Dating & confidence
- Build confidence and ease in dating
- Dating anxiety & attachment patterns
- Sexual shame & self-worth in dating
Dating, emotional connection, and sexual behavior patterns — building confidence, relational clarity, and integrity without shame or performance pressure.
Men’s Dating & Intimacy Work
I work with many men who feel stuck in modern dating, emotional connection, or sexual behavior patterns. Often things are going well everywhere else, which makes it harder to admit this part isn’t working.
Our work focuses on building confidence, relational clarity, and integrity — without shame or performance pressure. There are no scripts or tactics. The aim is to be someone who can actually be known in a relationship.
“Many men tell me I’m the first therapist they’ve felt comfortable being fully honest with.”
Areas of focus
Some men do this work one-on-one, some alongside other men in the weekly process group, and some start with the two-session Foundations Intensive. We can sort out which fits on the consultation call.
Clinical Approach
Our early relational patterns shape everything — how we pursue and avoid intimacy, how we regulate emotion, how we experience desire. Therapy surfaces those patterns gently and without judgment.
Shame thrives in silence. A central part of this work is creating space where no behavior, desire, or history is too complicated to examine honestly and with compassion.
Insight matters. So do tools. Depending on your goals, therapy may include concrete practices, frameworks, and strategies you can use between sessions.
Practical details
Sessions are virtual, so you can attend from anywhere in Oregon. I am licensed statewide.
A free 15-minute phone consultation to see if we’re a good fit — no pressure, no commitment. I return all inquiries within two business days.
I am in-network with select plans and also work with self-pay and out-of-network benefits. See current fees and accepted panels.
Other services
Ready to begin?
A 15-minute phone consultation to see if we’re a good fit — no pressure, no commitment. I return all inquiries within two business days.