AREA OF EXPERTISE
Trauma, Shame & Sexual Confidence
Trauma informed sex therapy for people rebuilding trust with their bodies, desire, boundaries, pleasure, relationships, and sense of sexual self.
Understanding the Experience
Healing Does Not Require You to Give Up Pleasure.
Trauma and shame can shape how you experience touch, desire, arousal, boundaries, vulnerability, body image, relationships, and safety.
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You may feel disconnected from your body, afraid of wanting, uncertain how to say no, or pressured to return to a version of sexuality that no longer fits. Specialized sex therapy creates room to rebuild intimacy at your pace without making performance, penetration, or any particular sexual outcome the goal.
Your body is allowed to need safety, choice, time, and pleasure on its own terms.
Dr. Dolly Marie
This Experience May Show Up in Different Ways
Desire & Avoidance
Feeling disconnected from desire, avoiding intimacy, freezing, shutting down, or experiencing conflicting wants.
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Boundaries & Consent
Difficulty identifying needs, saying no, changing your mind, receiving touch, or trusting your own signals.
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Shame, numbness, pain, body disconnection, self consciousness, or difficulty accessing pleasure.
Body & Pleasure
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Changes in desire, difficulty becoming aroused, differences between partners, or uncertainty about what you want.
Desire & Arousal
Relationships & Trust
Navigating vulnerability, fear, triggers, betrayal, communication, and intimacy with partners.
AREAS WE EXPLORE
Sexual Shame
Intimacy After Trauma
Consent & Boundaries
Body Disconnection
Pain & Avoidance
Rebuilding Confidence
You do not have to force yourself back into intimacy to prove that you are healed.
Dr. Dolly Marie
