ABOUT DR. DENISE RENYE
Dr. Denise Renye brings a grounded, compassionate, and highly skilled presence to conversations about sexuality, intimacy, trauma, and personal transformation. Her approach creates a space where people can speak openly about sensitive experiences while feeling deeply respected and at ease.
She specializes in the intersections of sexuality, relationships, nervous system regulation, embodiment, and states of consciousness. Her work supports patients and couples seeking greater intimacy, healing, authenticity, and integration, as well as clients and students engaging in coaching, consultation, and educational programs.
Dr. Renye holds a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality from Widener University in Philadelphia, one of only two accredited graduate programs in human sexuality in the United States. She also earned both a Master’s and a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, a professional school recognized for integrating Western psychology with Eastern philosophy and contemplative practice.
She is a licensed clinical psychologist, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST), and a certified sexologist through the American College of Sexologists and the American Board of Sexology. She has been practicing as a sexologist and sex therapist for over 20 years, bringing depth, clinical precision, and compassion to work at the intersection of sexuality, trauma, intimacy, and embodiment.
Training & Credentials
• AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST)
• Yoga Therapist (International Association of Yoga Therapy)
• 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance)
• Psychoanalytic psychology certification through the Access Institute
• EMDR-informed trauma treatment
• Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, inaugural cohort graduate, Center for Psychedelic Therapies & Research, California Institute of Integral Studies
• MDMA-assisted therapy training through MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)
Denise Renye, M.Ed., M.A., PsyD, CST, ABS, C-IAYT, RYT
Dr. Renye integrates somatic awareness, depth psychology, and relational neuroscience to support healing that is not only understood cognitively but embodied. Her approach and theoretical orientation is informed by relational psychoanalysis, attachment theory, somatic psychology, liberation-oriented perspectives, and the psychology of religious and mystical experience, drawing from the work of Marion Milner, Winnicott, Bion, Bowlby, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, William James, Marion Woodman, and Mary Cosimano.
Her training in yoga therapy and contemplative practice includes immersive study in India, Bali, and South Korea, as well as trauma-informed work with the Prison Yoga Project, deepening her understanding of embodiment, nervous system regulation, and healing across diverse cultural and institutional contexts.
She has conducted and published research on embodied psycho-spiritual experience and continues to explore the relationship between psyche, soma, sexuality, and consciousness.
Professional Background
Before founding her boutique private practice, Dr. Renye worked extensively in community mental health and trauma-informed settings in urban environments, including Early Intervention programs for infants and families, intimate partner violence shelters and advocacy programs, sexual assault crisis centers, addiction recovery programs, trauma centers, and housing-insecure populations. She worked extensively with LGBTQIA+ communities and families in these settings, including individuals navigating family estrangement and religious-based rejection, and has provided court advocacy and crisis counseling. Her work also involved collaboration with law enforcement, clergy, and community leaders in crisis response and survivor support.
Earlier in her career, she founded and led a national consultation firm providing executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational communication consulting. Her work focused on strengthening workplace culture and fostering mutual understanding between frontline workers and leadership teams, ensuring that voices across all levels were heard.
Clinical Practice
Dr. Renye provides psychotherapy, sex therapy, and couples therapy for patients, supporting healing at the intersection of sexuality, trauma, attachment, embodiment, and relational intimacy.
She also offers clinical consultation and supervision for therapists and healthcare professionals seeking support with complex cases involving sexuality, trauma, attachment dynamics, and relational processes. This includes individual and group consultation as well as specialized consultation related to surrogate partner therapy and intimacy work.
She offers psychedelic preparation and integration for individuals participating in legal, medically supervised, ceremonial, or research-based experiences.
She provides psychotherapy to patients who are located in California, Colorado, and Oregon via telehealth and sees patients in person in Marin County, serving individuals and couples across Marin, Sonoma, Napa, San Francisco, Point Reyes, and the greater Bay Area.
Her clinical practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming and welcomes individuals across the full spectrum of gender identity, sexual orientation, and relationship structures.
Informed by her training in yoga therapy and contemplative traditions, her work integrates breathwork, mindfulness, and somatic awareness to support regulation, embodiment, and the integration of psycho-spiritual experience.
Coaching & Professional Consultation
Separate from her clinical practice, Dr. Renye offers high-touch coaching and advisory services for clients seeking personal growth, relational insight, leadership development, and deeper self-awareness.
Drawing on her background in executive and organizational consulting, she works with leaders, entrepreneurs, and teams to strengthen communication, navigate conflict, cultivate emotionally intelligent leadership, and foster psychologically healthy workplace cultures. Her expertise is particularly sought after for addressing complex interpersonal dynamics, boundary-setting, and creating environments rooted in respect and accountability.
She develops and leads select coaching programs for high achievers, executives, and professionals seeking greater fulfillment, relational depth, and sustainable success beyond performance alone.
Her coaching offerings span leadership development, embodiment-based work, relational and couples coaching, sexuality and intimacy development, psychedelic integration support, and programs supporting life transitions and personal transformation.
These services focus on insight, development, and performance rather than mental health diagnosis or treatment. Coaching and educational services are not psychotherapy and do not constitute mental health treatment. Coaching services are available to clients worldwide.
Teaching & Educational Programs
Dr. Renye teaches and develops educational programs, courses, and trainings for students, clinicians, and professionals seeking deeper understanding of sexuality, embodiment, relational health, and personal transformation. Her online courses and learning intensives translate clinical insight and contemplative practice into accessible, integrative learning experiences. Educational programs and courses are available globally.
Healing begins when we learn to inhabit our bodies, listen inwardly, and live
in conscious relationship with ourselves and others.
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