The Love, Sex, and Gender Center

10/06/2026

Are You a Highly Escalated Couple? Written by Kate DeCoste, LPC

Blogs coming out bi-monthly ✨🪄

Are you having the same fight over and over again?

Sometimes highly escalated couples don’t need fewer hard conversations; they need more structure around them. In this blog, I break down the difference between connection, repair, and solution — and why knowing which conversation you’re actually having can change everything.

09/20/2026

Opening your relationship can create more freedom, intimacy, and honesty, but it can also bring everything unspoken to the surface.

Before you consider this relational style, there are 3 things worth exploring first. ✨

Read about them here:
https://loves*xandgendercenter.com/2026/09/18/opening-your-relationship-3-things-to-consider-before-exploring-non-monogamy/

09/16/2026

✨ Meet K Michelle Johnson, MA, LPC ✨

Today I’m celebrating my badass co-director, business partner, and the one I’m incredibly grateful to be building The Love, S*x, and Gender Center alongside.

LSG is women-owned and women-led, and it feels especially meaningful to highlight the woman beside me in this work. Michelle brings over a decade of experience as a s*x and relationship therapist, and her presence, wisdom, and vision are such an important part of what makes this center what it is.

Michelle supports individuals and couples in navigating intimacy, communication, connection, and the often-tender work of coming home to themselves and each other. Her approach weaves together somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, communication, and deep compassion.

She holds a Master’s in Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University, a post-graduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, is a Level II PACT clinician, and specializes in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for trauma, intimacy concerns, and chronic conditions.

But beyond all of the credentials, I get to witness who Michelle is as a human, therapist, leader, and partner in this business. She brings so much heart, integrity, creativity, and groundedness to the work we’re building together.

I’m so proud to call her my co-director. 🤎

Here’s to women building something meaningful together, and to the vision we’re continuing to grow at LSG.

Meet K Michelle Johnson, MA, LPC. 🤍

09/15/2026

Your s*xuality is not something you should apologize for. 🌹

Your desires, fantasies, curiosities, boundaries, gender, orientation, relationship structure, relationship to pleasure, or the ways you experience intimacy do not have to fit neatly into someone else’s definition of “normal.” You are allowed to have a s*xuality that is expansive, nuanced, evolving, kinky, q***r, sensual, playful, complicated, monogamous, non-monogamous, or simply your own. You do not have to make yourself smaller, quieter, or more palatable to be worthy of love and belonging.

At The Love, S*x & Gender Center, we believe s*xuality is deeply connected to our identity, relationships, bodies, culture, and lived experiences.

I am not here to tell you what your s*xuality should look like.

Our work is about creating a compassionate, s*x-positive space where you can explore what feels authentic to you, heal shame and old messaging, build self-trust, and create the relationships and intimate life you actually want.

Your s*xuality is yours. You don’t owe anyone an apology for the fullness of it.

09/15/2026

We’re celebrating Heather today! ✨ Heather is a somatic, heart-centered therapist who believes meaningful healing begins with reconnecting to the wisdom of the body. As an LPCC and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, she supports individuals and couples navigating s*xual trauma, intimacy and relationship concerns, and life’s deeper transitions through a compassionate, attachment-oriented approach. Heather integrates somatic and dance/movement therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EFT, and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy to help clients build self-trust, reclaim their sense of agency, and create more deeply satisfying relationships. Her work is inclusive and affirming of LGBTQIA+ clients and people of all identities, with a particular focus on creating the safety and space needed for authentic connection, healing, and transformation. We’re so grateful to have her wisdom, compassion, and creativity as part of the LSG team. 💗

Interested in working with Heather? You can book a consultation with her through the link here: https://calendly.com/connect-loves*xandgendercenter/30min?fbclid=IwY2xjawUVodNwZG9mBGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHsb-iBni2jeKC9w1r0ea2OPlKwYveWSTW_g68ZAsfUC9Un6gqeY9-NYtul_q_aem_KsjJz5zC8Td98hg_RPuGzA&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0

And take the first step toward deeper connection, healing, and intimacy. 🌙✨

09/05/2026

✨ CLINICIAN HIGHLIGHT: ALEXANDER GOODYEAR, MA, LPCC ✨

Alex, one of the incredible clinicians at The Love, S*x & Gender Center has been with us over 3 years🤍

Alex is passionate about helping individuals and couples cultivate deeper emotional intimacy, healthier communication, and relationships that feel more secure, authentic, and fulfilling.

He knows that talking about relationships and s*xuality can feel INCREDIBLY vulnerable. His approach creates space to release shame, reconnect with your inherent worthiness, and move toward the love and relationships you truly desire.

Alex’s work is grounded in attachment, mindfulness, embodiment, and the belief that each person already holds profound wisdom within themselves. He particularly loves supporting couples and individuals exploring polyamory and ethical non-monogamy, as well as LGBTQIA+ individuals and those holding marginalized identities.

As an adopted, Q***r cis-man of color, Alex is passionate about the power of having your story truly heard.

Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, s*xuality, identity, anxiety, grief, life transitions, or simply longing to feel more connected to yourself and the people you love, Alex offers a warm, compassionate space to explore. 🌿

Alex. We are so grateful you’re here. 🤍

Book a consult with him: https://calendly.com/connect-loves*xandgendercenter/30min

08/28/2026

We’re on Psychology Today 💗

I became a relationship and s*x therapist because, for a long time, I knew what it felt like to feel missed, in therapy. To feel misunderstood.

To have parts of myself, my relationships, my desires, or the way I experienced the world feel like things I had to explain, justify, or tuck away.

And I know I’m not the only one.

So much of the work we do at The Love, S*x & Gender Center comes from a simple belief:

You deserve to be understood.

Your s*xuality. Your neurodivergence. Your relationships. Your gender. Your desires. Your attachment. Your questions. Your COMPLEXITY. And your joy.

All of it gets to have a place.

I’m so excited that The Love, S*x & Gender Center is now on Psychology Today. It gives more people a way to find us when they’re searching for support around the things that can sometimes feel hardest to talk about.

And if you’ve ever searched for a therapist and thought…

“Will they actually understand me?”

“Can I talk about this here?”

“Do I have to explain everything before we can even begin?”

I want you to know that those questions are important, and finding the right therapist matters.

So if you’re looking for support around s*x, relationships, intimacy, desire, gender, LGBTQ+ identity, kink, alternative relationships, attachment, or simply figuring out how to feel more at home in yourself and your relationships, we’d love to be a resource.

✨ Find The Love, S*x & Gender Center on Psychology Today through the link in our bio.

And if you’ve ever felt missed or misunderstood in therapy, I’d love to hear from you:

What did you wish someone had understood about you? 💗

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/treatment-rehab/the-love-s*x-and-gender-center-boulder-co/1708907?_gl=1*1ow4afb*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL_UBhAjEiwAEhuT5HIGcqv1i-XGQbvplDzXnG9n_nM2dOtwWaPdKm4uFkp73NoV83dL6xoC0bMQAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAAD_gfux2LXiPNrgaIilrfl5L4Voub

08/27/2026

✨ CLINICIAN HIGHLIGHT: NIKO SULLIVAN MOSS ✨

We’re so excited to introduce you to Niko Sullivan Moss (they/them/theirs), MA, LPCC, a Relationship & S*x Therapist at The Love, S*x & Gender Center.

Niko is a contemplative therapist specializing in desire centered s*x and relationship therapy, with a particular passion for supporting people in coming home to themselves: to their presence, truth, joy, agency, and self compassion.

Their work weaves together somatic and present moment awareness, contemplative practice, and parts work, all grounded in social justice, liberation psychology, and intersectional feminism. Niko believes that healing is both personal and political, and creates a collaborative space where clients can explore their own wisdom while also honoring the larger systems and structures shaping their lives.

Niko works with individuals and relationships navigating relational challenges, platonic, romantic, and s*xual intimacy, authentic desire, developmental and religious trauma, breakups, identity shifts, and major life transitions.

They are especially passionate about working with q***r and trans clients, non monogamous and kinky folks, and people reclaiming their s*xuality, including those exploring as*xuality and the many ways desire and intimacy can exist.

Niko holds an MA in Transpersonal Counseling from Naropa University and is an LPCC working toward AASECT certification as a s*x therapist.

Outside of therapy, you’ll find Niko writing, reading, running, climbing, making art, dancing, practicing authentic movement, and spending time with their beloved kinship network of humans, animals, trees, and the night sky. 🌙🌿

Interested in working with Niko? You can schedule directly with them here:

https://calendly.com/niko-loves*xandgendercenter/new-meeting?month=2026-08

We’re so grateful to have Niko as part of The Love, S*x & Gender Center community. 💗

07/25/2026

07/24/2026

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