Sex Therapist in Portland, OR
FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO CLOSENESS
Individual & Couples Sex Therapy
I’m Madeline Ball, LMFT, a Portland sex therapist specializing in sexuality, intimacy, desire, and relationships. I provide individual and couples sex therapy in Portland, Oregon, with secure telehealth available throughout Oregon.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist · LGBTQIA & Non-Monogamy affirming · EFT Trained · Intimacy therapy
Specialized Sexual Health Training
Sex Therapist in Portland, OR · Virtual across Oregon
Individual & Couples Sex Therapy
Whatever brought you here, the work is the same at its core: understanding what’s actually happening beneath the surface issue, and building something studier in it’s place.
At MBWellbeing, I provide couples sex therapy, individual sex therapy, and intimacy therapy in Portland, Oregon, as well as online throughout Oregon. Whether you're navigating communication challenges, emotional disconnection, desire differences, or life transitions, intimacy therapy can help you strengthen your relationship with yourself and with your partner.
Couples and individual sex therapy, built for where you are.
HERE’S HOW I CAN HELP
Couples Therapy in Portland, OR
For partners - two or more - working through communication, desire, trust, or simply wanting to feel closer. Emotional connection is key to deeper intimacy. This is couples sex therapy focused on foundational work.
Individual Sex Therapy in Portland, OR
One-on-One work on desire, body image, identity, shame, and past experiences that are shaping how you relate to sex and intimacy today. Individual therapy can be monumental in self discovery and growth.
Free Consultation
A no-pressure 20-minute call to ask questions, share what’s going on, and find out if we’re a good fit before booking a first session.
Meet Madeline Ball, LMFT
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oregon specializing in sex therapy, intimacy, and relationships. I completed graduate training in Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy at George Fox University and additional specialized training in sexual health and sex therapy through the University of Michigan.
I work with individuals and couples navigating desire differences, sexual concerns, intimacy, identity, non-monogamy, and relationship transitions. I concentrate on couples building healthier sexualities, LGBTQIA+ folx exploring gender and sexual expression, and people on their own intimate healing path — ENM, poly, or monogamous. I love to work with individuals to have more pleasurable experiences in their bodies. This process of alignment is focused on expanding sexuality to have more fun, more pleasure, and less pain.
From the beginning, I’ve been passionate about working with couples and individuals searching to understand how sexual health fits into their lives. Opening MBWellbeing as a Portland sex therapist is a small step toward my long-term goal of expanding access to sex and intimacy therapy.
If you need help finding your way back to sexual intimacy, I would be honored to guide you on the journey.
Most people don’t arrive with a tidy explanation, but a feeling that something is off. Maybe its showing up as distance, or silence, or a version of intimacy that used to feel easy and doesn’t anymore. Here is what sex therapy can help with:
You don’t need the right words.
You just need a place to start.
WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE
Desire, Libido & Sexual Connection
The physical and emotional sides of a relationship stop aligning or showing up at all.
- Mismatched desire
- Reconnecting in a sexless marriage
- Wanting more satisfying sex and intimacy
- Communication during stress
Sexuality, Identity & Shame
Sex and identity can carry a lot of invisible weight that we didn’t choose.
- Exploring gender or sexual identity
- Shame around sex, kink or desire
- Untangling religious shame or cultural messaging
- Body image and its role in pleasure
Relationships, Trust & Non-Monogamy
Sometimes the relationship itself is going through a transition and the old rules no longer apply.
- Healing after betrayal or affair
- Opening up a relationship
- Navigating day to day non - monogamy
-Rebuilding trust
What People Are Saying
An oyster doesn’t choose the grain of sand. It chooses what to do with it.
WHY THE OYSTER
Something isn’t working
You show up because the old patterns stopped serving you. Whether it was a difficult conversation, a quiet distance, or a question about who you are that won’t go away.
FRICTION
You do the work
We name what’s actually happening underneath the surface issue, using attachment, somatic, and evidenced-based approaches suited to you.
PRESSURE
Insight becomes practice
Session by session, awareness turning into new habits through communication, how you ask for what you want, and how you show up for your needs and each others needs.
LAYERING
Something precious, on purpose
Not a return to how things were, but something sturdier. Built from what the friction taught you.
PEARL
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No - I see individuals as well as couples and partners of any configuration, monogamous or non-monogamous.
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Not at all. Many clients come in for communication, trust, or general relationship support. Sex is often part of the picture, but never the only focus.
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Yes - virtual sessions are available anywhere in Oregon. Learn more about virtual therapy here.
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It’s a free, no-obligation 20 minute call to share what’s bring you to therapy, ask questions, and see if we’re a good fit before scheduling a first session. Schedule here.
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Sex therapy is type of talk therapy. It generally focused more heavily on the biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to your sexual health. This can be in individual sessions or with a partner. If you’d like to learn more, check out my What is Sex Therapy page.
Before you book
COMMON QUESTIONS
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What is sex therapy?
Learn more about who sex therapists are and how could they help you
Fees and Insurance
View my rates, policies, and insurances disclosures.
Learn more
Start with my blog to read some of the most common concerns I see in couples therapy and sex therapy before starting sessions.
FAQs
View answers to most commonly asked questions about my practice.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Let’s find out if we’re a
good fit.
Work through your concerns with a local sex therapist in Portland, OR. or across Oregon via telehealth.