Online Sex Therapy & Sexual Trauma Counseling in Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Inclusive, trauma-informed care
for healing and connection
Sexual wellbeing is part of mental health. Whether you’re working through shame, disconnection, or the aftermath of sexual trauma, our therapists offer compassionate, trauma-informed sex therapy and sexual trauma therapy online across Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We honor your pace, your story, and your body’s wisdom.
What We Offer
| Service Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Sex Therapy | For individuals and couples exploring intimacy, communication, desire, or relationship repair. Rooted in consent and curiosity, not performance. |
| Sexual Trauma Therapy | For survivors of assault, coercion, or systemic harm. We focus on restoring safety, agency, and connection through body-based, trauma-informed care. |
| Support for Sexual Pain or Body Disconnection | Addressing vaginismus, numbness, or difficulty feeling at home in the body, with somatic awareness and gentle pacing. |
| Low Desire, Arousal, or Sexual Avoidance | Exploring the impact of stress, trauma, and systemic expectations on desire. Healing through compassion and attunement rather than “fixing.” |
| Affirming, Decolonial Care | For LGBTQIA2S+, polyamorous, kink, and asexual communities. Therapy that honors culture, identity, and histories often erased in dominant narratives. |
Each session centers autonomy, safety, and collaboration.
You decide what stories to tell, what pace to move at, and how healing unfolds.
We don’t separate care from context, we work with the histories, systems, and relationships that shape your experience.
Our Approach
Sex therapy at Phoenix Rising is not about fixing or performing. It’s about returning to a relationship with your body that feels safe, curious, and self-directed. We understand that sexuality does not exist apart from culture, faith, power, or history — and that healing must hold all of these layers.
Our therapists draw from approaches such as:
Somatic and body-based trauma care that helps you reconnect to sensations, choice, and safety in the body
Attachment and relational therapy to understand how intimacy patterns form and how trust can be rebuilt
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to bring awareness and compassion to thoughts, emotions, and embodied reaction
EMDR-informed trauma work to process stored memories of harm while centering nervous system regulation
Psychoeducation on consent, boundaries, and desire cycles that honors cultural context and unlearns colonial ideas of purity, control, or productivity in sex
Our work resists the idea that healing is linear or prescriptive. Instead, we co-create a space where your stories, sensations, and silences are all welcome, where therapy becomes a practice of remembering agency, belonging, and pleasure as your birthright.
Who We Support?
People come to us for many reasons, including:
Healing from sexual trauma or childhood abuse
Working through religious or cultural shame around sexuality
Navigating changes in desire after stress, grief, or medication
Reconnecting after infidelity, childbirth, or chronic illness
Exploring gender, orientation, or relationship identity
Wanting to feel at home in your body again
You don’t need to know exactly what’s affecting you, just that you want something to feel different.
Meet Our Therapists Specializing in Sex, Intimacy, and Trauma
Healing from sexual trauma or exploring intimacy requires care that is attuned to body, culture, and power.
Our clinicians are trained in trauma-informed, queer-affirming, neurodivergent-affirming, and decolonial approaches to sex/relationship therapy, grounded in an understanding of systems, justice, and liberation.
Each brings deep respect for your autonomy, lived experience, and the communities that shaped you.
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Arielle (She/Her)
Marriage, Family & Relationship Therapist · Rhode Island & Michigan
Arielle works with individuals and couples navigating intimacy, relationship repair, and sexual trauma.
Her approach is collaborative and grounded in attachment, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and body awareness. -
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Merlin (He/Him)
Sex & Relationship Therapist · Rhode Island & Connecticut
Merlin works with individuals and partners exploring intimacy, identity, and sexual trauma.
He supports clients navigating polyamorous and queer relationships, healing from shame, and rebuilding trust after experiences of harm or disconnection. -
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Seth (He/Him)
Sexual Trauma & Relationship Therapist· Rhode Island & Georgia
Seth works with queer, trans, and neurodivergent clients navigating identity, trauma, and self-acceptance.
He helps individuals explore relationships, intimacy, and desire with curiosity and care, creating space for healing from shame and disconnection. -
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Sarah (She/Her)
Complex Trauma, Sex & Relationship Therapist · Rhode Island
Sarah works with clients healing from complex trauma and dissociation, and navigating sex, intimacy, and relationships with others and with the self.
She offers affirming care for LGBTQ+ clients and those rebuilding safety, self-worth, and body trust.
Meet More of Our Therapists
Many of our clinicians bring lived experience and deep training in supporting queer, BIPOC, and neurodivergent communities.
We know that therapy is most effective when you feel seen and understood. While not all of our therapists list their full identities or specializations publicly, our team is intentional about connecting you with the right fit, someone attuned to your story, values, and goals.
During your free consultation call, share what you’re looking for, whether that’s a queer-affirming or poly-informed therapist, someone experienced in sexual trauma recovery, or a clinician who understands the intersections of culture, gender, and mental health.
We’ll match you with a therapist who can meet you where you are, with care that honors the whole of who you are.