Hi, I’m Leonore.

I began working in the sexuality field in my early 20s, magnetized to it by my own lived experience of sexual darkness, confusion and pain. Clearing shame and traversing the risks and rewards of erotic authenticity transformed my life and showed me how much sexuality is connected to our spiritual nature and core humanity.

I now work as a therapist and coach with people at many different stages of their sexual and relational journeys, helping them feel more sexually whole and to have deeper intimacy in their relationships. I welcome LGBTQ+ and non-monogamous clients into my practice and provide a safe space to explore topics around sexuality, including BDSM and sex work.

I come from a feminist, systems-based approach that looks not only at individual experience, but the bigger context of gender, race, culture and identity that we’re all swimming in here in 21st century dominator culture.   In my world, the personal is political, vulnerability is both essential and an aphrodisiac, and self-love is a radical act.  I believe we can’t forgo a structural analysis in making sense of even the most personal part of our lives; my own identities and experiences as mixed race white/Chinese American, Queer, gender expansive and neurodivergent inform how I hold this work.

A life-long practitioner of earth-based spirituality, I’ve been featured in several projects about witches, including Frances Denny’s book Major Arcana: Witches in America. My work as a visual and performing artist can be seen more here. When I’m not on Zoom calls, I’m usually dancing Argentine tango, playing in my garden… or scouring Facebook marketplace for the perfect vintage lamp.

Professional Background

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, 2022
California Institute of Integral Studies, SF

American Psychological Association, Task Force for Consensual Non-Monogamy
Intersecting Identities Campaign co-lead, 2019-2022

Body Tales somatic movement teacher training, 2017-present

Theater of the Oppressed training, 2018

Internal Family Systems Level I training, 2017