are asked to share before you are ready.
Where physical factors may be involved, we collaborate with your medical providers.
What we work on
Concerns we see often.
Desire and desire discrepancy
Low desire, lost desire, or partners who want different things.
Arousal and orgasm
Difficulty with arousal, orgasm or feeling present during sex.
Painful sex
Pain before, during or after sex, and the avoidance and anxiety that can follow.
Sexual avoidance
When sex has become something to manage, postpone or dread.
Sexual confidence and communication
Knowing what you want, and being able to say it.
Sex after childbirth or illness
Reconnecting with your body and your partner after major physical change.
Sexual identity
Exploring orientation, preferences and what sexuality means to you.
Painful sex and changes in desire or arousal can have medical causes. We encourage a medical evaluation alongside therapy and coordinate with your providers where helpful.
Individuals and couples
Alone or together.
Sex therapy can happen individually or with a partner.
Individual work often focuses on desire, anxiety, shame, confidence and your own relationship to sexuality. Couples work focuses on desire discrepancy, communication, intimacy and the patterns that shape your sex life together.
Our work is grounded in The Blau Method™ and informed by Dr. Carli Blau’s clinical research on sexual esteem.
303 Fifth Avenue · New York City
In person,
in Manhattan.
Sex therapy sessions take place in our private office at 303 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Select virtual appointments are available where clinically and legally appropriate.
The clinical team
Carefully selected.
Personally trained.
Boutique Psychotherapy is intentionally small.
Every clinician is selected under the clinical direction of Dr. Carli Blau and trained in the philosophy and clinical framework of The Blau Method™.
You already know
something needs to change.
Let’s determine what.