Bailey Cheshire
MA, LMFT, RYT200 (any pronouns) Individual, Relational, and Sex Therapist
I am a systemic therapist who approaches clients with curiosity and compassion, providing a judgment-free, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed space. Together, we will move at your pace, aiming to build clarity and confidence in your most authentic self. My collaborative, playful yet intentional style respects that you are the expert in your life. I bring expertise in relationships, communication, boundaries, stuck patterns, bodily attunement, and trauma, which can help shift the issues that led you to seek therapy. We will set realistic, practical goals and work towards them, allowing room for detours as needed.
What You Can Expect
While all issues of sexual health are welcome in my treatment room, I particularly enjoy working with concerns related to:
- Gender exploration: Two-Spirit, trans, non-binary, gender diverse identities, questioning, etc.
- Sexual expression: suppression of sexuality, better-understanding fantasies, questioning/changing sexual identity, etc.
- Alternative relationship structures: ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, swinging, relationship anarchy, etc.
- Mixed-orientation relationships: asexual/allosexual, kinky/vanilla, queer/straight, etc.
- Kink and BDSM: those experienced in kink who have gotten stuck or those interested in exploring but don’t know where to start.
- Sexual/medical trauma: developing coping skills, enhancing mind/body connection, improving boundary-setting and self-advocacy.
- Discernment Counseling: for those uncertain about whether or not to end a long-term relationship (more information below).
I use approaches that focus on emotional understanding and bodily attunement, including Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. If you don’t know what any of that means, you’re not alone! With the support of these modalities, I work to create a safe space where you can connect with your body, unpack the challenges of everyday life, better understand yourself and your relationships, and hopefully find more ease.
Discernment Counseling is like “pre-therapy” work for clients uncertain about whether to end a long-term relationship. I will help you navigate one of three choices: keep things as they are, take breaking up off the table and do six months of intensive therapy, or confidently choose to break up with more clarity. Please indicate in your request if you are looking for discernment work, as this is very different from couples therapy.
Books I Suggest
Trainings
- Somatic Sexual Healing with Charlie Glickman, January 2024
- Discernment Counseling for Couples Considering Divorce with Bill Doherty and Steve Harris, January 2024
- Sensate Focused Mindful Touch with Linda Weiner, December 2023
- Intersections of Sex and OCD with Dr. Shereen Morse, August 2023
- 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Soul Care, September 2023
- The Stress We Carry: Identifying and Navigating Latinx Factors of Stress and Their Impact on Health Outcomes with Dr. Kiersten DeWitt, April 2023
- Trauma Treatment Certification Training with Janina Fisher, April 2023
- Supporting Clients with Fertility Issues with Dr. Jennifer Sampson Sept 2022
- Intro to Pelvic Floor Health for Sexuality Professionals with Dr. Darshana Naik, July 2021
