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ABOUT ME

I am a certified sex therapist and sex therapy supervisor, licensed social worker, author, TEDx speaker, educator, and veteran. I have a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality, Master of Clinical Social Work, and Master of Organizational Communication.

As a therapist, I work with individuals, couples, and other relationship structures to address concerns that inhibit future growth and happiness.

I offer group therapy for those that find working and learning with others beneficial. I am committed to ensuring all clients have a positive and affirming experience. My specialties include fertility/infertility, infidelity recovery, intimacy skills, men’s therapy/sexuality, gender concerns, life transitions, and premarital counseling.

I have travelled around the world working with straight, LGBTQ+, nonbinary, and others across cultures which has given me a wonderful understanding of the importance of culture and the uniqueness every client brings to my office.

I am currently licensed in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.

Whether you are looking for clinical supervision to achieve licensure, striving to become a certified AASECT sex therapist, counselor, or supervisor or realizing that ongoing clinical supervision is key to your practice success, I offer one-on-one and group supervision models to help you achieve your goals.

Supervision is interactive and goal driven, balanced between cases review and didactic learning.

I offer business and practice management consulting.

As an organizational development professional for more than 30 years, I bring small, medium, and large business experience to help grow teams/groups and develop culture for profit/non-profit organizations. Being able to set goals, grow teams, and develop rewarding environments requires strategy and effective communication.

Let’s grow your organization together!

  • Ph.D. in Human Sexuality, California Institute of Integral Studies

  • Master of Social Work, Simmons University

  • Master of Communications Management, Simmons University

  • Massachusetts LICSW Lic# 116543

  • Maine LICSW Lic# LC21545

  • New Hampshire LICSW Lic# 2841

  • AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor

  • Member, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, (AASECT)

  • Member, National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

  • Member, American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Mental Health Subgroup, Gender/Sexuality

  • 4-D Integrated Practitioner

  • Certified Strengths Deployment Inventory Facilitator

  • US Army veteran

Partial List of Presentations:

  • Intentional Masculinity: A new group approach: NASW-MA Virtual Symposium. April 2023

  • If I Could Tell You – Life Begins at Deception: The Underground World of Infertility. Fertility Within Reach, Inc. April 2021

  • Love and Intimacy: The Connections and Misconceptions. Portland Humanists Society. Portland, OR. April, 2021

  • Understanding Implicit Racial and LGBTQ Bias. MA Council on Family Mediation, Boston, MA. December 2020

  • Men’s Sexual Awareness: Challenges during infertility. Fertility Within Reach. June 2020

  • Sex in the Dark. Wentworth Institute of Technology. June 2020

  • Gay Men: A Rich History and A Few Misconceptions. NASWMA Symposium. Framingham, MA. May 1, 2020

  • Unlikely Partners: Divorce Attorney and Couples’ Therapist. NASWMA Symposium. Framingham, MA. April 30, 2020

  • Building the relationship you want: Lessons from a sex therapist. Newton Inspires, November 2019

  • A Mindful Look at Surrogacy: Psychological and Ethical Aspects, Men Having Babies Florida. Florida. June 2019

  • Sex and the Minivan, AASECT. Philadelphia. June 2019

  • A Mindful Look at Surrogacy: Psychological and Ethical Aspects, Men Having Babies Midwest. Chicago. April 2019

  • Advice for Prospective Single Fathers, Men Having Babies Midwest. Chicago. April 2019

  • A Mindful Look at Surrogacy: Psychological and Ethical Aspects, Men Having Babies. New York. November 2018

  • Creating Connections: Cultivating Intimacy While Growing Your Family, Resolve New England. November 2018

  • Men and Infertility: Masculinity and Taboo, AASECT Denver. June 2018

  • Sex, Intimacy and Bodies: Creating Connections and Discovering Possibility, NASWMA Symposium. April 2018

  • Surviving Miscarriage, NASWMA Symposium. April 2018

  • Intimate Communication After Burn Injury, American Burn Association. Chicago. April 2018

  • Social and Family Issues in Surrogacy, Men Having Babies. San Fransisco. January 2018

  • Understanding Psychological Concerns in Surrogacy, Men Having Babies. New York. November 2017

  • Maintaining Intimacy and Connection during Infertility, Resolve New England. November 2017

  • Surviving Miscarriage: Living Through Devastation, AASECT Las Vegas. June 2017

  • Couples by Intention: Communicating for Connection

  • Professionals Radio Network. Psychotherapy.

  • Surrogacy from Different Perspectives. Resolve New England. November 2016

  • Creating the Language of Intimacy, Phoenix World Burn Congress. October 2016

  • Extraordinary Sex Therapy: Innovative Approaches, Practical Applications, Webinar: November 2015

  • International Association of Social Work with Groups (IASWG), Couples with Intention: Leading group therapy with intact couples, March, 2015

  • Gay Men: Coming Out of Straight Marriages, Lifespan Hospitals Social Worker Inservice, November 2014

  • Coming Out of A Straight Marriage, NASWMA Symposium, April 2014

  • Gestational Surrogacy: When Adoption Isn’t Your Option, NASWMA Symposium, March 2012; NASWMA Symposium, April 2014

  • Look Who’s Coming Out Now, Lifespan Hospitals Social Worker Inservice, October 2013

  • Gay Parenting, Massachusetts General Hospital, May 2012

  • Talking about Families!,  Tufts University, March, 2012

  • Hispanic/Black Gay Coalition: Creating Families, Panelist, November, 2011

  • Welcome to the Gayby Boom, Lifespan Hospitals Social Worker Inservice, October 2011

  • International Surrogacy, Family Equality Council/RFamily, Florida, July 2011

  • Understanding International Gestational Surrogacy, offered in Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

  • Understanding Gestational Surrogacy, offered in New York, Texas, Georgia

Partial List of Appearances:

  • Listening by Intention with Elliott Kronenfeld, LICSW, PhD(c). On Listening – Podcast with Daniel Rosen

  • Accepting Our Changing Bodies. 40 Plus: Real Men, Real Talk Radio with Rick Clemons

  • Nurturing Relations with Intention. Coming Out Lounge Radio with Rick Clemons

  • Mommy & Mommy, Daddy & Daddy!  Adoption and Surrogacy… here we come! Coming Out Lounge – Radio with Rick Clemons

  • Understanding Intimacy and Connection! Healthy You! Radio with Dr Keesha Ewers

  • An Interview with Elliott Kronenfeld. NBRFM Live Radio with Elvis Marchand