Mira Cantrick (She/They)

Are you automatically thinking 50 Shades of Grey? Whether you are just starting to navigate this world or you've been in the scene for decades I welcome you. Often, being “out” as a kinky person or couple can be dangerous to the outside world. It is important to discuss together how to face the stigma from the outside world and agree together on a relationship that works for all people involved.

When women are disconnected from their sexuality, rejected, or traumatized, their sexuality is enmeshed with shame, guilt, and fear. You can tell the difference between a girl and a woman, regardless of age, by observing how comfortable and open she is with her sexuality. Women struggle to be powerful in life—regarding expressions of their personal truth, power, and creativity, in relationships. Therapy can help you regain your power and confidence in this area!

Out of control sexual behavior or addiction can be described as a compulsive relationship with a sexual behavior that interferes with normal living and ultimately causes severe distress to self and to loved ones. Despite the emergence of serious negative consequences, the behavior is repeated in a manner that is essentially beyond the person’s control. If you are experiencing sex addiction, receiving sex addiction treatment or therapy is an important step in your recovery, I am here for you!

Culturally competence recognizes and respects your beliefs, perspectives, and values as informed by race, ethnicity, or region. You will not have to leave these parts of your identity behind in our work together. Race and gender is a dynamic we will not shy away from in our sessions and any of your marginalized identities will be related to, in fact, we want to continuously come back to your experience as a complex multilayered person in all your intersecting identities.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is future-focused, goal-directed, and focuses on solutions, rather than on the problems that brought clients to seek therapy. This is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that incorporates positive psychology principles so together we can co-construct solutions that are hope friendly, positive emotion eliciting, future-oriented and motivating.

Holistic psychotherapy, an integrative and grounded therapy approach focuses on the relationship between mind, body, and spirit, attempting to understand and address the ways issues in one aspect of a person can lead to concerns in other areas. When it comes to sex therapy this is very important because the mind, is just as important as the body and heart.

Mindfulness therapy cultivates a sense of openness and non-judgment towards who we are. Mindfulness helps you accept emotions as they are in the moment as you work towards meaningful change. There is no need to turn away from the emotion but rather learn to be present with your experience exactly as it is. Acceptance of your experience with non-judgmental and kindness is important so you can work towards better understanding your experience without shaming it or pushing it away.

Attachment-based therapy is a brief, process-oriented form of psychological counseling. The client-therapist relationship is based on rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers and then how it impacts the ability to develop secure and healthy emotional relationships as an adult. Attachment-based therapy aims to build trusting supportive relationships

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, cognitive and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving well-being. It is typically viewed as a more holistic approach to healing as it DTM asserts that the mind, body and spirit are interconnected. Dance therapy can be effective in the treatment of mental health issues like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and disordered eating.