SEX THERAPY

Specialized Treatment for Sexual and Relational Concerns

Sexuality is not separate from the rest of your life.
It reflects your attachment patterns, your nervous system, your history, and your capacity for intimacy.

Are you longing to feel more alive in your body?
More connected in your relationship?
More at ease with your desire?

Sex therapy is not only about fixing dysfunction.
It is about restoring relationship to your body, your pleasure, and your capacity for intimacy.

Dr. Denise Renye offers specialized, trauma-informed sex therapy for individuals and couples seeking thoughtful, nuanced, and psychologically sophisticated care.

How Sex Therapy Can Work

Sex therapy with Dr. Renye may take several forms:

• Integrated into long-term depth psychotherapy
• Short-term, focused treatment (typically 1–10 sessions)
• Adjunct work alongside your existing therapist
• Couples sex therapy intensives
• Stand-alone sexuality consultations

Her practice is intentionally small, allowing for depth, personalization, and discretion.

Training and Clinical Foundation

Dr. Renye holds a Master’s Degree in Human Sexuality from the nationally recognized program at Widener University. As part of her graduate training, she completed 30 hours of Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR), an immersive clinical process designed to cultivate cultural competence, nonjudgmental awareness, and advanced comfort working with diverse sexual expressions.

She is:

• An AASECT Certified Sex Therapist through American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
• A Certified Sexologist through American College of Sexologists
• Board Certified by the American Board of Sexology
• A Professional Member of Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

She has worked in the field of sexuality, relationships, and embodiment for over 20 years.

Dr. Renye has completed Levels 1 and 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy through the Gottman Institute. This research-based framework is thoughtfully integrated with depth psychotherapy and somatic work when supporting couples navigating conflict, desire discrepancies, and intimacy challenges.

Her approach integrates:
• Psychoanalytic and depth psychotherapy
• Trauma-informed care
• Somatic awareness and embodiment practices
• Eastern contemplative philosophy
• Evidence-based Western sex therapy interventions

She has pursued additional study internationally, including India, Bali, South Korea, and the Netherlands, deepening her understanding of sexuality across cultural and spiritual frameworks.

Common Areas of Focus

Sex therapy may address:

• Low or discrepant desire
• Vaginismus and genito-pelvic pain
• Erectile difficulties
• Premature or delayed ejaculation
• Arousal concerns
• Sexual trauma and its impact on desire, arousal, and intimacy
• Trauma-related sexual shutdown or hyperarousal
• Kink and fetish exploration
• Creative or consensually non-monogamous relationship structures
• Sexual identity exploration
• Decoupling and conscious separation

Her work is affirming of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship designs.

This Is About More Than Sex

Many high-functioning people live predominantly in their minds.
Successful. Capable. Articulate.

And disconnected from their bodies.

Sexual symptoms often reflect nervous system patterns, relational wounds, or inherited narratives around pleasure, shame, or power.

When we work with sexuality, we are often working with:

• Attachment
• Trauma
• Power
• Safety
• Spiritual longing
• Embodiment

Through mind–body integration, clients often report not only improved sexual functioning but a deeper sense of vitality in life as a whole.

For some clients, sexuality has been shaped by boundary violations, coercion, shame, or trauma. When sexual trauma is present, therapy moves at the pace of the nervous system. Safety, consent, and regulation become foundational. Healing is not about pushing toward performance. It is about restoring choice, agency, and embodied sovereignty.

Coaching, Consultation, and Educational Programs

In addition to clinical sex therapy, Dr. Renye offers:

Clinical Consultation for Therapists

Specialized consultation for psychologists, LMFTs, and LCSWs navigating complex sexual themes in their practices.

Sex-Positive Coaching and Sexuality Mapping

Action-oriented coaching and long-term exploration programs for individuals and couples seeking structured growth outside of psychotherapy.

The Intimate Couple Program

A structured multi-week experience integrating communication skills, somatic awareness, and sensual exploration.

Women’s Psychedelic Integration Circle: Sexuality Focus

A structured group for women integrating sexuality themes emerging from psychedelic experiences.

Note: Coaching and consultation are not psychotherapy services. If mental health conditions are identified, referral to a licensed provider will be made.