LDS Marriage Counseling & LDS Sex Therapy
Relationship and Sex Therapy for LDS Couples and Individuals Across Colorado, Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Washington
Whether you are deeply committed to your faith, navigating questions, or in a mixed-faith relationship, therapy here offers thoughtful, emotionally mature support that honors your background while helping you build stronger connection and clarity.
Revitalize Your Connection Through Thoughtful LDS Marriage Counseling
You did many of the things you were taught would lead to a strong and lasting marriage. You prayed about who to marry, made sacred commitments, and hoped for a relationship built on trust, intimacy, and shared purpose. Yet real life often feels more complicated than expected.
Maybe your relationship feels heavier than you imagined. Conversations turn into conflict. Emotional closeness feels harder to reach. Intimacy may feel confusing, pressured, or difficult to talk about openly.
You might find yourself wondering:
Did I marry the right person?
Can we make this work long-term?
Why does sex feel so complicated or disconnected from what we hoped for?
If your relationship has been shaped by LDS culture, teachings, or shared faith experiences, you may be navigating intimacy challenges, emotional distance, or recurring patterns that feel confusing or discouraging. You are not alone. And you are not broken.
Many couples discover that while their faith provided meaningful guidance about commitment and values, it did not always provide the emotional or relational skills needed to sustain connection over time. Therapy here offers a thoughtful, values-aware space to understand your patterns, deepen emotional safety, build a relationship that feels more secure, honest, and emotionally connected.
Whether you are deeply committed to your faith, navigating questions, or in a mixed-faith relationship, our therapy team offers thoughtful, emotionally mature support that honors your background while helping you build stronger connection and clarity.
How LDS Culture Can Shape Your Relationship
Many couples who were raised in or shaped by LDS culture bring strengths into their marriage: commitment, shared values, and a deep desire to build something lasting.
At the same time, certain cultural messages can create pressure or confusion, especially around intimacy, conflict, and identity.
You may have been taught:
Marriage should feel easier than it does
Sex will naturally “just work” once you’re married
Conflict means something is wrong
Questioning or struggling reflects a lack of faith
Over time, these unspoken expectations can create shame, silence, or emotional distance.
Therapy here is not about challenging your faith. It’s about helping you separate cultural pressure from relational skill so you can build connection in a way that feels emotionally healthy and spiritually aligned with your own values.
LDS Sex Therapy That Respects Faith Without Shame or Quick Fixes
Sex therapy that understands LDS culture while honoring individual growth.
Many LDS couples were taught strong values around intimacy, commitment, and sexuality. Those teachings often shape how partners approach desire, communication, and emotional connection long after the wedding day.
But real relationships are complex. What once felt clear can start to feel confusing. Conversations about sex may feel awkward, pressured, or emotionally loaded. One partner may want more connection while the other feels unsure how to move forward without guilt, fear, or misunderstanding.
You are not alone in this experience.
At Revive Relationship Counseling, LDS-informed sex therapy is not about pushing you away from your beliefs or giving one-size-fits-all advice. Our work focuses on helping you build a relationship that feels emotionally safe, connected, and aligned with your values.
As sex-positive therapists and relationship specialists, our team understands the intersection between faith, intimacy, and identity.
We help couples:
• Talk openly about sex without shame or defensiveness
• Navigate mismatched desire or differing comfort levels
• Untangle messages from purity culture that may still influence intimacy
• Rebuild trust, emotional safety, and physical connection
• Develop a shared sexual relationship that feels authentic to both partners
We approach sexuality through a lens of emotional maturity and differentiation. This means we help you understand your own experiences, desires, and boundaries while learning how to stay connected to your partner, even when you see things differently.
Our goal is not to tell you what your beliefs should be. Our goal is to help you create a relationship where intimacy feels more natural, connected, and meaningful for both of you.
What We Help LDS Couples Work Through
Many couples shaped by LDS culture deeply value commitment, family, and faith. But even strong relationships can feel confusing or disconnected when intimacy, communication, or belief differences become difficult to navigate.
You may feel like you should already know how to make things work. Or like struggling means something is wrong with you or your relationship.
It doesn’t.
Our work helps you move beyond shame, silence, or rigid expectations so you can build a relationship that feels emotionally safe, connected, and authentic to both partners.
We commonly help LDS couples navigate:
• Dead bedrooms or differences in sexual desire
• Mismatched libidos or differing comfort levels with intimacy
• Shame, anxiety, or guilt connected to sexuality or purity messaging
• Communication struggles or emotional disconnection
• “Good girl / good boy” patterns that impact authenticity and desire
• Pre-marital or newlywed transitions within LDS culture
• Mixed-faith relationships or faith transitions
• Rebuilding trust and repairing emotional or relational injuries
Who This Therapy Is Especially Helpful For
LDS-informed relationship therapy can support couples and individuals in many different stages of faith, identity, and relationship development.
While every situation is unique, this work tends to be especially helpful for people who:
• Want therapy that respects their faith background without rigid assumptions or one-size-fits-all answers
• Are navigating intimacy or sexual concerns influenced by LDS cultural messages or expectations
• Feel emotionally disconnected despite deep commitment to their relationship
• Are experiencing desire discrepancies or differences in comfort around sexuality
• Are moving through faith questions, evolving beliefs, or different spiritual paths within the relationship
• Value emotional growth, self-reflection, and building stronger relational skills
• Want a therapist who understands LDS culture without pathologizing or idealizing it
Many clients come in unsure whether therapy will align with their values or beliefs. Our goal is not to change your faith or identity. Instead, we help you develop the emotional clarity and relational skills needed to create a relationship that feels more secure, connected, and authentic.
What Makes LDS-Informed Therapy Here Different
Many clients come to therapy unsure whether they will need to defend their faith, hide parts of their experience, or fit into someone else’s assumptions about what an LDS relationship should look like.
Our approach is different. We combine LDS cultural understanding with emotionally mature relationship work rooted in differentiation, emotional responsibility, and real connection rather than rigid roles or one-size-fits-all advice.
LDS-informed therapy here is not just about understanding faith culture. It is about helping couples develop the emotional maturity and relational skills that create lasting connection.
Here’s what that looks like:
Faith-Respectful, Not Faith-Directed
We do not try to change your beliefs or prescribe a spiritual framework. Therapy focuses on helping you develop relational skills that strengthen connection while honoring your personal values.
Nuanced Understanding of LDS Culture
We understand the cultural language, expectations, and relational dynamics that often shape LDS relationships. This allows us to work with context and complexity rather than stereotypes or assumptions.
Sex-Positive Without Shame
Sexuality is approached as a meaningful and normal part of relational health. Instead of quick fixes or rigid rules, we help couples build emotional safety, communication skills, and authentic desire.
Emotionally Mature Relationship Work
Our approach emphasizes differentiation, emotional responsibility, and secure connection. This means learning how to stay connected even when you see things differently.
Practical and Collaborative
Sessions include tools, metaphors, and actionable strategies you can use between sessions. Insight matters, but real change requires practice.
Our goal is not to help you fit into someone else’s model of marriage. Our goal is to help you build a relationship that feels grounded, connected, and aligned with who you truly are.
Meet Our LDS-Informed Therapy Team
Hi, I’m Marina Stanton, LMFT and AASECT-certified sex therapist, and I lead a team that specializes in relationship and sex therapy for clients whose lives and relationships have been shaped by LDS culture and faith.
Many of the couples we work with did everything they were taught to do to build a strong marriage. You prioritized commitment, family, and shared values. And yet real relationships often feel more complex than what anyone prepared you for.
Our team understands the unique intersection of faith, intimacy, and relationship dynamics that many LDS couples experience. We offer therapy that respects your beliefs while also helping you develop the emotional and relational skills that create lasting connection.
We understand the cultural language, unspoken expectations, and relational pressures that can shape LDS relationships, and we approach this work with nuance rather than assumptions.
You may be deeply practicing, navigating questions, or somewhere in between. Wherever you are, you will find a thoughtful, nonjudgmental space where both partners are heard and supported.
As an LDS-informed practice, we understand the cultural context around communication, sexuality, expectations, and identity. We approach this work with nuance, compassion, and emotional maturity rather than rigid assumptions or one-size-fits-all advice.
Our goal is not to change your beliefs. Our goal is to help you build a relationship that feels more connected, authentic, and sustainable for both of you.
Alongside Marina, our team includes therapists who also understand LDS culture and faith from personal and professional experience. Andrea Madsen, LPCC, brings a thoughtful and nuanced perspective to working with LDS individuals and couples, helping clients navigate intimacy, communication, and identity with compassion and clarity.
LDS Marriage Counseling and LDS Sex Therapy Available In Person and Online
We offer LDS-informed relationship counseling and sex therapy both in person and online for couples and individuals whose relationships have been shaped by faith, culture, and shared values.
We provide:
• In-person sessions in Centennial, Colorado
• Online therapy for clients in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Washington
Whether you are deeply practicing, questioning, navigating change, or in a mixed-faith relationship, therapy provides a thoughtful and emotionally grounded space to work through relationship challenges while honoring your personal values and beliefs.
Clients across Denver, Salt Lake City, Frisco, Seattle, and beyond work with us online from the comfort and privacy of their own homes.
Where can we work together?
We are licensed to provide relationship counseling, sex therapy, and online therapy across multiple states, allowing LDS-informed support to reach clients wherever they are.
Select your state to learn more about working together online or in person.
LDS Marriage Counseling & LDS Sex Therapy
Services Offered
Therapy services are tailored for LDS individuals and couples navigating intimacy, communication, faith transitions, or relational growth within the context of culture and personal belief.
Couples Counseling
Sex Therapy
Premarital Counseling
Speaking Engagements
Ready to Strengthen Your Relationship With Thoughtful LDS-Informed Support?
You do not have to choose between honoring your faith and building a healthier, more connected relationship.
Whether you are navigating intimacy concerns, communication struggles, evolving beliefs, or simply feeling stuck, therapy can help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
We offer in-person sessions in Centennial, Colorado and online relationship and sex therapy across Colorado, Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Washington.
If you’re wondering whether this approach is the right fit for you, the best next step is a conversation.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation and let’s explore what support could look like for your relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions About LDS Marriage Counseling & LDS Sex Therapy
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LDS marriage counseling is uniquely tailored to the values, beliefs, and cultural experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Unlike general therapy, it takes into account the importance of temple covenants, eternal marriage, modesty culture, and the unique pressures LDS couples often face.
As a therapist who specializes in LDS couples, I understand how faith, family, and church teachings influence your relationship. You don’t have to educate me on the nuances of LDS life—I've built my practice around helping couples like you find greater connection and healing within a shared spiritual framework.
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Yes—LDS sex therapy is a safe and respectful place to talk about intimacy. Many faithful couples struggle with issues related to desire, pleasure, shame, or communication around sex. It’s not uncommon to enter marriage with little preparation for a healthy sexual relationship.
LDS sex therapy helps you explore sexual concerns without violating your values or pushing you beyond your comfort zone. You won't be encouraged to do anything that contradicts your spiritual beliefs. Instead, we’ll work together to build emotional and physical intimacy in a way that aligns with both your relationship and your faith.
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Therapy—by nature—often asks us to examine and sometimes challenge the beliefs or assumptions we've carried, especially when those beliefs are creating disconnection or pain in the relationship. But LDS marriage counseling should never ask you to change your core values.
In our work together, we might explore how certain cultural messages or interpretations of doctrine have shaped your expectations around marriage, gender roles, or sex. That exploration can feel challenging—but it's not about rejecting your faith. It's about aligning your beliefs and behaviors in a way that brings greater connection, joy, and emotional integrity to your marriage.
As an LDS marriage therapist, I help you navigate these conversations with care, so your values stay intact—while your relationship becomes stronger, more compassionate, and more fulfilling.
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LDS sex therapy supports couples who are dealing with a wide range of concerns, including:
Mismatched or low sexual desire
Sexual shame or guilt from purity culture
Difficulty communicating about intimacy
Painful sex or sexual dysfunction
Avoidance of sex or feelings of resentment
First-time intimacy issues after a temple marriage
Many LDS couples have never been taught how to talk about sex openly. LDS sex therapy helps you replace silence or anxiety with connection, understanding, and mutual pleasure—always grounded in a values-based approach.
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Yes—online LDS marriage counseling is highly effective, and for many couples, it's actually the preferred option. Virtual sessions cut out the commute, reduce scheduling stress, and make it easier to stay consistent with therapy—especially for busy parents or professionals.
In fact, many of my clients choose virtual counseling even when in-person sessions are available. They appreciate the privacy, convenience, and ability to meet from the comfort of home. Whether you're in Colorado, Utah, Texas, or Washington, online LDS couples therapy offers the same depth, connection, and progress you'd find in my office.
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Absolutely. Not all struggling marriages are marked by loud conflict. Many LDS couples experience a quiet kind of disconnection—going through the motions, feeling more like roommates than partners. Some avoid conflict altogether, walking on eggshells to keep the peace or avoid saying the “wrong” thing.
This kind of emotional distance can be just as painful as open arguments. LDS marriage counseling helps you safely address underlying tension, rebuild emotional intimacy, and strengthen your communication—even if you're not fighting. It’s a proactive way to create the closeness, passion, and partnership you really want, all within a faith-affirming space.
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Yes—I offer premarital counseling specifically for LDS couples. Whether you’re preparing for the temple or navigating first-time sexual experiences, LDS premarital counseling helps you begin your marriage with clarity and connection.
We’ll cover everything from communication and expectations to building a healthy foundation for sexual intimacy—so you can enter married life with greater understanding and confidence. This is especially helpful for couples who want to honor their values while also preparing for the emotional and physical realities of marriage.
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Yes. Many of the clients we work with come from LDS or Mormon backgrounds and may be practicing, nuanced, questioning, or navigating faith transitions. Therapy here focuses on helping couples understand how faith, culture, and personal identity intersect within their relationship, without assuming a specific religious outcome.
Some couples are working to strengthen their marriage within their faith. Others are navigating mixed-faith relationships or evolving beliefs. Our approach is to support emotional clarity, connection, and relational growth wherever you are in your journey.
If you are navigating a mixed-faith relationship, you can learn more about our approach for mixed-faith relationship counseling.
Ready to get started?
Contact us today.
If you’re ready to improve your relationship, contact Revive for a 15-minute phone consultation.