About Elena

Elena believes the skills for great sex and fulfilling intimacy are learnable and that we tap our greatest potential for healing and change through authentic, connected relationships. The journey begins when we accept ourselves as we are, where we are.

She loves working with people both individually and in relationships, and is passionate about supporting her clients in exploring the relationship styles that work best for them. Her practice is inclusive, trauma-informed and sex-positive. She especially welcomes people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ communities.

Elena is a Certified Somatic Sexuality Coaching Practitioner with a full-time practice in the Bay Area. She also works with clients remotely online.

She has studied Counseling Psychology and Education at the graduate level and chose to pursue Somatic- Based Sexuality and Intimacy Coaching because of the emphasis on pleasure, self-acceptance, and experiential learning.

I am a Sex, Intimacy and Relationship Coach & am certified in Attachment-Based Somatic Sexuality Methods of Intimacy Coaching.

I also work extensively with relationship dynamics, attachment challenges, emotions, and communication with individuals and partners.

-ELENA LETOURNEAU, MA CERTIFIED SOMATIC & ATTACHMENT-BASED INTIMACY & SEXUALITY PRACTITIONER

“The attachment and somatic based modalities I utilize are comprised of holistic, compassionate and systematic approaches to Intimacy, sexuality and relationship coaching.”

-Elena

In our work together, I support people to:

• Move beyond shame, get into their bodies and connect to their birthright of pleasure and connection.

• Learn to drop into empowered erotic embodiment and own their sexuality

• Experience authentic and emotionally connected relationships to self and others

• Identify and express their needs, desires and boundaries

• Enjoy the pleasure, fulfillment and satisfaction of intimate and amazing sexual relationships

• Learn to cultivate healthy secure attachment in your partnership(s)

• I guide you through a comprehensive and systematic approach to learning the skills needed to be connected and authentic in intimate partnerships and sexual relationships.

• Working through a trauma-informed lens, that is experiential, collaborative, pleasure-based method rooted in the latest cutting edge neuroscience research about attachment and bonding (or how people connect, bond, learn and experience transformative healing).

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I chose to pursue coaching after two years with a gifted couple’s therapist that was amazing in every aspect except human sexuality. At the time I was also studying to get a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. Somatic Based Sexuality Coaching training offered what was missing in both and I took a leap that would transform my personal and professional life.

My personal story is not uncommon. After years in long term partnership and becoming a mother, I lost touch with myself as a sexual person. Culturally, we have a huge deficit in accurate and comprehensive sex education, not to mention healthy relating. My partner and I lacked the knowledge and skills required to sustain desire and arousal in our long term relationship. In addition to this, it was difficult to avoid the subtle and not so subtle messages that imply that motherhood and sexuality are not compatible. I was pretty shameless about sex in my single years – I enjoyed it and felt entitled to pleasure. When I realized that I had lost my connection to and desire for sex, it was a disorienting blow to my sense of identity.

In the process of studying and practicing Somatic Sexuality Coaching, I rediscovered my shame-free sexual self and found my way to a profound feeling of aliveness. In the process I have become softer, more resilient, brave, and vulnerable. My lived experience has made it all the more fulfilling because I now also have the capacity for deeper connection and intimacy in my partnerships.

Having experienced the transformation that is possible, I knew this work was mine to do in the world. Somatic Based Sexuality Coaching offers a different opportunity for growth than traditional therapy. With the focus on experiential learning, sexuality and eroticism, and authentic relating, change can happen more quickly and more effectively. It is my sincere pleasure to have received and now offer the support, skills, and connection that bring joy and choice into every aspect of life, and in particular the vital experiences of sex and intimacy.

As your practitioner, I bring compassion, presence, and authenticity. I am committed to being mindful, honoring your boundaries and readiness, and respecting your privacy and confidentiality.

I am excited by the potential for how much we can learn together, how fully we can love ourselves and one another, and the possibilities this opens for transformation of individuals, relationships, and society.

I have offices in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley. I am not currently accepting clients in San Jose. I also offer online video sessions.

Elena Letourneau, MA, Certified Somatic Sexuality Coach

ELENA LETOURNEAU, MA,

SOMATIC & ATTACHMENT-BASED METHOD OF INTIMACY & SEX COACHING & SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SEX THERAPIST

San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay, South Bay & Napa Valley Couples Counseling, Sex Therapy & Relationship Coaching