Individual, Relationship, & Group Therapy

Providing in-person sessions in Columbus & Dayton, Ohio and offering Telehealth services throughout Ohio & Illinois.

About Us

Tandem Columbus is a mental health practice that provides individual, relationship, and group therapy services.  We can help address mood and anxiety concerns, as well as a wide range of issues pertaining to relationships, identity, performance, spirituality, and sex.  Our education and specialized training emphasizes a sex-positive and trauma-informed approach to therapy.  We are kink aware, fetish friendly and knowledgeable, and affirming of varying relationship structures and agreements (monogamous, open and polyam* relationships).  We believe desire, satisfaction, consent, and pleasure should always be centered in conversations related to sex and sexuality. We bring clinical experience and expertise to our work with the LGBTQ2S+ communities, and validate the unique experiences of folx who are questioning, Asexual, and/or Intersex.  We offer free-of-charge assessments for Gender Affirming Letters. Tandem Columbus offers training for community partners, as well as clinical supervision and consultation for other mental health providers.  We are committed to serving folx with marginalized identities, bodies, and experiences. We endeavor to support community change across systems and are invested in the critical development of anti-racist practice and values.

Individual Therapy

Therapy involves a process of creation, development, and transformation meant to support personal growth and life fulfillment. Individual therapy is an inherently relational experience that can help strengthen our willingness to rise and successfully confront challenges to wholehearted living. We will help you explore language, systems, values, and interpersonal relationships, as well as your connection to your body, communities, and the land. Individual therapy will help harness inner strengths, cultivate self-compassion, and develop the necessary skills to openly experience all of life’s opportunities.

Relationship & Couples Therapy

Relationship therapy focuses on strengthening and supporting the long-term health of adult relationships.  This may include recovery from affairs or broken relationship agreements, premarital counseling, or support navigating distance, grief, job loss, chronic illness, sex, parenthood, and financial decision-making.  Though many people seek out relationship therapy during times of disagreement or distress, we believe relationship therapy can equally benefit those who are seeking a 'tune-up' to strengthen relationship satisfaction and the intimate team.  We believe that relationship therapy can benefit folks who are married or dating another individual, as well as folks exploring (or maintaining) open, non-monogamous, or polyam relationships.

Group Therapy

Group therapy provides participants with the opportunity to learn about themselves in relationship to others while exploring patterns of interaction and intimacy, interpersonal defenses, and caretaking that are often missed in individual therapy. Group can be one way of 'leveling up' for those who have had previous therapy experience and are now seeking to put their new skills, beliefs, and learning into action.  The group experience can help improve confidence, strengthen coping skills, and reduce shame by universalizing experiences shared by other group members. Groups meet weekly for 90 minutes and generally consist of 7 to 10 group members.  An invitation to join a group may be extended after completing the individual intake process with a group facilitator to ensure the appropriate match.

Our Expertise

What is Sex Therapy?

Sex therapy focuses on treating clinical issues pertaining to sexual health, functioning, and desire. Sex therapy can be a unique approach to therapy, or it can be integrated into traditional approaches to therapy alongside the exploration of clinical concerns like depression, anxiety, family conflict, etc.  Sex therapists view sexuality as a core component of the human experience, and believe sex is an important aspect of individual health across the lifespan. Sex therapists are trained to address sexual issues in individuals and in relationships, and can help explore and resolve sexual concerns stemming from age, illness, and/or disability.

Sex therapists can help address a wide range of sexual topics including:

  • orgasm difficulties

  • sexual pain

  • sexual trauma

  • ejaculation control

  • erection concerns

  • performance anxiety

  • sexual desire difficulties

  • complications with arousal

  • sexual anxiety and avoidance

  • pornography use

  • “Coming Out”

  • unique or atypical sexual interests

  • sexual fetishes

  • BDSM & kink

  • sexual guilt, shame, and confidence

  • hypersexuality

  • out-of-control sexual behaviors

  • compulsive sex

  • infidelity

Sex therapists are certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. Sex therapists offer extensive training and expertise in the area of human sexuality and relationships.

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