My Mission

There is so much shaming around who we are. It’s 10 times worse when it comes to our sexual selves. On top of that, we live with a lot of disconnection in modern society. We are often disconnected from our bodies, our authentic selves, and our desires. Even people who love each other often feel lonely and disconnected. 

My mission is to help you defeat shame, embrace your full nature and your sexual self, be fully in your own empowerment, and connect authentically and effectively with others so that you feel fully known and fully loved.

I want you to live your absolute best life. I am thrilled to help you find and celebrate your unique nature and your full capacity for pleasure. It’s what I love to do.

About Me

Hi, I’m Laura. I specialize in desire, arousal, and building authentic relationships. 

I help people reinvent their relationships with themselves, their bodies, their pleasure, their emotions, and their partners. I know first-hand that it is never too late and you are never broken. 

My approach is inclusive, research-based, de-shaming, sex-positive, non-judgmental, and playful. Coaching with me is about getting you new results in your intimate life that create a future full of joy and connection. I work with all kinds of adults who have had a wide variety of life experiences, and I deeply respect every single one. 

Training and Approach

I use evidence-based, scientifically grounded somatic (body-based) and cognitive (mind-based) tools to get the results you want as quickly as possible. I also teach clients to self-coach so that you don’t need to see me forever. 

All sessions are clothes-on and do not involve kissing or genital touch. In-person sessions may involve mutually consensual touch in service of your goals (for example, learning to say what you want or don’t want, or learning different ways to initiate touch). 

I am Certified Sexologist, and a Sex and Relationship Coach certified via the Somatica® Institute, which is accredited by The American Board of Sexologists International and approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. I am trained in NeuroAffective Touch®, which is a modality that releases attachment and developmental trauma held typically as deep bracing in the body. I am also certified through The Life Coach School in cognitive-based (CBT-style) coaching. My Ph.D. is in the biological sciences, from the University of California Davis (2015). I use my science background to ground my practice in the latest research.

My Story

It’s been a winding path. Yours might have been too. I am now a thriving coach, but I am also a self-liberated former academic research professor. I was a community organizer and a farm worker, among other things, and worked three jobs putting myself through college. I’ve also been a lot of other things too, including a homeless independent kid and a survivor of child abuse and sexual assault.

You have your own traumas. We all do, even just by virtue of living in a society that wants us to fit into certain molds and shames us for being unique, sexual beings. It is absolutely possible to not just survive trauma, but to thrive after trauma. The kind of active, skill-based coaching I do now is what helped me become a person who truly thrives. I teach the tools I learned to help others thrive too.

For me, I had a hard time asking for (or even letting myself know) what I wanted, let alone how to get it. I was disassociated from my emotions and my body. I was terrified of conflict or being “needy.” But I learned to connect to myself step by step, and then to connect authentically with others. I came home to the power of my body, my pleasure, and my capacity for true joy in intimacy. So can you.

Once I found the right tools, I was amazed at how quickly I was able to radically change my relationships and the enjoyment I get from my own erotic nature. Sharing these tools to help people love themselves and others better is the most fulfilling thing I do. I truly love what I do and I absolutely adore working with clients.