I’m a certified sex therapist, author, and Hakomi trainer whose work brings together sexuality, mindfulness, and somatic psychotherapy. A graduate of Harvard and Georgia State Universities, I created Passion & Presence, a mindfulness-based sex therapy training program for clinicians, and founded LifeWorks Counseling & Seminars, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia, where I have maintained a private practice for 25 years. I’m also co-founder of the Hakomi Institute of Mallorca in Spain, where I continue to mentor graduates and emerging faculty.

I’m the author of Passion and Presence: A Couple’s Guide to Awakened Intimacy and Mindful Sex and lead Awakened Intimacy retreats. My work focuses on helping intimate partners renew and deepen their erotic relationships through mindfulness, compassion, and relational awareness. I’m particularly interested in how partners can move beyond familiar patterns of protection and performance toward greater presence, erotic cooperation, and authentic connection.

Through trainings, retreats, and workshops across the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, I’ve had the privilege of sharing this work with clinicians and intimate partners seeking a more mindful and compassionate approach to sexuality. My mission is to support the healing of the cultural eros wound—one relationship at a time.