Sari Cooper, LCSW

Sex Therapist

Sari Cooper, LCSW, has been assisting clients for over 20 years to conquer emotional, psychological, as well as deep-seated sexual issues. Quite uniquely, her journey began in the arts--she received a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from The Julliard School where she majored in Dance. Sari went on to be a successful choreographer, modern dancer and producer.

During this phase of her professional career, she found herself intellectually inspired by the field of psychology. Eventually she was motivated to transition from a career in the arts to one in the field of psychology. Today she has a thriving practice in Manhattan's Upper West Side and in Midtown where she is a psychotherapist for individuals and couples, as well as a sex therapist. She has been featured on theOz博士表演and interviewed as an expert multiple times on the哥伦比亚广播公司早间表演。

Currently, Sari creates workshops designed for: employee assistance programs, psychological organizations, educational institutes and women’s groups on sexual health. She is anAASECT-CertifiedSex Therapist and earned her Master’s in Social Work from Hunter College. Also to her credit, she completed the Post-Graduate Externship Program in家庭和夫妻疗法在Ackerman家庭中心学习家庭系统治疗，并在人类性行为计划/Umdnj，Robert Wood Johnson医学院与Sandra Leiblum博士完成了性疗法培训。

You have had such an interesting and diversified professional career! How did it evolve?

我多年来一直在纽约担任专业的现代编舞和舞者，并记得与萨尔瓦多·米钦（Salvador Minuchin）（著名的家庭治疗师）观看有关家庭疗法的视频，并认为这真是太神奇了。我一直以为当我完成舞蹈事业时，我会回到学术界，并觉得这个家庭和夫妻系统疗法引起了我的共鸣。我知道我的年来舞者和编舞者的交流技巧从我多年来拥有非语言和观察能力，我想找到一个可以帮助人们康复的职业。

When did the field of psychology enter the picture?

在仍然专业跳舞的同时，我参加了一些研究生心理学课程（我没有在朱利亚德学校学习心理学），并自愿在我附近的一个代理商中与青少年女孩一起担任艺术老师和同伴辅导员。That same year I was accepted into Minuchin’s Institute to study family therapy cases in person (Family therapy is done with a team watching behind a one-way mirror as the therapist conducts a session; the team calls in with questions and observations for the family.). After these three experiences, I felt like I wanted to become a family therapist. In order to receive that training I decided to get my Master’s in Social Work with my sights on post-graduate work in Family Therapy following.

How did you become a Certified Sex Therapist?

After completing my社会工作硕士，我继续在研究生学院接受家庭疗法和夫妻疗法的教育，并开始在我的私人执业中看到越来越多的夫妻。在这一点上，我意识到，我无法再等到客户或夫妻俩最初接受过培训的性行为。我觉得，如果我将其作为一个简单的问题提出，那么如果有一个问题，客户会在讨论问题时感到更加自在。我开始问我的客户，他们的性生活是我初步评估的一部分。一旦我开始问，好像客户对客户从未从未讨论过的问题（有时是过去的创伤）感到放心。如果我没有问，挑战历史和当前可能永远不会出现的治疗。

It was a sign to me that I needed to learn more about性疗法成为更好的治疗师。由于性和性感是现代舞蹈的天生部分，讨论运动和性让我感到舒适，这也感觉就像我已经圆满了。我觉得自己终于将自己的创意和分析方面与我对身体的天生了解相结合。

If you could change anything about the specialty of sex therapy, what would you improve?

如果公众更加意识到，在性疗法和性疗法监督方面的认证需要具有挑战性以及深入的教育和监督，并且可以称自己为性治疗师或关系专家的人与某人之间存在很大差异，那么我会很乐意。谁获得了认证。

Your life experience certainly lends itself to be fascinating content for a book. Have you written one yet?

我正在撰写一本书，以帮助夫妻的性生活。我觉得我作为舞者的背景影响了我的临床观点，而有了夫妻，这与其他性治疗师可以提供的独特且不同。我相信我的独特资格非常有用。我还想把所有夫妻都需要知道的所有东西都放在书中，从长远来看，他们是否要成为性二人。

What one thing do you hope to have accomplished by the end of your career?

I hope to make lasting changes in my clients’ lives through my practice, but I also want to achieve a larger reach to the general public by helping them feel more accepting of their own sexuality as well as that of others through the publication of my book. Many people feel a lot of shame about sexuality and/or have misinformation about it. If I can provide more education and support for people to explore their sexuality, I will feel quite fulfilled.

I want to add that I also want to help more girls and women through my volunteer work in a grass roots non-profit calledAWARENYCbegun five years ago to help girls and women in need.

Your list of accomplishments and media presence seem hard to beat—What’s next?

I am working on a new Youtube series titled性自尊™ in which I’ll help educate folks about sexuality. My website is www.saricooper.com, and I’m working on a new one with a new blog. I write forHuffingtonPostandPsychology Today并被媒体拜访CBS This Morning，，，，Oz博士，，，，女性健康，，，，宇宙，，，，andEsquire定期进行有关性和人际关系的采访。

Folks can like myFacebook Page，，，，and follow me on推特或直接通过sari@saricooper.com向我发送电子邮件，如果他们想将其名称添加到我的新闻通讯中，以获取即将到来的新闻，博客和演出。