In my work as a sex therapist, what I have learned from my own journey and that that of my clients is that many of us have not met our genuine sexual self. Well-meaning parents, cultures and religions teach us about sex and sexuality but often layered with control, fear and focused on function—procreation, marital duty. Pleasure, vulnerability, and intimacy—with self and other—is often left out. My intention with all my clients is to help them see sex as an integral part of the human experience, to explore and express their own unique sexual flavor, and create freedom from the stories, dogma and rules that no longer serve them. I also see sex as a place for spiritual growth. After all, how often in a moment of ecstasy does someone say, “Oh my God!” I help my clients connect and integrate body, heart, mind and spirit in service to experiencing more intimacy with self, lover and life itself.