Thank you for your interest in working with Katie Ziskind, LMFT. Katie Ziskind’s goal is to make the new client process simple, transparent, and stress-free. Whether you are seeking couples therapy, trauma counseling, gender identity support, sex-focused therapy, LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy, or support with cross-dressing, gender exploration, or relationship concerns, the process begins through a secure Client Portal. As well, Katie Ziskind is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, gender and sexuality specialist, Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP), and somatic trauma therapist. At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, she provides compassionate, affirming care for individuals and couples seeking deeper healing, healthier relationships, and a more authentic connection with themselves. Learn how to work With Katie Ziskind, about her specialities, and what to expect in counseling below.
Katie Ziskind Specializes In:
LMFT + couples specialization.
Gottman Level Two + EFT + Imago training.
Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional..
500-hour Yoga Therapist.
Trauma/C-PTSD specialization.
Inner child healing.
LGBTQIA+ affirming care.
Intensives (2+ hour sessions).
Ability to integrate mind + body + relationship healing
How Can You Work With Katie Ziskind?
Beginning therapy with Katie Ziskind, LMFT is simple, supportive, and creates a strong foundation for healing.
To begin, prospective clients complete a secure online registration through the Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching Client Portal. You will receive intake paperwork, questionnaires, and important information about the therapy process. After reviewing your completed forms, Katie will invite you to request your first appointment directly through the portal.
Katie Ziskind does not offer complimentary phone consultations. Instead, she believes your first session should provide dedicated time to understand your story, answer your questions, explore your goals, and begin creating a personalized treatment plan.
Whether you are seeking couples therapy, trauma counseling, sex therapy, LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy, gender exploration support, or individual therapy, Katie offers a compassionate, trauma-informed space where you can feel understood, accepted, and supported from the very beginning.
Why Work With Katie Ziskind, LMFT?
A Unique Blend of Couples Therapy, Trauma Healing, Sex Therapy & Mind-Body Approaches
Finding the right therapist is about more than credentials — it is about finding someone whose approach fits your needs, your story, and your goals. Katie Ziskind, LMFT, brings together specialized training in complex couples therapy, sexual trauma healing, emotional intimacy, sexuality discovery, kink, sex and intimacy therapy, and holistic mind-body approaches to help individuals and couples create meaningful, lasting change.
Generally, Katie Ziskind offers a compassionate, affirming, and personalized therapy experience for clients navigating relationship struggles, emotional wounds, intimacy concerns, identity exploration, and major life transitions.
Her approach combines evidence-based therapy models with a deep understanding of how trauma, attachment, the nervous system, and life experiences shape the way we connect with ourselves and others. Katie Ziskind is a licensed marriage and family therapist, gender and sexuality specialist, certified sex therapy informed professional, and somatic trauma therapist.
At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, What Makes Katie Ziskind’s Approach Different?
❤️ Advanced Couples Therapy Training
Katie Ziskind specializes in helping couples repair emotional disconnection, improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen intimacy. She integrates approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy to help partners understand their relationship patterns and create deeper emotional safety.
🌿 Trauma-Informed Therapy That Includes the Mind and Body with Katie Ziskind
As a trauma-informed therapist and 500-hour certified Yoga Therapist, Katie Ziskind understands that healing involves more than just talking about experiences. She incorporates somatic trauma therapy approaches, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and body-based awareness to help clients process emotions, reduce stress responses, and reconnect with themselves.
Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Nervous System Healing
Katie Ziskind incorporates Yoga Nidra, a guided mindfulness-based relaxation practice, into her holistic therapy approach to support deep rest, emotional regulation, and nervous system calming.
Often described as “yogic sleep,” Yoga Nidra allows the body to enter a deeply relaxed state while the mind remains gently aware. This practice can help reduce stress, quiet racing thoughts, increase body awareness, and support healing from chronic tension, anxiety, and trauma-related stress responses. Through guided breathing, body awareness, visualization, and intentional relaxation, Yoga Nidra offers clients a peaceful opportunity to reconnect with themselves and cultivate a greater sense of safety, balance, and inner calm.
💕 Specialized Sex Informed Counseling & Intimacy Therapy with Katie Ziskind
As a Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP), Katie Ziskind provides a safe, shame-free space for individuals and couples to discuss sexuality, intimacy, desire, sexual confidence, relationship needs, and challenges that are often difficult to talk about. She believes healthy intimacy begins with emotional safety, self-understanding, and authentic communication.
Helping Women Explore Pleasure, Sexual Confidence, and Authentic Intimacy
Katie Ziskind provides sex-positive, compassionate therapy for women who want to better understand their bodies, explore their sexuality, and develop a more fulfilling intimate life. Many women grow up receiving little sexual education, feeling pressure to prioritize their partner’s pleasure, or learning to stay quiet about their own needs and desires. Katie Ziskind helps women who have never experienced orgasm, are unsure what feels pleasurable, or struggle to communicate their needs during sexual experiences. Through education, self-exploration, and shame-free conversations, women can learn to understand their own arousal, communicate what they enjoy, and feel more confident expressing their desires.
Katie Ziskind also supports women in learning how to speak up during intimate moments without fear of rejection, disappointing their partner, or hurting their spouse’s feelings. Many women have learned to tolerate sex that feels uncomfortable, disconnected, rushed, or focused primarily on male pleasure rather than mutual enjoyment. Therapy with Katie Ziskind can help women develop the confidence to ask for more foreplay, communicate preferences, set boundaries, and create a sexual relationship where both partners’ pleasure, comfort, and emotional connection matter. Healthy intimacy is built through curiosity, communication, consent, and the freedom to be fully present and authentic with your partner.
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ Affirming & Identity-Affirming Care with Katie Ziskind
Katie Ziskind welcomes clients exploring identity, gender expression, relationships, and authenticity.
She provides compassionate support for LGBTQIA+ individuals, transgender clients, feminine men, cross-dressers, and those seeking a safe place to explore parts of themselves. No longer do you have to hide, fear judgment, or criticism.
Affirming Therapy for Gender Exploration, Sexuality, and Authentic Self-Expression
Katie Ziskind provides compassionate, LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy for individuals exploring gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, and the many ways people experience themselves.
She supports transgender women, transfeminine individuals, men exploring a bi-gender identity, and those who feel they have both masculine and feminine parts of themselves. Katie Ziskind offers a safe, nonjudgmental space for clients who identify as feminine men, gender nonconforming, two-spirit, cross-dressers, or individuals questioning how gender and identity fit into their lives. She helps men speak up when they desire and want a submissive role within a sexual, erotic power dynamic.
Therapy focuses on self-understanding, self-love, reducing shame, building self-acceptance, and helping clients explore their authentic selves at their own pace.
Katie Ziskind also works with individuals who are questioning their sexuality, including men who have primarily dated women but are exploring whether they may be gay, bisexual, queer, or somewhere else on the spectrum of attraction.
She supports clients navigating complex feelings around attraction, fantasy, identity, relationships, and societal expectations.
This may include men who feel emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to transgender women or transfeminine individuals and want a safe place to process their experiences with curiosity and respect. Therapy is not about forcing a label or rushing toward an answer — it is about creating space for honest exploration, self-compassion, and a deeper understanding of who you are.
🧠 Deep Understanding of Trauma and Relationship Patterns
Katie Ziskind helps clients understand how childhood experiences, having a narcissistic parent, childhood abuse, generational patterns, attachment wounds, adolescent development, birth order, sibling dynamics, family dynamics, religious trauma, cultural messages, and past relationships influence present-day emotions and behaviors.
Together, you can explore the root of challenges rather than only treating the symptoms.
Katie Ziskind helps individuals heal from religious trauma, purity culture, and shame-based messages that may have shaped how they view themselves, their bodies, relationships, sexuality, and emotional needs. Many people grow up receiving messages that create fear around pleasure, intimacy, questioning, identity, or expressing parts of themselves that feel different from what they were taught was acceptable.
Over time, these beliefs can contribute to guilt, anxiety, self-judgment, difficulty trusting yourself, relationship struggles, and feeling disconnected from your authentic self. Katie provides a compassionate, nonjudgmental space to explore your experiences, honor your values, and separate your own beliefs from messages that may no longer serve you.
Healing from Religious Trauma, Shame, and Fear-Based Beliefs
Through trauma-informed therapy, Katie Ziskind helps clients process painful experiences, rebuild self-worth, develop self-compassion, and create a healthier relationship with themselves and their bodies.
Therapy can support individuals navigating religious shame around sexuality, gender expression, sexual orientation, relationships, intimacy, masturbation, desire, or personal identity. Whether you are struggling with fear, guilt, grief, anger, confusion, or the challenge of creating a life that feels aligned with who you truly are, Katie offers a supportive space where you can heal, grow, and reconnect with yourself without judgment.
✨ Personalized Therapy — Not One-Size-Fits-All
Every person and relationship is unique. Katie Ziskind tailors therapy to your goals, personality, experiences, and needs. Sessions may incorporate traditional talk therapy, emotional processing, mindfulness, creative approaches, somatic techniques, and practical tools for everyday life.
⏳ Extended Therapy Intensives for Deeper Work
For clients seeking more focused support, Katie Ziskind offers extended therapy intensives lasting two hours or longer. Intensives are available in person in Niantic, Connecticut, Melbourne, Florida, and through secure video sessions for clients located in states where she is licensed.
Whether you are struggling with relationship conflict, trauma, intimacy concerns, emotional disconnection, shame, anxiety, or questions about your authentic self, Katie provides a supportive space where you can feel understood, accepted, and empowered to heal.
At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, therapy is not about changing who you are — it is about helping you understand yourself more deeply, strengthen your relationships, and create a life that feels authentic and meaningful.
Welcome to Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching’s Intake Process
Step 1: Register as a New Client with us at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching
To get started, click to begin New Client Registration on my website.
After registering, you’ll receive a secure email and text message inviting you to log into your Client Portal. Inside the portal, you’ll complete your intake paperwork, informed consent documents, and questionnaires.
Please complete every form thoroughly so I can learn more about your goals, history, and what you’re hoping to accomplish in therapy.
Then, Step 2: I’ll Review Your Intake Paperwork
Once you’ve submitted your paperwork, please text 860-451-9364 to let me know your forms have been completed.
I personally review each new client’s intake paperwork before scheduling an appointment. This allows me to better understand your needs and prepare for our first session together.
Step 3: Request Your First Appointment
After your paperwork has been reviewed, log back into your Client Portal to view my current availability and request your first appointment.
Once you’ve requested a session, send me a quick text letting me know you’ve selected a time. I’ll review and approve your appointment request.
Please Note
To provide the highest quality care and protect time for my current clients, I do not offer complimentary phone consultations.
Instead, I encourage prospective clients to complete the intake process and schedule an initial therapy session. Your first appointment gives us dedicated time to discuss your concerns, answer your questions, develop goals, and determine the best treatment plan together.
Step 4: Attending Your First Session at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching
Your first session is an opportunity for us to get to know one another.
We’ll discuss:
- What brings you to therapy
- Current concerns and goals
- Your relationship history, if applicable
- Trauma history and emotional experiences
- Mental health symptoms
- Medications you are taking
- Strengths and resources
- Treatment recommendations
- A personalized plan for moving forward
Whether you’re seeking support for anxiety, trauma, intimacy concerns, infidelity recovery, narcissistic abuse, religious trauma, purity culture, neurodivergent relationships, gender identity exploration, or couples counseling, your first session is designed to help you feel understood, supported, and hopeful. You are not alone anymore.
Payment Information
Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching is an out-of-network private pay practice. Katie Ziskind accepts major credit cards as well as HSA and FSA cards. Upon request, she can provide a superbill for possible out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
Ready to Begin?
Starting therapy is a courageous step toward healing and personal growth.
To begin, simply complete the New Client Registration, fill out your secure intake paperwork, and request your first appointment through your Client Portal after your forms have been reviewed.
Katie Ziskind looks forward to supporting you on your journey toward greater emotional health, healthier relationships, deeper intimacy, and lasting healing.
You May Benefit from Counseling with Katie Ziskind, Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional, Somatic Trauma Therapist, If You’re Experiencing…
- Constant conflict or communication struggles in your romantic relationship.
- Emotional pain after infidelity or betrayal.
- A sexless marriage, low desire, or intimacy challenges.
- Childhood trauma, PTSD, or narcissistic abuse.
- Anxiety, panic attacks, or chronic stress.
- Religious guilt, purity culture, or sexual shame.
- Questions about gender identity or a desire to explore your authentic self.
- A desire to express femininity through cross-dressing or gender expression in a safe, affirming space.
- Relationship challenges related to ADHD, autism, OCD, or sensory differences.
- A longing to feel more connected, confident, emotionally secure, and authentic.
Common Reasons You Can Benefit from Counseling with Katie Ziskind
- ❤️ Marriage and Couples Counseling
- 🧠 Trauma, PTSD & Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)
- 💕 Sex Therapy & Intimacy Counseling
- 💔 Infidelity & Betrayal Trauma Recovery
- 🏳️⚧️ LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy, Gender Exploration & Transgender Support
- 👠 Therapy for Feminine Men, Cross-Dressers & Gender Expression
- ✝️ Religious Trauma, Purity Culture & Sexual Shame Recovery
- 🌿 Anxiety, Stress, Burnout & Nervous System Regulation
- 🧩 Neurodivergent Relationships (ADHD, Autism, OCD & Sensory Differences)
- 🌸 Self-Esteem, Identity Development & Emotional Healing
Katie Ziskind Provides A Safe, Shame-Free Counseling Space to Explore Sexuality, Gender, Sexual Arousal, Orgasming, and Intimacy
Katie Ziskind provides a sex-positive, affirming space where individuals and couples can openly discuss sexuality, intimacy, and experiences that may feel difficult or uncomfortable to talk about elsewhere.
Many people carry shame, confusion, fear of judgment, or uncertainty around their desires, fantasies, sexual experiences, or needs.
In therapy with Katie, clients can explore topics such as sexual identity, masturbation, pornography, orgasms, arousal, sexual communication, kinks, fantasies, power dynamics, BDSM, dominance and submission, and relationship agreements in a compassionate and nonjudgmental environment.
Katie Ziskind believes that healthy sexuality develops through self-love, self-awareness, consent, communication, curiosity, and emotional safety.
Therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching can help individuals and couples better understand:
Their erotic self.
Sexual desires.
Fears around vulnerability.
The meaning of sex.
Overcome sexual performance anxiety.
How to communicate openly with partners.
Skills to overcome sexual shame.
Tools to create a more fulfilling intimate life that honors both partners’ needs and boundaries.
Marriage and Couples Counseling
Relationships can become stuck in painful cycles of conflict, emotional distance, resentment, or poor communication. Katie Ziskind, LMFT, helps couples strengthen emotional connection, improve communication, rebuild trust, and create healthier patterns using trauma-informed couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method techniques, and Imago Relationship Therapy.
Whether you’re dating, engaged, married, or in a long-term partnership, couples counseling can help you reconnect and create a more secure, loving relationship.
Trauma, PTSD & Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)
Childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, neglect, and emotionally unsafe relationships can leave lasting effects on your nervous system. Flight, fight, freeze, and fawn trauma responses and self-protection mechanisms block emotional vulnerability, intimacy, sexual connection, and personal growth. Avoidance, conflict, addiction, alcoholism, people-pleasing, and work-a-holism are flight, fight, freeze, and fawn trauma responses and self-protection mechanisms.
Katie Ziskind specializes in helping adults heal from PTSD and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD). She offers somatic therapy, mindfulness, yoga-informed practices, yoga therapy, creative painting, nervous system regulation, and trauma-focused counseling. Somatic trauma therapy can help reduce anxiety attacks, panic attacks, hypervigilance, emotional overwhelm, people-pleasing, and relationship struggles rooted in unresolved trauma patterns.
Sex Informed Therapy & Specialized Intimacy Counseling
Now, sex and intimacy are important parts of healthy relationships, yet many individuals and couples struggle to talk openly about their needs.
Katie provides sex-positive therapy for concerns including mismatched libidos, performance anxiety, desire differences, painful communication around sex, difficulty with arousal, foreplay, intimacy after trauma, and rebuilding a satisfying sexual relationship. Therapy offers a safe, judgment-free environment to explore sexuality, playfulness through touch, increase emotional closeness, increase affectionate touch, and strengthen physical intimacy.
Infidelity & Betrayal Trauma Recovery
Discovering an affair or experiencing betrayal can feel devastating.
Katie Ziskind helps couples and individuals heal from infidelity by processing grief, rebuilding trust, improving communication, and understanding the deeper relationship patterns that contributed to the rupture. Whether you’re deciding whether to repair your relationship or move forward independently, therapy provides compassionate support throughout the healing process.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy, Gender Exploration & Transgender Support
Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, provides affirming, compassionate counseling for LGBTQIA+ individuals, transgender women, nonbinary individuals, gender-questioning clients, and those exploring their authentic identity. Therapy offers a supportive environment to process gender identity, transition decisions, family relationships, self-acceptance, discrimination, and emotional well-being without fear of judgment. Every person’s journey is unique, and therapy honors your goals, values, and lived experience.
Therapy for Feminine Men, Cross-Dressers & Gender Expression
Many feminine men and individuals who cross-dress have spent years hiding important parts of themselves because of shame, fear, or rejection. Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, offers a confidential, affirming space to explore femininity, cross-dressing, gender expression, identity, relationships, self-acceptance, and emotional healing.
Whether your feminine expression is emotional, aesthetic, personal, or part of your broader gender journey, therapy focuses on reducing shame, increasing authenticity, and helping you integrate every part of yourself with compassion.
Religious Trauma, Purity Culture & Sexual Shame Recovery
Growing up in strict religious environments or purity culture can create deep feelings of guilt, shame, fear, and confusion surrounding sexuality, pleasure, relationships, and self-expression.
Katie Ziskind helps individuals and couples heal from religious trauma by challenging shame-based beliefs, rebuilding self-worth, developing healthy intimacy, and creating a more compassionate relationship with themselves and their bodies. Therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching supports clients in aligning their lives with their own values rather than fear or guilt.
Anxiety, Stress, Burnout & Nervous System Regulation
Living with chronic anxiety, stress, panic attacks, or burnout can make everyday life feel exhausting. Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, integrates mindfulness, somatic therapy, yoga-informed techniques, breathing exercises, and nervous system regulation to help clients feel calmer, more grounded, and emotionally resilient. Therapy helps you better understand your triggers, regulate overwhelming emotions, improve sleep, and create healthier coping strategies for life’s challenges.
Neurodivergent Relationships (ADHD, Autism, OCD & Sensory Differences)
Neurodivergent couples and individuals often face unique challenges related to communication, emotional regulation, fear responses, executive functioning, sensory overwhelm, sensory sensitivities, and relationship expectations. Katie Ziskind, at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, helps partners better understand one another’s neurodivergent brains. At the same time, couples develop practical communication skills, emotional connection, conflict resolution strategies, and greater compassion.
Therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching celebrates neurodiversity while helping relationships become more secure, collaborative, and fulfilling.
Katie Ziskind Supports Neurodivergent Relationships in Developing Sexual Communication and Deeper Intimacy
Neurodivergent couples experience unique challenges around sexuality and intimacy, including differences in desire, sensory preferences, communication styles, initiation, emotional regulation, and understanding each other’s needs.
For example, one partner with ADHD may experience difficulty shifting attention from daily stress into an intimate moment, while their partner may interpret this as rejection or a lack of attraction.
A partner with sensory sensitivities may find certain types of touch, sounds, smells, or sexual environments overwhelming. As well, the other partner may feel confused, rejected, hurt, sad, or unwanted when affection is declined.
Katie Ziskind, at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, helps couples understand how neurodivergent brains process connection, erotic arousal, emotions, and communication differently. Together, couples can learn to talk openly about sexual needs, create intimacy routines that work for both partners, navigate sensory differences, reduce shame, and build a more compassionate, connected sexual relationship.
Self-Esteem, Identity Development & Emotional Healing
Many people come to therapy feeling disconnected from themselves after years of trauma, people-pleasing, perfectionism, criticism, or self-doubt.
Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, helps clients build self-esteem, strengthen emotional resilience, develop healthier boundaries, and reconnect with their authentic identity.
Through trauma-informed counseling, mindfulness, self-compassion, and somatic healing, clients learn to trust themselves, cultivate confidence, and create lives that reflect who they truly are.
Learn More About Private Therapy Intensives with Katie Ziskind, LMFT
Extended Therapy Sessions for Deeper Healing and Lasting Change
Traditional 50 minute or 90 minute weekly therapy sessions are helpful for many people, but sometimes you need more time, space, and focused support to address complex concerns. Katie Ziskind, LMFT, offers private therapy intensives designed as extended sessions lasting two hours or longer for individuals, couples, and relationships seeking deeper therapeutic work.
These longer sessions (two or more hours in duration) allow more time to slow down, explore underlying patterns, process emotions, practice new skills, and create meaningful progress without feeling rushed by a traditional 45- or 55-minute appointment.
Couples Therapy Intensives for Relationship Repair and Connection
Couples experiencing ongoing conflict, emotional disconnection, betrayal, intimacy challenges, or communication struggles often benefit from having dedicated time together. Katie’s couples therapy intensives provide an opportunity to move beyond surface-level arguments and explore the deeper, core emotional needs, attachment wounds, and relationship patterns underneath the conflict.
Using approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy, Katie helps couples understand each other’s experiences, rebuild trust, and create healthier ways of connecting.
Trauma Therapy Intensives for Complex Healing
Healing from trauma often requires patience, safety, and enough time to process difficult experiences. Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, offers trauma therapy intensives for clients working through PTSD, Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse recovery, relationship trauma, and emotional wounds.
Longer sessions allow room for:
Nervous system regulation.
Somatic awareness.
Mindfulness practices.
Emotional processing.
Deeper exploration of how past experiences continue to impact present-day relationships and self-worth.
Sex Informed Therapy and Specialized Intimacy Intensives
Sexual concerns and intimacy struggles can feel deeply personal and difficult to discuss. Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, provides extended sex informed therapy intensives for individuals and couples.
Couples seeking help with:
Sexual communication.
Desire differences.
Intimacy after betrayal.
Sexual shame.
Masturbation.
Pornography.
Surviving sexual abuse.
Religious trauma.
Body image concerns.
Creating a more fulfilling intimate connection.
These longer sessions create a private, affirming space where clients can slow down, explore sensitive topics, and develop a healthier relationship with sexuality and intimacy.
A Personalized Experience Tailored to Your Goals
Every intensive is customized based on your unique needs, goals, and challenges. Some clients use intensives to address a specific relationship crisis, while others want dedicated time for trauma healing, personal growth, identity exploration, or improving emotional connection. Katie collaborates with you to determine the focus of your extended session so your time together feels intentional, supportive, and meaningful.
In-Person Therapy Intensives in Niantic, Connecticut
Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, offers in-person therapy intensives at her Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching office in Niantic, Connecticut. Clients throughout Southeastern Connecticut, including East Lyme and surrounding communities, can access extended therapy sessions designed for deeper healing and transformation. The peaceful office environment, at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, provides a private, comfortable setting for individuals and couples who desire more concentrated therapeutic support.
Therapy Intensives in Melbourne, Florida
For clients seeking therapy intensives on Florida’s Space Coast, Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, offers extended therapy sessions in Melbourne, Florida.
These intensives provide an opportunity for individuals and couples to step away from daily stressors and dedicate focused time to healing, relationship repair, emotional growth, and personal transformation. Melbourne therapy intensives support clients who value a more immersive therapeutic experience.
Virtual Therapy Intensives Through Secure Video
For clients who cannot attend in person, Katie offers extended therapy intensives through secure video sessions. Online therapy intensives provide flexibility for individuals and couples who prefer the comfort and privacy of their own home while still receiving dedicated, focused therapeutic support. Telehealth intensives at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching allow clients to access Katie’s specialized care from anywhere she is licensed to practice.
Who Can Benefit from a Therapy Intensive?
Therapy intensives may be helpful for couples experiencing high conflict, individuals healing from trauma, partners recovering after infidelity, those struggling with intimacy or sexual concerns, people navigating major life transitions, or anyone wanting focused therapeutic support beyond traditional weekly sessions. Intensives can be especially valuable for clients who want to make meaningful progress in a shorter period of time or who need additional support during a challenging season.
Begin Your Healing Journey with Katie Ziskind
A therapy intensive offers dedicated time to pause, reflect, heal, and create meaningful change. Whether you are seeking couples counseling, trauma therapy, sex therapy, or personal growth support, Katie Ziskind, LMFT, provides compassionate, trauma-informed care through extended therapy sessions in Niantic, Connecticut, Melbourne, Florida, and online. Contact Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching to learn more about whether a private therapy intensive is the right fit for your goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I become a new client at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching?
Click New Client Registration on the website to receive your secure Client Portal login. Complete all intake paperwork and questionnaire, then text 860-451-9364 to let Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, know your forms have been submitted. Log back into your Client Portal to request your first 50 or 90 minute appointment.
Do you offer free phone consultations?
No. Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching does not offer complimentary phone consultations.
Instead, your first therapy session is a safe place for discussing your concerns, answering your questions, learning about your history, and developing a treatment plan.
Why do I need to complete paperwork before scheduling?
Your intake paperwork helps Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, understand your goals, relationship history, mental health concerns, and therapy needs before your first session. Reviewing your information beforehand allows your appointment time to focus on therapy rather than paperwork.
How do I schedule my first appointment?
After your intake paperwork has been completed and reviewed, log into your Client Portal to view available appointment times. Request the session that works best for your schedule, then send a text to 860-451-9364 letting Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist, know you’ve requested an appointment.
How long does it take for my paperwork to be reviewed?
Paperwork is typically reviewed within a few business days. Once reviewed, you may request your first therapy appointment through the Client Portal.
What happens during my first therapy session?
Your first session focuses on getting to know you and understanding what brings you to therapy. Together, you’ll discuss your goals, challenges, relationships, symptoms, strengths, and develop a personalized treatment plan.
Do you accept insurance?
Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching is an out-of-network private practice.
Pay by credit card, debit card, or HSA, and FSA cards. A superbill can be provided upon request for clients seeking possible out-of-network insurance reimbursement depending on location.
What types of therapy do you offer at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching?
Katie Ziskind specializes in:
- Couples therapy
- Marriage counseling
- Trauma and PTSD therapy
- Complex trauma (C-PTSD)
- Sex and intimacy therapy
- Infidelity and betrayal recovery
- Inner child wounds
- Religious trauma and purity culture recovery
- LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy
- Therapy for transgender women, feminine men, and men who cross-dress
- Neurodivergent relationship counseling
- Anxiety and stress management
- Somatic and yoga-informed trauma therapy
Do you offer online therapy?
Yes. Katie Ziskind is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapy informed professional, somatic trauma therapist. She provides secure telehealth therapy for clients in states where she holds licensure, as well as in-person counseling at her Niantic, Connecticut office.
Can I contact you with questions before scheduling?
Most questions are answered through the intake process, this website, and your Client Portal. Clinical questions, treatment recommendations, and personalized guidance are discussed during your first therapy session.
What if I can’t find an appointment that works for me?
Appointment availability changes regularly. Check your Client Portal often for new openings or cancellations. If you’ve requested an appointment, send Katie a text at 860-451-9364 so she can review and approve your request.
How do I know if we’re a good fit?
The first therapy session at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching is designed to help us get to know one another. You’ll have the opportunity to share your goals, ask questions about the therapy process, and determine whether working together feels like the right fit for your healing journey.
Katie Ziskind’s Therapy Style, Approach & Expertise
A Trauma-Informed, Compassionate Approach
Katie Ziskind, LMFT, approaches therapy with warmth, curiosity, and compassion. She believes that people develop patterns for important reasons, often as ways to protect themselves, survive difficult experiences, or meet unmet emotional needs.
Rather than focusing on judgment or what is “wrong,” Katie Ziskind helps clients understand themselves more deeply, heal old wounds, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. Her specialties are complex sexual trauma, emotional abuse, surviving narcissistic abuse, distressed couples, intimacy, sexuality and intimacy therapy, pleasure, LGBTQIA+ affirming care, cross dressing, polyvagal theory, and nervous system work.
Going Beyond Surface-Level Symptoms
Many clients come to therapy after trying to solve the same problems repeatedly. Katie Ziskind helps individuals and couples look beneath the surface to understand the deeper emotional patterns driving anxiety, conflict, disconnection, shame, avoidance, or relationship struggles. Her work focuses on uncovering the root causes behind challenges so clients can create lasting change rather than simply manage symptoms.
Evidence-Based Couples Therapy Models
Katie Ziskind integrates several research-informed couples therapy approaches, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy. She helps couples understand their conflict cycles, communicate more effectively, rebuild emotional safety, repair after hurt, and strengthen their connection. At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, Katie Ziskind works with couples facing challenges such as frequent arguments, emotional distance, sex and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, infidelity recovery, and major life transitions.
Somatic and Nervous System-Informed Therapy
Katie Ziskind is also a 500-hour certified Yoga Therapist and incorporates somatic approaches, mindfulness, breathwork, meditation, and nervous system regulation into her therapy when appropriate. She recognizes that healing is not only about understanding thoughts but also about helping the body feel safe.
Somatic therapy can help clients become more aware of emotions, physical sensations, stress responses, and patterns stored within the nervous system.
A Sex-Positive, Shame-Free Approach to Sexuality and Intimacy
Katie Ziskind is a Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP) who provides affirming, compassionate support around sexuality, intimacy, and relationships.
She creates a safe environment where individuals and couples can discuss topics that are often difficult to talk about, including desire differences, sexual shame, fantasies, intimacy challenges, sexual confidence, communication about needs, and exploring authentic expression.
Affirming Support for Identity and Self-Expression
Katie Ziskind provides LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy and welcomes clients exploring identity, gender expression, relationships, and authenticity. She offers a nonjudgmental space for individuals who have spent years hiding parts of themselves due to shame, fear, cultural messages, or rejection. Therapy focuses on self-understanding, self-compassion, emotional healing, and helping clients create lives that feel aligned with who they truly are.
Creative and Holistic Healing Methods at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching
Katie Ziskind believes therapy can be both meaningful and creative. Depending on a client’s goals, she incorporates mindfulness, art therapy, music therapy, guided visualization, movement, yoga-informed practices, and walk-and-talk therapy.
These approaches can help clients access emotions, memories, and insights in ways that go beyond traditional talk therapy.
Specialized Support for Complex Relationship Challenges
Katie Ziskind specializes in helping couples and individuals navigate difficult relationship experiences, including betrayal trauma, infidelity, high-conflict relationships, attachment wounds, emotional disconnection, and trust repair.
She helps clients understand relationship dynamics while building skills for healthier communication, emotional regulation, and secure attachment.
A Collaborative Therapy Experience
Katie Ziskind views therapy as a partnership. She does not believe there is a one-size-fits-all approach to healing. Together, you will identify your goals, explore what has shaped you, and develop practical tools that support meaningful change.
Clients are encouraged to bring their full selves into therapy, including their questions, fears, hopes, struggles, and strengths.
Therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching Honors Your Whole Story
Katie Ziskind believes every person and relationship has a unique story. Your past experiences, family history, culture, relationships, trauma, identity, and personal values all shape how you experience the world today.
Therapy with Katie Ziskind focuses on honoring your story while helping you move toward greater self-awareness, emotional freedom, connection, and authenticity.
A Safe Space to Bring Your Whole Self
Many people come to therapy feeling exhausted from carrying their struggles alone. You may have spent years trying to manage anxiety, relationship challenges, shame, trauma, conflict, or parts of yourself that felt difficult to express. Katie creates a warm, nonjudgmental environment where you can slow down, be honest, and explore your experiences without fear of criticism or rejection.
Whether you are coming to therapy as an individual, couple, or relationship, you are welcomed as a whole person — including your emotions, history, questions, vulnerabilities, strengths, and hopes for the future.
Katie Ziskind believes lasting change happens when we understand the deeper reasons behind our struggles. Instead of only focusing on surface-level symptoms, therapy explores the emotional patterns, attachment experiences, trauma responses, beliefs, and nervous system reactions that influence how you think, feel, communicate, and connect.
Together, you will explore questions such as:
- Why do I keep repeating the same patterns?
- Why do I feel stuck even when I understand what I need to change?
- Why do certain conversations become overwhelming or painful?
- How do my past experiences influence my current relationships?
- What do I need to feel safer, more confident, and more connected?
- Balance of Emotional Healing and Practical Tools
Katie Ziskind believes therapy should be both meaningful and practical. While exploring deeper emotional experiences, you will also develop tools you can use outside of sessions to improve communication, regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, and create healthier patterns.
Depending on your goals, sessions may include:
- Understanding relationship cycles and attachment patterns.
- Learning healthier communication skills.
- Practicing emotional regulation strategies for anger and panic attacks.
- Exploring boundaries and self-worth.
- Increasing self-compassion.
- Building confidence and authenticity.
- Strengthening intimacy and connection.
- Developing tools for managing anxiety and stress.
Helping Couples Move From Conflict to Connection
Many couples come to therapy after years of feeling stuck in the same arguments, feeling emotionally distant, or struggling to understand one another. Katie helps couples slow down these painful cycles and understand the deeper feelings underneath conflict.
Rather than focusing on who is right or wrong, couples therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching helps partners discover the unmet childhood needs, traumas, fears, and longing beneath their reactions.
Through increased understanding and emotional safety, couples can rebuild trust, improve communication, and reconnect.
Helping Individuals Heal, Grow, and Feel More Like Themselves
Individual therapy with Katie provides space to explore your personal story and create meaningful change. Clients often come in feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, ashamed, anxious, or uncertain about their next steps.
Together, therapy can help you:
- Heal from past wounds.
- Understand yourself with greater compassion.
- Strengthen your identity and confidence.
- Process difficult emotions.
- Improve relationships.
- Break unhealthy patterns.
- Create a life that feels more aligned with your values.
At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, Katie Ziskind, is a Therapist Who Understands Complexity
Katie works with individuals and couples who often feel that their concerns are too complicated, too personal, or too difficult to explain. She specializes in helping clients navigate layered experiences involving trauma, relationships, intimacy, identity, family dynamics, sexuality, and emotional healing.
You do not have to have everything figured out before starting therapy. You simply need a willingness to begin exploring your story.
Your Healing Journey Starts With One Step
Beginning therapy can feel vulnerable, but it can also be the first step toward greater understanding, connection, and freedom. At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, Katie Ziskind is honored to support clients as they move through difficult seasons, heal old wounds, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with the parts of themselves that may have been hidden or unheard.
Overall, at Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, therapy is a collaborative journey — one where your experiences are respected, your goals are valued, and your growth is supported every step of the way.
All Things Love and Intimacy Podcast with Katie Ziskind, LMFT
Honest Conversations About Relationships, Sexuality, Trauma, and Emotional Connection
Katie Ziskind, LMFT, is the host of the All Things Love and Intimacy podcast, a space dedicated to exploring the many layers of relationships, emotional connection, sexuality, intimacy, and personal healing. Through thoughtful conversations and educational episodes, Katie Ziskind creates a safe, compassionate environment to discuss topics that are often overlooked, misunderstood, or surrounded by shame.
Exploring the Depth of Human Connection
The All Things Love and Intimacy podcast explores what helps relationships thrive and what can cause partners to feel disconnected. Episodes cover topics such as communication, attachment, conflict cycles, emotional needs, trust, vulnerability, infidelity recovery, and creating deeper connection with yourself and your partner. Katie Ziskind brings her experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist to help listeners understand the emotional patterns that shape relationships.
A Sex-Positive, Shame-Free Approach to Intimacy
Many people grow up without healthy conversations about sexuality, desire, pleasure, boundaries, and intimacy. Katie Ziskind’s podcast provides affirming, educational conversations about sex and relationships, including topics such as sexual confidence, mismatched desire, foreplay, sexual communication, intimacy after trauma, sexual shame, and building a fulfilling intimate connection. The goal is to help individuals and couples replace shame and fear with understanding, curiosity, and acceptance.
Healing Trauma and Building More Authentic Relationships
Katie Ziskind also explores how childhood experiences, trauma, attachment wounds, family dynamics, and past relationships influence the way we love and connect. Through a trauma-informed lens, the podcast discusses emotional healing, nervous system regulation, self-compassion, and creating healthier relationship patterns. Listeners are invited to better understand themselves while developing more secure, connected relationships with others.
A Resource for Growth, Connection, and Self-Discovery
Whether you are working through relationship challenges, seeking to improve intimacy, healing from painful experiences, or simply wanting to better understand love and connection, the All Things Love and Intimacy podcast offers compassionate insights and practical tools. Katie Ziskind’s mission is to normalize important conversations, reduce shame, and empower individuals and couples to create relationships built on authenticity, emotional safety, and deeper connection.
Beginning Your Therapy Journey with Katie Ziskind
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel vulnerable, and Katie Ziskind, LMFT, strives to make the process feel clear, welcoming, and easy to navigate.
To begin working together, you will start by completing the New Client Registration through the secure Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching Client Portal. After registering, you will receive an email and text invitation to access your portal, where you will complete your intake forms, questionnaires, and consent documents. These forms allow Katie to learn more about your goals, experiences, and what you are hoping to work through before your first session.
Once your paperwork is complete, please send a text to 860-451-9364 letting Katie know your forms are all done.
Katie personally reviews each new client’s information so she can better understand your needs and prepare for your first appointment. After your paperwork has been reviewed, you will be able to log into your Client Portal, view available appointment times, and request your first therapy session.
Your first session is a dedicated time to slow down, share your story, ask questions, and begin building a therapeutic relationship with Katie.
Together, you will explore what brought you to therapy, identify your goals, and discuss how Katie can best support you moving forward. Whether you are seeking support for relationships, trauma healing, intimacy concerns, identity exploration, emotional wellness, or personal growth, Katie is honored to walk alongside you in your healing journey.
At Wisdom Within Counseling and Coaching, the goal is to create a therapy experience where you feel respected, accepted, and empowered. You do not need to have everything figured out before beginning therapy — you simply need to take the first step.
