About Jen Joseph
Sex therapist. Couples therapist. Straight-talker. Deeply curious human.
I’m Jen Joseph.
(she/her/hers)
I’m an NYC-born, West Coast-dwelling, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and licensed psychotherapist endlessly curious about growth, healing and the creation and maintenance of satisfying, intimate relationships. I’ve been a practicing therapist since 2013 and have been specializing in sexuality and relationships since 2018. My practice and training continues to be centered around helping folks with all things intimate— sexually and emotionally.
My style is direct, interactive, warm and when appropriate, light-hearted. I’m straight-talking, sensitive, engaged and strive to help you meet your goals as efficiently as possible. I support a focused approach, versus open-ended, ‘sit back and chat’ kind of therapy. I center my work in the here-and-now while understanding how your history and background has shaped the person (or people) you are today.
I frequently engage in continuing education to advance my skills and receive weekly clinical consultation from esteemed mentors so that I can provide the most effective care possible to everyone I work with.
Living a rich, satisfying life often requires an examination of the beliefs and patterns that both motivate you and hold you back. Sometimes this examination can lead to dark corners of the psyche that can be scary to navigate alone. As your healing companion on the journey, my job is to energetically and emotionally “have your back” so that you feel both challenged to grow and lovingly accepted right where you’re at.
Healing happens in the context of safety and care. Through attuned listening, warmth, and presence, we’ll help you explore your inner world with curiosity and kindness and work toward shifting patterns that keep you stuck.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
~ Carl Jung
I enjoy supporting those in intimate relationships (and those who want to be) create satisfying partnerships based in mutual care and authenticity. I delight in helping folks navigate the task of being a loving partner while being true to oneself. Whether you need support with communication, recovering after a betrayal, building your future, or connecting sexually, I'm here for you. I offer a non-judgmental space and pointed direction to help you find the clarity, connection and pleasure you seek.
I hold a sex-positive, intersectional feminist, and social justice lens on the world, and strive to empower clients to live in ways that feel in integrity for them. I welcome diversity, of all kinds, in my practice and have experience working with folks from kink, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and ethically non-monogamous communities.
As far as my own journey goes, I've been on a spiritual and healing path for nearly two decades and have explored a range of modalities and practices. A multidisciplinary artist at heart, I've played in many different creative realms and continue to find great joy, exhilaration, and catharsis on the dance floor. As a healer/therapist, I bring my professional skill, training and experience, as well as an ongoing engagement in my personal transformational process.
As a life-long learner, I’m deeply committed to my personal and professional development. I regularly invest in continuing education trainings and receive weekly consultation from expert therapists in the field.
Additionally, I’m an advanced-level (1000+ hours) certified VortexHealing® Divine Energy Therapy practitioner and provide distance energy healing services to those wanting to transform emotional patterns and/or physical issues through an energetic and psycho-spiritual approach.
“Every time a trauma is healed, we restore a part of our past and make possible a brighter future for ourselves and succeeding generations. We transform separation, othering, and scarcity into relation, interdependence and abundance.”
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M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Expressive Arts Therapies, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA (2014 graduate)
B.A. in Women's Studies, Minor in Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist— California + Oregon
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST)
Certified Discernment Counselor, The Doherty Institute
Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB) Certified, Sexual Health Alliance
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Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Level 2 — Stan Tatkin
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — Core Skills + Externship
Developmental Model Couples Therapy — The Couples Institute
Transformative Couples Therapy Core Training— David Mars
Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy (DEFT), Level 1 — Susan Warshow
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Immersion — Diana Fosha
ISTDP-Informed Couples Therapy — Tami Chelew, ongoing monthly series 2023–2025
ISTDP Pre-Core Training — David Rudesil
Transforming Resistance Series — Steve Shapiro
Somatica Institute, Couples Training
VortexHealing® Divine Energy Therapy — Advanced Level, 1000+ hours
Tamalpa Institute for Movement-Based Expressive Arts Therapies, Level 1
Full therapeutic training history available upon request.
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Weekly individual consultation with senior sex and relationship therapists.
Ongoing PACT + ISTDP consultation — Diane Byster + Johannes Kieding
Couples therapy consultation group — Dr. Michael Klein, 2021–2024
Sex therapy consultation group — Martha Kauppi & Zoe Sipe, 2023
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Private Practice Sex + Relationship Psychotherapist, 2018-present
Couples Therapist, The Couples Center, 2018-2020
Sex + Relationship Therapist, SF + East Bay Center for Sex + Relationship Therapy, 2018-2021
Associate Psychotherapist, Marina Counseling Center, 2015-2018
Psychotherapist Intern, Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 2013-2015
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