Increase Trust and Intimacy through Sex Therapy. Sex therapy helps rebuild the closeness, can improve your sex life.
When sex becomes an item on your to-do list, it’s time to revisit the foundations of the relationship with your partner. Renewing a couple’s sex life involves stroking, caressing, and exciting the largest sex organ in the body: your brain. Sex therapy may be the tool for rekindling closeness and increasing trust and intimacy are the fist steps in the process.
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Like chocolate in your hand
We often ask our couples if their partner knows the information they just shared in session, and so often they will say one of several things: “I think so?”, “They must”, “I am sure they know”, or “I don’t think they do”. We ask them to share those sentiments, and, like chocolate melting in your hand, the couple melts and softens. Trust and intimacy can grow. They begin to see each other in ways that they hadn’t viewed their partner before. Perhaps this simple question and answer allows each of us to be heard and seen. Chris says, “I feel a sense of safety when I know my partner sees and hears me. It sort of makes me fall for him over and over again.” Sex therapy helps you rebuild the closeness and can improve more than just your sex life.
Issues around pornography
Pornography is neither good nor evil— it can be unhealthy. Modern media consumption directly influences the impact of cultural input on contentedness with a partner’s body. Of a sample of 7,749 educated US adults who had achieved at least some college, 77% of women indicated their partners used the internet to engage in sexual activities, while 26% of men report their partner engaged in sexuality online. Both members of a committed couple reported they both took part in online sexual activities in 21% of this population. This same study found that males (8.9%) are significantly more likely than females (2.6%) to to be more critical of their partner’s body. Porn is a relationship stress that presents a visual ideal that no partner feels they can live up to. When a woman negatively compares her real and perceived body image against the thin ideal presented in pornography she may experiences jealousy, which limits her sexual esteem and often damages the romantic relationship.
Intimacy and attachment can be negatively affected when one partner feels alone, unseen, unheard, or lonely. We are there to help you navigate rebuilding process and discover new ways to safely communicate.
Sex therapy is no different than any other type of therapy. We discuss your thoughts, desires, perceptions, and feelings. We develop new understanding and goals. During sex therapy, there is never any nudity or sexual contact between therapist and client or between clients.
Littleton Couples Counseling offers both in-office/in-person and Zoom/teletherapy counseling appointments to accommodate your busy schedule, with offices both in Littleton and in the DTC. Littleton Couples Counseling provides kink-positive sex therapy, couples counseling, and adult ADHD coaching in communities throughout Denver, DTC, WashPark, Cherry Hills Village, Cherry Creek, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Englewood, Parker, Golden, Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Evergreen, Morrison, Greenwood Village, Thornton, Centennial, Arvada, and surrounding areas.
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Why Choose an Integrated Therapist?
As integrated therapists, we are present in the session and curious to what you’re experiencing. We focus on marriage counseling, couples counseling, sex therapy and foster a nonjudgmental, compassionate, and supportive environment where you can safely explore communication styles, develop connections, and learn to express your needs. We help you develop the tools to grow closer to your partner. Littleton Couples Counseling understands the nuances required for successful sex therapy, marriage counseling, and couples counseling.
Chris Wilhoite MS, LMFT-S, CST, C-PST
Founder, Certified Psychosexual Therapist
Chris Wilhoite, founder of Littleton Couples Counseling, believes in couples. When she lost her husband to cancer in 2006, she promised herself she would do everything in her power to allow couples the opportunity to stay together and build a stronger relationships. Couples are made of individuals, and individuals have different needs. Chris is an extensively trained couples counselor, Certified Psychosexual Therapist with the International Association of Psychosexual Therapists, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor in training. She presented her thesis, The role of body image and sexual shame in women’s sexual dysfunction, at the 2024 IAPST International Conference on Sex Therapy.
Tommy Underhill TTCD, ASDI, ASDCS
Sex, Adult ADHD & Adult Autism
As a person with AuDHD, Tommy gets it. He specializes in working with adults and executives with ADHD and autism. His training in neurophysiological approaches for social, relational, and sexual issues provides the framework for coaching people across the country. Tommy oversees the long-term and strategic management for Littleton Couple’s Counseling. His entrepreneurship and small business management and operations spans more than 30 years. He is a Founding member of the International Association of Psychosexual Therapists and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychosexual Therapy. Tommy presented his research on What every mental health professional needs to know about sex and autism at the 2024 IAPST International Conference on Sex Therapy.
Caitlin Bovard LPC, CST
Certified Sex Therapist, Couple’s Therapist, Relationships, LGBTQ+
As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Caitlin works with individuals and relationships in all relationship structures including open relationships, ethical non-monogamous, poly, swinging, monogamous, casual and/or long-term relationships.
Ava Cohen Ph.D., LCSW, CST
Relationships & Sex, LGBTQIA+
As a Certified Sex Therapist, Ava is a compassionate therapist who is licensed in Colorado and Wyoming. She uses several different therapeutic modalities including: Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Family Systems and a client-centered, strengths-based approach. Ava is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and she holds a doctorate in sexology.
Shannon Kennealey LCSW, MFT
Adults, Teens, Families
Shannon works with teens, individuals, and families to unlock their inner capacities for strength, self determination, health and happiness, performance, well-being, and meaningful relationships. She takes an integrated approach that pulls from a variety of theoretical frameworks including, attachment theory, narrative therapy, self psychology, emotionally focused theory, and spiritual psychology.
Jennifer Livingston MSN, NP, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric nurse practitioner
Jennifer is an integral element of the Littleton Couples Counseling team and brings a deep understanding of the psychopharmacological aspects of maternal mental health and women’s issues, anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD, anger, grief, and loss.
Chelsea Speegle DPT
Pelvic floor physical therapy
Chelsea Speegle is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) who specializes in pelvic health with a particular interest in helping pregnant and postpartum moms as well as men’s health. She works primarily at Activcore in Littleton, Colorado which is located inside the Women’s Health Care Associates OBGYN clinic.
Zachary Ripp MD OB/Gyn
Gynecologist in residence
Dr. Ripp offers a patient-centric and educational approach to care. He creates an open, comfortable space where his patients feel free to discuss their feelings and health issues and feel supported. He advocates for people with vulvas and facilitates care based on their choices and needs. Dr. Ripp wants to help minimize his patients’ apprehension about visiting the OB/GYN and provide a safe, supportive environment.
Korra
Compassionate Therapy Dog
People will tell a dog things they would never feel comfortable telling another human.Korra brings a lifetime of experience helping people who live with anxiety and depression feel more comfortable in their body. She specializes in working with people who need a calming influence in their lives.
Mālie
Therapy Dog in Training
Mālie (may-lee-uh) in Hawaiian is to be calm or experience serenity and often helps us in the counseling room, just not quite in the way we expected. She is a bundle of loving energy and excels in helping ADHD/ADD people reach threshold and experience more peace and focus.