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Our Approach

  1. Assessment & Goal Setting:
    We begin by understanding your relationship dynamics, sexual concerns, and goals for therapy.

  2. Evidence-Based Interventions:
    Using CBT, ACT, narrative approaches, Polyvagal, Attachment, and sex therapy techniques, we provide strategies for desire, arousal, intimacy, and sexual satisfaction.

  3. Communication & Connection Skills:
    Couples learn practical tools for discussing sexual needs, expressing desires, and resolving conflicts safely and respectfully.

  4. Inclusive & Trauma-Informed Care:
    Therapy is supportive of all relationship structures, gender identities, and sexual orientations. We integrate trauma-informed principles to ensure safety and affirmation.

  5. AASECT Certification Assurance:
    Our AASECT-certified training ensures ethical, professional, and research-informed sexual health support for all clients.

Couples Sex & Intimacy Therapy

Couples sex therapy is a specialized form of counselling that helps partners improve sexual intimacy, communication, and relational satisfaction. At Routes to Resilience Counselling & Consulting, we provide AASECT-certified, trauma-informed sex therapy for couples in Ontario, including monogamous, polyamorous, and ethically non-monogamous (ENM) relationships.

Sexual concerns often reflect broader relationship patterns, so couples therapy focuses not only on sexual functioning but also on emotional connection, trust, and communication. Couples leave therapy with practical tools to deepen intimacy, resolve conflicts, and navigate challenges around desire or sexual expression.

Who Can Benefit from Couples Sex Therapy?

  • Any couple wanting to strengthen connection, communication, and mutual satisfaction

  • Couples experiencing mismatched sexual desire or intimacy differences

  • Partners facing sexual dysfunction, performance anxiety, or low libido

  • Couples recovering from infidelity, trauma, or relational stress

  • Polyamorous or ethically non-monogamous couples seeking guidance on boundaries and consent

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