When Sex Hurts: Understanding Sexual Pain and How Sex Therapy Can Help
Sex shouldn’t hurt, and you don’t have to keep pushing through it. Learn what causes sexual pain, how the pain-tension-fear cycle works, and how sex therapy helps alongside medical care, with sessions in Vancouver and online across Canada.
What Happens in Sex Therapy? A Guide to Your First Session
Thinking about sex therapy but not sure what to expect? Here’s what actually happens in a first session, what sex therapists help with, and how to choose the right one, with in-person sessions in Vancouver and online sex therapy across Canada.
Why Don't I Want Sex Anymore? Understanding Low Desire and What Can Help
Lost interest in sex and not sure why? Learn what can shape low libido and desire, and how counselling may help. Explore support through Allura in Vancouver and Calgary, or online in selected provinces and territories.
When One of You Wants Sex More: Understanding Desire Discrepancy in Relationships
Explore why differences in desire can create difficult patterns, and how counselling may help. Learn why mismatched libido happens, what keeps couples stuck, and what actually helps. Find support in Vancouver and Calgary, or online in selected provinces and territories.
Practicing Self-Compassion During Heartbreak
A compassionate guide to navigating heartbreak with more tenderness, mindfulness, and self-kindness, so you can move through pain without losing sight of your own worth.
Sexual Healing: Experiencing Intimacy After Trauma
A compassionate look at how trauma can shape intimacy, and how slow, mindful sexual healing can help you reconnect with safety, closeness, and your own body again.
STIs: When Sex Positivity Isn't All that Positive
An honest look at how STI stigma undermines real sex positivity, and why open conversation, testing, and compassion are essential to supporting healthy, shame-free sexuality.
Reclaiming Desire Group!
A supportive introduction to understanding low desire and how a guided 6-week group can help you reconnect with your sexuality, your pleasure, and yourself.
Finding Pleasure
A gentle reminder that pleasure starts long before sex, this piece explores how small, everyday sensations can help you reconnect with your body, your desire, and yourself.
Sex Ed: How Your Upbringing Can Effect Your Sexuality As An Adult
A reflective invitation to explore how the messages you absorbed about sex growing up still shape your sexuality today, and how you can begin to unlearn what no longer fits and write a story that feels true to you.
The Spontaneity Myth: How Sex Has Never Really Been That Spontaneous!
A fresh perspective on why early-relationship sex was never truly spontaneous—and how you can intentionally rebuild that spark, connection, and excitement in long-term love.
Adding Sex Toys to Your Sexual life
A friendly, judgment-free guide to easing into sex toys—where to start, how to talk about it, and how to make exploration feel exciting rather than intimidating.
Opening Up The Relationship: Moving From Monogamy To Ethical Non-Monogamy
A thoughtful guide to navigating the shift from monogamy to ethical non-monogamy, exploring the fears, conversations, and intentional choices that help couples open up with clarity and care.
Spice up your life: Expanding your coupled sexual repertoire
An encouraging look at how trying new things, exploring fantasies, and adding a little novelty can help long-term couples rekindle eroticism and rediscover fun in their sex life.
How often should we be having sex?
A reminder that there’s no “right” amount of sex to have, and that understanding your desires, communicating openly, and focusing on quality over quantity matters far more than any magic number.
What is Sex Therapy?
Thinking about sex therapy but not sure what to expect? Learn about sessions, common concerns and choosing a counsellor. Explore Allura in Vancouver and Calgary, or online in selected provinces and territories.