Sari Cooper, LCSW, is Director of Center for Love and Sex in NYC, a private therapy practice specializing in sexual issues for individuals and couples.  Sari is a licensed individual, couples and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist and clinical supervisor who trains other therapists and runs groups for parents and women in their efforts to develop.

She has been in private practice for 20 years and is a sex coach and clinical supervisor for general and sex therapists.  Her post-graduate work was completed at The Ackerman Institute for the Family and the Human Sexuality Program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Sari graduated from The Juilliard School with an undergraduate degree in dance going on to dance with top companies in NYC.

Sari has been committed in her career to helping people connect more authentically in their emotional and sexual relationships. She and her team utilize a combination of techniques in the CLS practice including: psychoanalytic, family systems, CBT, mindfulness, as well as exercises she has reconfigured from her background as a professional choreographer and dancer to help individuals and couples re-start and re-create a new erotic connection.

Sari also runs private Sex Esteem® (a term she coined) groups for women, men and parents who are interested in discovering more about their own sexuality, learning how to express their desires more fully to their partners and/or educating their children in a way that’s free of shame and embarrassment.

She writes about sexuality on her blog Sex Esteem® on her site centerforloveandsex.com/sex-esteem-blog/, as well as on Psychology Today. She is a featured blogger for Huffington Post on Divorce and Sexuality. Her published paper, Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology is titled: "Some Like It Not" (about couples who struggle the problem of sexual avoidance).

Sari is a regular commentator on television shows like CBS This Morning, The Better Show and Dr. Oz to discuss relationship issues. She is continually called upon to discuss issues in modern relationships in the press including The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Greatest, Vice, Bustle, Cosmo, Men’s Health, Shape, Brides Magazine, Barron’s, New York Post, and Marie Claire.

She continues to give and produce many talks at national conferences and local institutes and live workshops/webinars for professionals on many topics including: Sexual Avoidance, Out of Control Sexual Behavior, Affairs, Discrepant Desire, ADHD and Sexuality in long-term relationships.

Sari also presents to the general public and runs Sex Esteem® groups on how to explore new sexual avenues in long-term relationships and how to talk to children about sex, as well as how a healthy sex life improves one’s work life. She was a featured speaker in “Project Respect”, an educational program of the Sex Crimes Unit at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office on the topic of compulsivity.

Sari and her team of therapists work in person at CLS UWS and in midtown in NYC. She also uses Skype or phone to coach and supervise people who live outside New York, travel frequently and who want to focus on present and future goals. Her team’s understanding of body/mind integration, their years of experience, and specific sex therapy training profoundly informs the CLS practice. They have a thorough assessment process, a direct, warm style of engagement and are active therapists willing to give feedback, assignments to do at home and give advice on other professional referrals if appropriate. She has deep respect for her clients’ strengths and views therapy and coaching as a means for them to re-connect them to their best selves and to revitalize their primary relationships.

Please email coordinator@centerforloveandsex.com if you’re interested in having a free brief phone call with our intake coordinator before setting up an appointment. You can sign up for her newsletter on her home page CenterForLoveAndSex.com.

Please like Sari on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/centerforloveandsex/ and follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @saricoopercls

You can also subscribe to her Youtube channel Sex Esteem® with Sari Cooper