Intimacy &
Sex Therapy
For Couples and Individuals
About Intimacy/Sex Therapy:
Intimacy/Sex Therapy focuses on restoring emotional safety, trust, communication, and overall relational satisfaction. This specialized care addresses how outside factors, such as stress, identity shifts, faith transitions, trauma, and major life changes, can all impact intimacy. By exploring sexual concerns like desire differences, discomfort, shame, anxiety, or disconnection, individuals and couples can work through barriers to build happier, healthier, and more fulfilling intimate relationships.
Recommended For:
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Couples experiencing distance, conflict, or disconnection in intimacy.
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Individuals navigating confusion, shame, or anxiety related to sexual experiences, expectations, or identity/orientation.
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Parents with mismatched desire levels or communication challenges around intimacy.
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People impacted by stress, life transitions, or faith-related influences on sexuality.
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Those wanting to improve emotional closeness & relational communication.
Qualified Providers at Red Sands:
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Broden Lund (MFT-I)
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Erika Mendenhall (ACMHC)
More about This Service
How it Works
Red Sands offers both couples therapy and individual sessions as needed. Care can be short-term (usually for specific concerns) or ongoing for deeper relational concerns or intimacy work.
Can't make it to our office or prefer to connect from home? This service is also available through our easy-to-use Telehealth portal. Contact us for details!
What to Expect
Red Sands is committed to creating a safe, respectful space enabling clients to talk about sensitive topics without blame or shame. Our therapists help facilitate communication between partners and slow down reactive patterns in conversations. For individuals, we strive to foster trust and understanding to help every client explore their unique needs.
Therapy will explore emotional needs, expectations, fears, underlying meanings connected to intimacy concerns, and much more.
We do not prescribe sexual techniques, but focus on improving emotional safety, understanding, and connection.
