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For many parents, the idea of talking to their child about bodies, consent, and sex triggers anxiety, awkwardness, or even fear. Were you told to be a virgin until marriage? If you had sex before marriage, were you shaming your family’s name? Were you taught that if you have sex before marriage, you are giving away a piece of yourselfContinue readingHow Does Absence Culture and Religious Trauma Make Parents Avoid Talking About Sex With Their Children – Counseling for Parents Navigating the Sex Talk – How Counseling Supports Sex-Positive Parenting and a Sex Positive Marriage

You might want to ask yourself some important questions to better understand if religious trauma is impacting your relationship with sex, shame, and guilt. Do you feel guilty or ashamed when you think about your own sexual desires or pleasure? Were you taught that your body belongs to your husband or that you must always say “yes” to sex, regardlessContinue readingSexual Avoidance and Religious Trauma in Women: Reclaiming Your Voice, Body, and Sexual Pleasure – Trauma-Informed Couples Therapy for Religious Sexual Shame

Has your spouse been dishonest and now you are feeling betrayed, heartbroken, and so deeply hurt? Do you find yourself second-guessing everything and feeling anxious when they pick up their phone? Or, do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night flooded with racing thoughts? Are you carrying/initiating these emotionally painful conversations, wishing you had an expertContinue readingHow To Recover After Infidelity In Your Marriage? – Couples Therapy for Affair and Infidelity Repair – Emotional Recovery After Being Cheated On

If you’ve ever found yourself in a fight with your partner, feeling like you’re screaming to be heard, and like they never listen. Do you feel desperate for connection with your spouse, but exhausted at telling them what you need? Needing professional guidance to rebuild emotional closeness because you’re on the brink of divorce? When you yell, you want toContinue readingAnxious Attachment Style? Our Couples Therapy Specialists Shift You From Frustrating Fights To A Secure Attachment

Are you and your spouse getting into intense, high conflict fights where you feel hopeless and hurt afterwards? Or, are you shutting down entirely, not speaking, avoiding conflict altogether, and pretending like your conflicts are not even there, but there really is an elephant in the room? Wondering more about how anxious and avoidant attachment styles play a role inContinue readingKatie Ziskind is a trauma trained couples therapist who specializes in anxious attachment and avoidant attachment styles, teaching frustrated couples on the brink of divorce how to build security, emotional connection, and love. What are anxious and avoidant attachment styles? Why do couples get stuck in the silent treatment and pulling away, and intense, yelling, loud fights?

Are you feeling overwhelmed, chronically anxious, not sure how to stop obsessive thoughts, and always feel pulled in a thousand directions? In the middle of the night, do you wake up and can’t sleep due to anxious thoughts? Do you remember learning to walk on eggshells growing up, taking care of your highly anxious mother’s anxiety? Ever wondered how anxietyContinue readingGrow Up Walking On Eggshells? How Anxiety Impacts Your Marriage Conflicts – Specialized Marriage Counseling For Highly Anxious People, People Pleasing and Perfectionism Traits, Breaking Cycles of Sexual Avoidance

Do you feel guilt, fear, or shame around your own sexual desire or the idea of receiving pleasure? If you were raised in a religious environment that taught you your body was shameful, sinful, or that sexual pleasure was wrong (especially outside of strict marital duty), you may carry deep emotional conflict around sex, even with a safe and lovingContinue readingTrauma Specialist and Marriage Therapist for Women with C-PTSD in East Lyme, Connecticut and the Southeastern Connecticut – Marriage Counseling For Sexual Trauma Survivors with Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional, Katie Ziskind, Who Provides Sex Positive Education, Helps Women Overcome Religious and Sexual Shame and Anxiety, and Helps Women Learn to Orgasm

Are you and your partner feeling emotionally disconnected, stuck in a cycle of sexual avoidance, or wondering why your marriage feels more like a roommate dynamic than a romantic relationship? Have you and your spouse had experiences of childhood trauma, sexual trauma, emotional neglect, or a strict upbringing and religious shame and guilt around sex? If trauma from the pastContinue readingOur Sexless Marriage Therapists Specialize in How Trauma Impacts Sexual Desire and Help You Rebuild Sexual Intimacy – Start With Emotional Closeness Skills For Meaningful Connection

Are you and your partner feeling like roommates instead of lovers? Do your fights spiral into yelling, tears, slammed doors, or long silences that leave you both feeling broken and hopeless? Do you feel like you can’t reach each other anymore—and maybe haven’t for years? If this resonates with you, you are not alone. Many couples silently suffer under theContinue readingComplex Trauma Marriage Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut: Rebuilding Love and A Fulfilling Sexual Connection After Intense Fights, Anger, and Emotional Disconnection